{"id":21999,"date":"2020-04-26T21:04:39","date_gmt":"2020-04-26T20:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mcclellandmedia.com\/blog\/?p=21999"},"modified":"2020-04-26T21:04:39","modified_gmt":"2020-04-26T20:04:39","slug":"reasons-to-be-cheerful-april-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcclellandmedia.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/26\/reasons-to-be-cheerful-april-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Reasons to be cheerful&#8230;. April 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings Dahhlings!!!<br \/>\nI hope this update finds you happy and healthy.<\/p>\n<p>A couple of items for you&#8230;\u00a0on the <a href=\"http:\/\/mcclellandmedia.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/21\/april-lockdown-update\/\">last post<\/a>, I shared a video of me doing the opening <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/PCcO1yELPJY\"><strong>Future Legend monologue<\/strong><\/a> from <strong>Bowie&#8217;s Diamond Dogs,<\/strong> a lyric I memorised at 16 and never forgot.<\/p>\n<p>Today I have more remembered lyrics, and I&#8217;ve done a bit of a video production on this one. <strong>Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3<\/strong>, by <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/CIMNXogXnvE\">Ian Dury and the Blockheads<\/a>, is well lodged in my brain, and I will often rattle it off to the confusion of those around me&#8230; Until I get to the chorus and they realise what it is.<br \/>\nSo here is my version of it. It makes me cheerful, I hope it does you during these Lockdown Days. My memory must be dodgy though, I missed some lines, should have listened to the original or checked the lyrics first!<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"604\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bq2fHlAxh0M?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>NEXT:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Right, last time I told you about the new <strong>Barry Pigeon Protects<\/strong> episode, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/__sTxzSI1co\">Barry Goes Viral<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>a special Covid-19 episode.<\/p>\n<p>Happy to report it&#8217;s been selected for an online screening in the <a href=\"https:\/\/syfn.org\/5642-2\/\"><strong>South Yorkshire Filmmakers Network<\/strong> Online screening event Tuesday night<\/a>. Going to be a few other short films on the bill, so it&#8217;ll keep you entertained on Tuesday night.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s streaming online and features a Q&amp;A, so put your very best Pajamas on, grab a glass of your favourite beverage, and see you there. Here&#8217;s the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/216910745095644\/permalink\/2804242166362476\/?sfnsn=scwspmo&amp;extid=kVGzlaLundo59VLx\">streaming link<\/a><\/strong>. It gets underway at 7pm.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22002\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mcclellandmedia.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/26\/reasons-to-be-cheerful-april-2020\/img_3235\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcclellandmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/img_3235.jpg?fit=768%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"768,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_3235\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcclellandmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/img_3235.jpg?fit=604%2C755&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22002\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcclellandmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/img_3235.jpg?resize=604%2C755\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcclellandmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/img_3235.jpg?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcclellandmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/img_3235.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Stay Sane. Stay Safe.<br \/>\nD xoxoxo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings Dahhlings!!! I hope this update finds you happy and healthy. A couple of items for you&#8230;\u00a0on the last post, I shared a video of me doing the opening Future Legend monologue from Bowie&#8217;s Diamond Dogs, a lyric I memorised at 16 and never forgot. Today I have more remembered lyrics, and I&#8217;ve done a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mcclellandmedia.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/26\/reasons-to-be-cheerful-april-2020\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Reasons to be cheerful&#8230;. April 2020<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Reasons to be cheerful.... an Ian Dury tribute from Lockdown... 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