{"id":645,"date":"2003-06-21T18:31:45","date_gmt":"2003-06-21T22:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tradermike.net\/movethecrowd\/2003\/06\/making_the_band_ii\/"},"modified":"2003-06-21T18:31:45","modified_gmt":"2003-06-21T22:31:45","slug":"making_the_band_ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2003\/06\/21\/making_the_band_ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Making the Band II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What a way to kick off the season of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtv.com\/onair\/makingtheband\/archive\/501.jhtml\">Making the Band<\/a>.  Puffy (sorry, I can&#8217;t switch up mid-stream and refer to him as P. Diddy) doled out some well deserved hazing to the band members.  These kids acted like Puffy needed them.  I found myself ROTFL when Puff told them what time it was.  (I&#8217;ma <b><i>be<\/i><\/b> up in the studio making hits&#8230;)  I was glad to see that the band came to their senses and walked their asses to Brooklyn to get Puffy his cheesecake! \ud83d\ude42  Oh, and Dylan must have been smoking crack.  After Puff saved him from doing a bid in jail, he&#8217;s gonna act up like he&#8217;s the king of NY???  Puff should have sent him packing.  Looks like this season is gonna be full of drama.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a way to kick off the season of Making the Band. Puffy (sorry, I can&#8217;t switch up mid-stream and refer to him as P. Diddy) doled out some well deserved hazing to the band members. These kids acted like Puffy needed them. I found myself ROTFL when Puff told them what time it was.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2003\/06\/21\/making_the_band_ii\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Making the Band II<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":130,"url":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2003\/08\/01\/making_the_band_ii-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":645,"position":0},"title":"Making the Band II","date":"August 1, 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"HardCore over at Thought 4 the Day wrote a great review of Making the Band II. 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