{"database": "russell", "table": "posts", "rows": [[37, "merry christmas", "merry_christmas.html", "2003-10-14", 2003, 10, "huh?", "https://www.russelldavies.com/typepad/russelldavies.typepad.com/planning/2003/10/merry_christmas.html", "\n<p>Something I noticed in Tokyo just before Christmas; I was in a department store and there was the usual musical background. In this case an electronic version of the tinkling bells of a musical box, playing all sorts of Christmas songs, the Japanese seem very big on Christmas.  Then I noticed what one of the tunes actually was - Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence. I  wondered what that was all about. Has someone just scanned a database looking for Christmas songs? Does no-one know of the films context? Or are they not worried about it. I can imagine it was a hit in Japan as Sakamoto was the composer. Maybe it's based on a traditional Japanese tune. It certainly sounded very appropriate, a perfect blend of Christmassyness and Orientalness. Hmmm.   </p>\n", "Something I noticed in Tokyo just before Christmas; I was in a department store and there was the usual musical background. In this case an electronic version of the tinkling bells of a musical box, playing all sorts of Christmas songs, the Japanese seem very big on Christmas.  Then I noticed what one of the tunes actually was - Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence. I  wondered what that was all about. Has someone just scanned a database looking for Christmas songs? Does no-one know of the films context? Or are they not worried about it. I can imagine it was a hit in Japan as Sakamoto was the composer. Maybe it's based on a traditional Japanese tune. It certainly sounded very appropriate, a perfect blend of Christmassyness and Orientalness. Hmmm.", "[]"]], "columns": ["id", "title", "slug", "date", "year", "month", "category", "url", "body_html", "body_text", "links_out_json"], "primary_keys": ["id"], "primary_key_values": ["37"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 6.149652001113282, "license": "CC BY", "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"}