My 2012
As 2012 comes to an end, I
thought it would be nice to sum up the year so far in one blog post, sort of
like one of those round robin letters you get but you won’t get this force-fed
down your throat. Failing that it’s something for me to look back on in years
to come! So what happened in 2012?
January: The month I finally went abroad
I started off 2012 by
taking a look around the new City Park in Bradford (http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/city-park-actually-quite-good.html).
It might have cost an obscenely large amount of money but what they’ve done
with the space is incredible and it’s a really impressive landmark, and one
that has brought the population of the city together in many ways. I also
enjoyed Milton Jones’ pilot ‘The House of Rooms’ (http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/milton-jones-house-of-rooms-review.html)
which still hasn’t been commissioned as far as I know, which is a real shame as
it was a hilarious thirty minutes.
Capitalising on two games
reviews I’d sent into website ‘Den of Geek’ in December 2011 I began writing
more for the site. By the end of the year I would have written lots for them,
from a review of ‘Sonic Generations’ (http://www.denofgeek.com/games/6502/sonic-generations-nintendo-3ds-review)
to ’10 Things I’d Like To See From Primeval’ (http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/primeval/21040/the-10-things-we%E2%80%99d-like-to-see-from-primeval-in-2012)
to my top ten episodes of that television series (http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/primeval/22386/top-10-primeval-episodes).
I would go on to write a big piece on the WiiU (http://www.denofgeek.com/games/23685/our-first-48-hours-with-the-nintendos-wii-u)
and game ZombiU (http://www.denofgeek.com/games/23777/zombiu-wii-u-review) as
well as a weekly review of the Canadian spin-off ‘Primeval New World’ (starting
with http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/primeval/23309/primeval-new-world-episode-1-review-the-new-world).
I am very grateful to the site for accepting my work and love the writing and
seeing my name up on the site, plus the mostly positive reviews my articles are
getting.
In January I also began
writing regularly for blog www.all-noise.co.uk,
with a weekly round-up of that week’s singles and that’s something I’m still
doing now, and I thank Luke for letting me do the article each week. Alongside
this regular contribution I’ve also done lots of album reviews, countdown and
much more, viewable at http://www.philip-lickley.co.uk/wp/journalism.
Thirdly I continued
reviewing video games for site ‘Brash Games’ (thanks to Paul) and wrote many
reviews over the course of 2012, viewable at http://www.brashgames.co.uk/author/philip-lickley/.
Also this month I scored
nearly 1000 view on my tongue-in-cheek musings on how Sherlock Holmes could
have survived his suicidal jump over at http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.com/2012/01/10-possible-explanations-for-sherlock.html,
one of many posts I’ve made through the year to try and increase my experience
of writing. Sadly, after a promising start last January, I’ve still yet to make
any real progress with my novel.
But the biggest thing of
January was my first trip abroad with good friends Ian and Rachael - http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/rachael-ian-and-phils-trip-to-france.html.
We had an amazing time at Euro Disney and in Paris even though the weather was
absolutely freezing but looking back on the week it was an amazing time, starting
with a sight-seeing day in London and then heading into France. I really wish I
could do it again.
In the world of music I
picked up a copy of Rudolf Rocker’s ‘The Whitby Scar’ (http://wavgoodbye.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/rudolf-rocker-whitby-scar-review.html),
gave my thoughts on the BBC’s ‘Sound of 2012’ poll (http://wavgoodbye.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/my-thoughts-on-sound-of-2012.html)
and talked about my dislike of the bonus tracks and deluxe albums (http://wavgoodbye.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/disappointment-of-bonus-platinum-track.html).
And, as usual, I continued
broadcasting two shows on RamAir, in the form of ‘Bitter and Pies’ and ‘...and
be done with it’.
February: A better trip to hospital
In February I began my
journey into hospital radio. Over 2012 I would be trained up at BRI and get my
first show ‘Ultrasound’, as well as help out with their sixtieth birthday
celebrations later in the year.
I continued my blog posts
by looking at the unusual decision to edit the upcoming ‘The Pirates’ film due
to a throw-away joke about leprosy that sparked a big debate (http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/pirates-in-adventure-with-political.html)
and also reviewing ‘The Muppets’ (http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/muppets-2012-review.html),
a brilliant film well worth seeing, but whether the sequel with Ricky Gervais
appearing will be as good we’ll wait to see! I also wrote about my fourteen favourite
comedy series.
