Soulfully Sober

As expected, I endured quite a few more VKs earlier this afternoon even having the urge to take them back to the radio rooms. Luckily there were several bottles of water left lying about as always that I drank before tonight's show which slightly sobered me up.

Goodlass and Marshall went out in style with highlights including a special appearance by Dave Benson Phillips on the phone and another song that Tilley composed, this time about Nana Glover. It didn't get played in full however as they were pushed for time and compared to the song he composed for Goodlass and Marshall earlier in the week it sounded more like a Jose Gonzales song although I know Tilley's quite a fan of him.

The final track that the duo played was "Changes" by David Bowie and was immediately followed by my final soul show where I was joined by the "token Oz" Jane Lee and
Ross Powell from the Live Variety Show. The show got a good response in terms of interaction on the shoutbox including my sister Kate who was listening and gave me the idea for the Bubblegum Soul track "Summer Girls" by LFO which both Jane and I seemed to know word for word.
Carl who used to present the Gospel Show was listening in next door in RP1 and was appreciative of the Philip Bailey tune "Vaya (Go With Love)" and the clip of Lenny Henry which I played near the end of the show before that infamous Incognito mash-up, which if anyone wants to hear, do let me know.

I'd say that this was the most enjoyable show bringing the week to a nice relaxed end, although I really want Alice who will be looking after specialist programming next year to move my show back to Wednesdays.
I heard Matthew at the awards last night telling her not to touch the Shuffle Show as it was set in stone throughout the schedule, which is interesting because they didn't turn up to do any shows towards the end of last semester and didn't do one this week neither which without being disrespectful was rather disapointing, being one of the best shows on the station.

Myself and Eric on the way back from the awards yesterday had a bit of a rant about a few of the other specialist shows who either lacked commitment or were too big for their boots which irritates me because it's stopping other people who want to do a show getting a place in the schedule.
However let's just say at this time that I'm lucky enough to have a place in the schedule overall and not have to go through the hassle of pre-reccing which for many people is an absolute nightmare.

However this week overall has allowed lots of people to really prove themselves such as Amy reading the news, Troy helping out Tudor with the video podcasts and on a personal level Sarah and Mary at the Undercroft who have served me many a VK bottle.
As for now, I'm completely knackered after this week and am defintely going to have a good lie down tonight after all the shenanigans.