{"id":9000,"date":"2010-12-15T12:21:17","date_gmt":"2010-12-15T17:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=9000"},"modified":"2010-12-20T12:15:01","modified_gmt":"2010-12-20T17:15:01","slug":"santa-comes-to-white-street-holds-monster-truck-rally-lorins-head-explodes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2010\/12\/15\/santa-comes-to-white-street-holds-monster-truck-rally-lorins-head-explodes\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa Comes to White Street, Holds Monster Truck Rally, Lorin&#8217;s Head Explodes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/17849015?byline=0\" width=\"572\" height=\"429\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Just in time to launch our December issue\u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/store.theparisreview.org\/products\/the-paris-review-no-195-winter-2010\">out now<\/a>!\u2014Santa showed up in the person of longtime <em>Review<\/em> fan Paul Opperman, plus his friends Aaron Mirman (music), of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.duotoneaudio.com\/\">Duotone Audio Group<\/a>, and Todd Stewart (editing), of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.consulatefilm.com\/home.html\">Consulate Films<\/a>. They gave us our first video ever! Paul assures us that no drawings or authors were actually harmed in the making of this tribute.<\/p>\n<p>Music is by Paul and Aaron. Monster truck vocals\u2014including Monster Truck Franzen and Monster Truck Erdrich\u2014are by Todd. (\u201cI only do monster truck.\u201d) Footage of Lorin talking was repurposed from the cutting-room floor of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/plimptonmovie.com\/\">Plimpton!<\/a><\/em>, a work in progress by Tom Bean and Luke Poling.<\/p>\n<p>As they say in the advertising business, this is your \u201ccall to action\u201d\u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/store.theparisreview.org\/products\/the-paris-review-no-195-winter-2010\">order now<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just in time to launch our December issue\u2014out now!\u2014Santa showed up in the person of longtime Review fan Paul Opperman, plus his friends Aaron Mirman (music), of the Duotone Audio Group, and Todd Stewart (editing), of Consulate Films. 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