I picked up a copy of Lana
Del Rey’s excellent ‘Born To Die’ album early in February (http://wavgoodbye.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/lana-del-rey-born-to-die-album-review.html)
and got annoyed over Marcus Collins’ ripping-off of an earlier track (http://wavgoodbye.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/two-nation-army-another-x-factor-rip.html).
March: I’m Porky and I Know It – are you?
In March I fulfilled a
dream to see ‘An Inspectre Calls’ on stage, going to watch it with my parents
at the Alhambra in Bradford. It was an incredible performance with a set that
you have to see to believe – if you can catch it I’d highly recommend it! (http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/inspector-calls-review.html)
In March I also watched
the latest performance by the ever reliable BUSOM group at the University of
Bradford and you can read my review at http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/busom-presents-iolanthe-theatre-in-mill.html.
I also grabbed a copy of Meat Loaf’s new album which I reviewed at http://wavgoodbye.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/meat-loaf-hell-in-handbasket-album.html.
Finally, having spent two
years with Mike and Kev doing parody tracks, we finally entered the world of
videos with this little gem:
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April: Student Radio, BCB, Steps, Parodies, 100 shows
and hello new phone!
April started off rather
busy at work with my birthday being put on hold as we were hosting the Student
Radio Conference, three days of hard work and organisation but an event that
was mostly pulled off successfully for the many student stations that came down
even if the weather did throw snow at us on the third day. It’s a big thank you
to everyone from me who helped on both sides of the event as it couldn’t have
been achieved without a lot of hard work from everyone. Good luck to Leicester
who are hosting it this year!
Work with RamAir continued
to be fun this year as we got a new studio and playout system which we’re just
about getting to grips with now!
I treated myself after
this to see one of my favourite bands as a child – Steps – live at the MEN
Arena, a great gig if not quite up to Take That from the previous year (http://wavgoodbye.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/steps-mcr-arena-10th-april-2012-review.html).
Back in December I
recorded a one-off pilot on BCB – Bradford’s local community radio station –
and in April I started broadcasting this regularly in a half-hour format. ‘Paper
Cuts’ goes out weekly at 1pm on a Wednesday and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed doing
it so far.
Also in April I reviewed
two massive films – The Pirates! (http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/pirates-in-adventure-with-scientists.html)
and an unexpectedly incredible film ‘The Cabin In The Woods (http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/cabin-in-woods-movie-review.html)
which is a definite must see! I also misjudgingly bought Sean Paul’s new album,
which was not so good (http://wavgoodbye.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/sean-paul-tomahawk-technique.html).
April was also the month
in which my mobile phone finally bit the dust with the screen smashing and
becoming unusable, so I finally dipped my toe into the smartphone market with a
HTC One S. After finding the e-mail alerts more annoying than helpful but
equally becoming more involved with Facebook, Twitter, Draw Something and Words
With Friends (not sure if any of that is a good thing), I was glad to have
changed phones in the end (http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/one-day-with-htc-one-s.html).
Finally, April was also
the hundredth edition of the ‘...and be done with it’ show on the 25th,
which came a week after we did our second totally live show, which you can hear
some bits of at http://www.andbedonewithit.co.uk/wp/page/4/.
We also did our second parody album in this month which you can hear in full at
http://www.andbedonewithit.co.uk/wp/humour/autotuned-2-hell-parody-album-2/.
May: Electric Six and food safety
This Month was a busy time
for blog posts, reviewing ‘The Avengers’ (http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/avengers-assemble-review.html
- not so good), ‘American Reunion (http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/american-reunion-review.html
- better) and ‘The Hunger Games’ (http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/hunger-games-review.html
- Best). I also saw the BUSOM summer concert (http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/busom-boys-vs-girls-2012-summer-concert.html)
and mused on the changes to the Gadget Show which finally put me off watching a
show I’d enjoyed for many years (http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/what-have-they-done-to-gadget-show.html).
I also spoke about the terrestrial
showing of series five of ‘Primeval’ (http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/primeval-series-five-to-make.html),
a show that is still sitting in re-commissioning limbo and Tim Vine’s departure
from my favourite sitcom ‘Not Going Out’ (http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/tim-vine-is-going-out-as-he-leaves.html)
and we’ll see what effect that has on it when series six debuts in early 2013.
Musically I bought a copy
of Dick Valentine’s acoustic album ‘Destroy The Children’ (A great listen - http://wavgoodbye.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/dick-valentine-destroy-children-review.html)
and saw him live acoustically in Fibbers, York at the end of the month, another
brilliant appearance from a great singer-songwriter (http://wavgoodbye.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/dick-valentine-acoustic-live-review.html).
