{"id":579,"date":"2011-11-22T10:08:10","date_gmt":"2011-11-22T10:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paul-d.tv\/blog\/?p=579"},"modified":"2011-11-22T10:08:10","modified_gmt":"2011-11-22T10:08:10","slug":"happy-birthday-to-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/paul-d.tv\/blog\/2011\/11\/22\/happy-birthday-to-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday to Me!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Paul D TV blog is one year old today! To celebrate, here’s the top 20 posts from the past year: <\/p>\n

1. The one in which I make ‘The Toadlickers’ promo for multi Grammy nominated recording artist, Thomas Dolby, with the help of Muppeteer Mike Quinn, The UK’s top free runners, a bevy of burlesque beauties and a Canon EOS 5D Mark II Part 1<\/a> Part 2<\/a><\/p>\n

2. The one in which I appear on a panel at ‘Sensoria’ with founder member of The Human League and Heaven 17, Martyn Ware.<\/a><\/p>\n

3. The one in which ‘The Toadlickers’ is nominated for 2 Webby Awards.<\/a><\/p>\n

4. The one in which I photograph punk legend, Captain Sensible, at a Hells Angels bar in Bristol.<\/a> <\/p>\n

5. The one in which I get my hands on a prototype Canon EOS 1D X.<\/a><\/p>\n

6. The one with sex and docs & rock ‘n’ roll at The Sheffield Documentary Festival.<\/a> <\/p>\n

7. The one in which Hitler wants you to vote for ‘ The Toadlickers’.<\/a><\/p>\n

8. The one in which I photograph veteran peace campaigner, Brian Haw.<\/a><\/p>\n

9. The one in which I attend the Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival.<\/a><\/p>\n

10. The one in which ‘The Toadlickers’ wins a Davey Award.<\/a> <\/p>\n

11. The one in which I go behind the scenes of Chris Carr’s award nominated short, ‘Victims’.<\/a><\/p>\n

12. The one in which I photograph the Supermoon.<\/a><\/p>\n

13. The one in which I report on ‘Focus on Imaging’.<\/a> <\/p>\n

14. The one in which ‘The Toadlickers’ wins a W3 Award.<\/a><\/p>\n

15. The one in which I get my hands on the new Canon Pixma Pro-1 Printer<\/a><\/p>\n

16. The one in which I photograph Robyn Hitchcock & Terry Edwards in Brighton.<\/a><\/p>\n

17. The one in which ‘The Toadlickers’ is shown on BBC Breakfast and millions of viewers wake up to a stoned cat sitting on a toadstool, smoking a bong.<\/a> <\/p>\n

18. The one in which I review Red Giant Software’s Magic Bullet Suite 11.<\/a> <\/p>\n

19. The one in which ‘The Toadlickers’ is broadcast on Vintage TV.<\/a><\/p>\n

20. The one in which I discuss the announcements Canon EOS C300, Red Scarlet…and Lomography Lomo Kino Super 35<\/a> <\/p>\n

Thanks to y’all for making the Paul D TV blog a big success. I hope you will keep coming back for more tales of filmmaking, toadlicking and camera porn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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