{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"Patch (patch)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Jan-12 07:06:14 UTC","author_name":"Patch (patch)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/patch","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/878789","html":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/218\" class=\"url\" title=\"The Dude\"><span class=\"fn nickname\">abigpony<\/span><\/a><\/span> To be honest, it was an absurd offhand reference. But if you mean the extreme popularity of ska, and how it got mixed into everything---who knows why things suddenly become popular? I have some ideas, but never worked on 'em enough to put them in order."}