The month ended with the ‘Party
On The Amp’ event at work which was our busiest yet and the sun shone once
more, followed by me going back to college to sit my Level 2 Award in Food Safety
in Catering which I passed.
June: Easy as Pi?
In June I continued my
summer viewing of films with the great ‘Men In Black 3’, which I’ve just got on
BluRay and enjoyed it as much the second time around (http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/men-in-black-3-review.html)
plus ‘Top Cat’ (http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/top-cat-movie-movie-review.html)
which, despite the negative reviews, is actually more fun than you might think
if you’re a fan of the original cartoon.
On the box I watched and
reviewed the Jubilee concert (http://wavgoodbye.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/jubilee-concert-4th-june-2012.html)
and thought about the ten funny things I’d like to see at it (http://wavgoodbye.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/10-things-i-want-to-see-from-tonights.html).
I continued to write down my thoughts on all matter of things from the cash-in
cover song (http://wavgoodbye.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/update-rise-of-cash-in-cover-song.html),
to Muse’s ‘Survival’ song (http://wavgoodbye.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/muse-survival-official-london-2012.html) to Jessie J’s copyright claim (http://wavgoodbye.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/jessie-j-vs-loomis-and-lust-in.html).
I also decided to buy a
Raspberry Pi and after a long wait it finally turned up this month. It turned
out to be a gold-trap and not as easy to set-up and use as promised, and I’ve
still not fully got to grips with the piece of kit. It may inspire a new
generation of young computer programmers, but to me it lacked the simplicity of
the BASIC computers I used as a young kid in school (http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/phils-adventures-with-his-raspberry-pi.html).
I will have to come back to it to see if I can spend some more time to fathom
it out.
I subscribed to a new
magazine in June, to go with my ‘Private Eye’, ‘Official Nintendo Magazine’ and
‘Fortean Times’ subscriptions. ‘Wonderpedia’ is a great monthly magazine with
lots of interesting articles on a wide range of subjects and well worth picking
up, though it took me a month or so to get the first issue due to a mistake in
the distribution centre (http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/wonderpedia-new-magazine.html).
June was also the time of
E3 with Nintendo releasing the first details of their upcoming WiiU console.
You can read my thoughts on the show at http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/nintendo-e3-in-nutshell.html.
I also took time in June
to muse on a variety of subjects, such as ITV’s poor treatment of it’s ‘Primeval’
show (http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/are-itv-letting-primeval-fail.html);
the upcoming new entry in the ‘Tomb Raider’ franchise (http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/has-tomb-raider-series-lost-its-way.html);
and my thoughts on the Cofilmic event myself and friend Liam Walters attended
in Bradford in the first of my steps in the year to expand my knowledge of
script writing (http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/cofilmic-films-my-thoughts.html).
It was a great session with some hilarious short films and though the comedy
sketches I submitted to the competition weren’t winners, it was a useful bit of
experience for me.
July: Hotpots, Alnwick Castle and the Olympics
I continued to review
movies in June with the Amazing Spider-man, perhaps not as amazing as the title
but still good (http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/amazing-spider-man-review.html),
and the much better ‘The Dark Knight
Rises’ (http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/the-dark-knight-rises-spoiler-filled.html).
I also headed over to
Sheffield’s ‘Magna’ in the month to play some of the retro games available
there and have a first-play on the new 3DS Mario game and the ‘Beat The Beat’
Wii game (http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/day-out-at-magna.html)
even if I did feel out of place going on my own!
I saw the Lancashire
Hotpots live in this month (the first of four times I’d see them in the second
half of the year by luck more than good management) in what was a really strong
gig (http://wavgoodbye.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/lancashire-hotpots-dukes-lancaster.html)
as well as picking up their latest album (http://wavgoodbye.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/the-lancashire-hotpots-hard-days-pint.html).
I continued to offer the
people of the internet my thoughts on things including the London 2012 opening
ceremony (http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/the-london-2012-olympics-ceremony.html)
and even broke into verse to sum up the first three days of the summer event - http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/london-2012-olympics-days-1-3.html.
On the 22nd I
went on a trip with work to Alnwick Castle. The weather was brilliant and the
day great fun! Though we did visit the Poison Garden and I took a photo of cannabis, which means that image occasionally appears on the home screen of my phone. Nice.
