Tag: John Peel
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RC 315: Eat The Rich For Christmas
Merry Brexmas from the Former United Kingdom! It’s the last show of the year, and because I don’t have a little elf like the big guys I can’t do a canned Christmas ‘highlights package’ and have to actually, well, do a show despite the lack of cheer caused by the insane political climate. So hence…
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John Peel Is Not Enough
It’s 15 years since the sad death of John Peel – I think music is still reeling from that one, I know radio and support for independent music definitely is. And also 15 years since the idea for this podcast and blog started, since his death inspired me to start it in desperation about who…
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The Disc jockeys (1970)
Amazing look into the working of Radio 1 in 1970 by Man Alive. Featuring the likes of John Peel, Kenny Everett, Jimmy Young, Emperor Rosko and yes Tony Blackburn, it’s a critical look at the rise of the DJ. Several of them particularly doesn’t come over that well with Peel criticising the fact that some…
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John Peel meets Aphex Twin and Vibert in Cornwall
I’ve watched some of the Sound of the Suburbs series many years ago but I’m sure this one wasn’t online then – a legendary and rare meeting of Richard D. James aka Aphex Twin and Luke Vibert at Gwennap Pit. Found out about this via John Dorran’s review of the latest AFX EP, and the…
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The Belle Enz and Lipps Dick
Who can forget the wonders of Disco Gestapo, Belle Enz, Lipps Dick and DHS Essence from 1983? (via Thriftshop XL) Umm…no comment. (What worries me is the images are probably from real bands, somewhere? o.O) And John Peel* from 1981 sounding more like Paul Morley with Your Dad ‘Don’t Answer Me Back’, The Buggerlugs, The…