{"id":364,"date":"2005-08-05T13:27:01","date_gmt":"2005-08-05T12:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/?p=364"},"modified":"2005-08-05T14:26:03","modified_gmt":"2005-08-05T13:26:03","slug":"the-cat-in-the-hat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2005\/08\/05\/the-cat-in-the-hat\/","title":{"rendered":"The cat in the hat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A while ago, I <a href=\"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2005\/03\/26\/the-seeds-of-doom\/\">mentioned that I&#8217;d been an extra<\/a> in a music video. Said video (which the faint-hearted should be warned contains some men in drag) is now online: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beam.tv\/beamreels\/reel_player.php?reel=NNkhVHNymY&#038;reel_file=rtgPdNvKTT&#038;fs=1\">High bandwidth<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beam.tv\/beamreels\/reel_player.php?NNkhVHNymY\">Low bandwidth<\/a>. I crop up a few times in the audience and am easily identified thanks to my much-derided flat cap.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/nostalgia1.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" alt='Nostalgia screen grab\"' \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/nostalgia2.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" alt='Nostalgia screen grab\"' \/><\/p>\n<p>The excellent track is called <em>Nostalgia<\/em> and is by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.readers-wifes.co.uk\/\">Readers Wifes<\/a> featuring Justin Bond. You can buy it from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B0009VY6K0\/willhowells-21\">Amazon<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www1.hmv.co.uk\/hmvweb\/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;-1;-1;-1&#038;sku=394327\">HMV<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A while ago, I mentioned that I&#8217;d been an extra in a music video. 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