I also spoke about the sad
passing of actor Geoffrey Hughes in July, sadly missed (http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/geoffrey-hughes-few-thoughts.html).
August: Sketch Show and Stand-Up Comedy
In August I went to the
National Media Museum in Bradford to see their demonstration of ‘Super Hi-Def’,
which was an experience if not that overwhelming (http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/my-thoughts-on-super-hi-vision.html).
It was also the month I
finished off my pilot for a sketch show which you can hear below – thanks to
everyone who contributed a voice! Hopefully if I plug this more it will be
picked up – or maybe not!
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I also did something different
this month, heading off to a BBC Radio 2 stand-up comedy workshop with friend
Liam in Leeds on Monday 20th August and we each did five minutes of
stand-up in front of an audience. It was a nerve-wracking experience but one
that was really rewarding, and the day after I went to see the more seasoned
newbies do it!
It wasn't all fun and good news. I had entered some of my demos into the Sony Radio Awards but sadly didn't get anything!
It wasn't all fun and good news. I had entered some of my demos into the Sony Radio Awards but sadly didn't get anything!
I put my hand in my pocket
and bought the new 3DS Mario game and you can read my thoughts on it at http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/new-super-mario-bros-2-3ds-review.html.
I also reviewed the
closing ceremony of the Olympics (http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/the-london-2012-olympics-closing.html)
and the opening ceremony of the Paraolympic games (http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/the-paralympics-opening-ceremony.html).
Speaking of the Olympics,
I reviewed the CDs for the respective ceremonies (http://wavgoodbye.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/isles-of-wonder-music-for-opening.html
and http://wavgoodbye.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/a-symphony-of-british-music-music-for.html)
and Spector’s excellent debut album (http://wavgoodbye.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/spector-enjoy-it-while-it-lasts-album.html).
Finally I gave my thoughts
on Tim Vine’s new game show (http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/dont-blow-inheritance-itv1-5pm.html)
and compiled my favourite music videos ever (http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/best-music-videos-ever-part-one.html).
September: The Paralympics and Bingley Music Live
The highlight of the month
was my visit to the Paralympics on the 9th September. I wasn’t
particularly bothered about seeing any matches – though I got to see 7-a-side
football – but I wanted the opportunity to say I’d been there. The park was incredible,
the attractions brilliant and the weather during the day was great, so overall
a fantastic trip and well worth the ten hours on a coach on the round day trip.
September began in a fun
way with my annual trip to local festival ‘Bingley Music Live’, an event I’ve
been to all but one of. The weather held out, the acts were great and the two
additional stages well done. My thoughts and reviews can be found at http://wavgoodbye.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/bingley-music-live-day-one.html;
http://wavgoodbye.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/bingley-music-live-day-two.html
and http://wavgoodbye.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/bingley-music-live-day-three.html.
In the world of
television, September was all about ‘Doctor Who’ and I reviewed all five
episodes as well as spoofing them for the continuing parody series of ‘DJ Who’
for my radio show ‘...and be done with it’. (http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/doctor-who-asylum-of-daleks-review.html;
http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/doctor-who-dinosaurs-on-spaceship.html;
http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/doctor-who-town-called-mercy-review.html;
http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/doctor-who-power-of-three-review.html;
http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/doctor-who-angels-take-manhattan-review.html).
You can hear our five
radio spoofs at http://www.andbedonewithit.co.uk/wp/humour/dj-who/.
Back in the world of music
I picked up the Killers new album and reviewed it at http://wavgoodbye.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/the-killers-battle-born-album-review.html.
October: Hotpots and weddings!
This month I went to the
wedding of friends Andrew and Maggie Roberts – it was a great day – and I wish
them all the best for the future!
In October I saw a couple
of films, the acclaimed but ultimately disappointing ‘Looper’ (http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/looper-movie-review.html)
but the far more enjoyable and ‘film of the year’ James Bond flick ‘Skyfall’ (http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/skyfall-review.html).
I also wrapped up warm with some friends to watch ‘Coraline’ in the City Park,
armed with a marshmallow-filled hot chocolate and requiring a good warming up
in Lloyds (http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/coraline-outside-screening-in-city-park.html).
Bradford did it’s ‘Garden
of Light’ this month in the City Park, which was a great attraction to visit,
especially on the Saturday night when it was busy with Bradfordians, showcasing
another event pulling together residents of the city.
