Tag: John Peel
-
John Peel’s Shed
This is one for those of you in the UK, but over Xmas (until the 28th) you have to listen to John Peel’s Shed – wonderfully touching story about the transformative effect of radio and specifically a box of records won from John Peel’s Shed in 2002. I think a lot of people have been…
-
The original boats that rocked – Pirate ships ahoy!
Preparing for a new show I stumbled across these films of the original pirates satellites – the offshore broadcasting Pirate Radio ships and forts such as Radio Caroline, Radio London, Radio 270, the fort radio stations of Radio 390, Radio Invicta, Radio City, and Radio Essex aka Sealand – and the most dramatic of all…
-
Playlisted to death & Peel vs the Playlist
A few days ago there was a flurry on twitter as BBC Radio 1 live twittered this week’s Playlist meeting. What was said was very revealing and I think revealed a lot about where I think Radio 1 has gone wrong, especially as there really isn’t the same 80’s style monoculture anymore – the feeling…
-
RC 195: Keep It Peel
Photo by kyz – Creative Commons Originally put together on the 25th October, the 6th anniversary of John Peel’s death, technical difficulties stopped it being recorded and posted then. John Peel’s death was the catalyst for this podcast (Radio Clash started a little over a month later), so I always feel I have to pay…
-
Two more Johns: Happy Birthday John Lennon and John Peel Day
My life seems rife with Johns at the moment (listen to the podcast to find out why *enigmatic smile*) and here’s two other Johns that deserve honouring, for today would’ve been John Lennon’s 70th birthday, so here’s an excellent Philretrospector mashup of Coldplay (s’ok I’ll let him off, it’s a special occasion) and Beatles and…
-
Open Letter to the BBC Trust
Just sent this…gotta go, aiming to be at the flashmob at 6pm and I’m late typing this! Dear BBC Trust, I am writing to complain and also question the proposed closure of 6Music and Asian Network. It seems to me strange in a Strategy that quite rightly puts quality in the forefront that it would…