{"id":17,"date":"2010-08-27T06:43:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-27T06:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/blissblog\/2010\/08\/a-sonic-smooch.html"},"modified":"2010-08-27T06:43:00","modified_gmt":"2010-08-27T06:43:00","slug":"a-sonic-smooch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2010\/08\/a-sonic-smooch.html","title":{"rendered":"A Sonic Smooch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Music seeps into my soul like nearly nothing else. A friend introduced me to this song that gathered me up in its enthusiastic &#8216;aural arms&#8217; and carried me into a place of serenity. 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