I picked up two great
albums in October, the long-awaited live album from Electric Six (http://wavgoodbye.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/electric-six-absolute-pleasure-live.html)
and the Evil Cowards follow-up ‘Moving Through Security’ (http://wavgoodbye.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/evil-cowards-moving-through-security.html).
I also made my third visit
to see the Hotpots (they appeared at September’s ‘Bingley Music Live’ for my
second) though a friend not being able to make the gig. They were great as
always! (http://wavgoodbye.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/the-lancashire-hotpots-well-leeds.html)
Finally, I was also asked
to be the joint-best man to my friend Mike alongside Kev for his wedding next
year, which was a massive honour, and I wish the pair all the best for their
future together!
November: More radio, story writing, WiiU and piano
In November I attempted
Movember. I can’t grow a moustache. Let’s forget it happened.
This month – on the 12th
– I began broadcasting a twice-weekly breakfast show on BCB with friend Ant
Smith and that’s going well, with a great one-hour show every Monday and
Tuesday morning at 8pm (http://www.facebook.com/BradfordBAP).
As part of this I also got to interview local roller derby team ‘The Bruising
Banditas’ for a feature on the show (hear the full version at https://soundcloud.com/philip-lickley/interview-with-the-bruising).
November was a month of
live gigs. In the four short weeks I saw Spector (http://wavgoodbye.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/spector-supported-by-splash-and-swim.html),
Electric Six (http://wavgoodbye.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/electric-six-fibbers-york-wednesday.html)
and my fourth and final ‘The Lancashire Hotpots’ show (http://wavgoodbye.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/the-lancashire-hotpots-fibbers-york.html).
Back at home I was listening to Robbie’s new album ‘Take The Crown’ (http://wavgoodbye.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/robbie-williams-take-crown-deluxe.html).
Back in August I entered a
short-story writing competition in York and sadly found out in November I didn’t
win but you can read my two entries at http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/ghost-by-philip-lickley.html
and http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/the-new-prescription-by-philip-lickley.html.
I also continued to review
BUSOM performances with their scratch (http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/busom-presents-scratch-enfreude-review.html)
and attended the switching on of the Bradford Christmas lights which was a rare
drop in quality of events in the City Park (http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/bradford-christmas-lights-switch-on.html).
November was also the
month that the WiiU came out and as a life-long Nintendo fan I picked up a copy
alongside two extra games and, as I write this, am thoroughly enjoying the new
console and it was a good decision to get one.
Finally, a New Year’s
resolution from several years previously was finally completed as I passed my
grade one piano exam and started on the road to grade two. Thank you to Matt my
teacher for lots of patience!
December: Panto, student film, and a trip to London!
As December came round I
reviewed the final BUSOM performance of the year (http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/busom-villains-minions-and-monsters.html)
and gave my thoughts on some of the things on television over the festive
period (http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/the-snowman-and-snowdog-review.html
and http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/a-few-thoughts-on-christmas-day.html).
December saw the final ‘...and
be done with it’ show of the year, with our regular pound shop challenge, which
you can hear at http://api.soundcloud.com/playlists/3066468.
As my working year
finished, we had a fantastic Christmas Market at work and then after term ended
my first publically performed scripted work in the UBU Christmas Pantomime.
Warning: in-jokes and dodgy humour aplenty!
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I also featured in a small
role in a student’s film so we’ll see how that comes out in the new year! It
was also the month of the staff Chrismas party, which was as fun as ever!
The highlight of the
month, though, had to be my trip down to London with friend Carl to see ‘Electric
Six’ live down in Shepherd’s Bush as well as sight-seeing in the capital. In a
year that I started off in France and ended up in this weekend away, it was rounded
off brilliantly. You can read my thoughts on the weekend at http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/phil-and-carls-magical-trip-to-london.html
and the gig at http://wavgoodbye.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/electric-six-live-at-shepherds-bush.html.
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.539032939344.20955.283300391&type=1
I returned to York for
Christmas and we paid our annual visit to the pantomime at the Theatre Royal
and once more were not disappointed! (http://it-is-phil-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/robin-hood-and-his-merry-mam-panto.html).
Overall
In summary I can’t believe
how busy a year it has been. I’ve started doing much more in radio, more
articles and trying to build up my portfolio. I’m still enjoying my time
working for the University of Bradford Students’ Union – I couldn’t ask for
nicer colleagues or a more engaging job – but equally am keeping my eye out for
jobs in radio but we’ll see how that progresses in 2013!
(I’m sure I’ll have missed
something this year so expect some updates!)
