{"id":14279,"date":"2012-12-23T07:32:35","date_gmt":"2012-12-23T15:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=14279"},"modified":"2012-12-23T07:38:57","modified_gmt":"2012-12-23T15:38:57","slug":"watch-the-tallest-man-on-earth-cover-damien-jurados-working-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2012-12\/watch-the-tallest-man-on-earth-cover-damien-jurados-working-titles\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch The Tallest Man On Earth Cover Damien Jurado&#8217;s &#8220;Working Titles&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In all (and repeated) candor, we think the lad dubbed <strong>The Tallest Man on<\/strong> <strong>Earth<\/strong> has received too much unjustified raving from critics.\u00a0 It has seemed wrongly un-critical and hypocritical, if you will.\u00a0 Based on his most recent release below, it turns out TTMOE might just want to skip the pretense of thinly-veiled songwriting, cut out the middle-man and only 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