Tag: John Peel
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Saving 6 Music & Asian Network: Peel would be spinning in his grave
Well it’s official – the ‘not going to happen’ axing of BBC 6music, the only real music station now worth listening to, is going to happen.. Or will it? Let’s see. What can you do? Firstly there’s a flashmob protest at 6pm tonight outside Broadcasting House, dunno who’s organising it (the nature of flashmobs says:…
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The Death of Digital Radio?
If this article is true and the threat to the BBC’s 6Music station is critical and more than the BBC Trust’s rap on the knuckles to get the station out there and focus more on music…then not only BBC has turned it’s back on quite a large 25-45 year old target age group who want…
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Bhangra Bootay
As you might have guessed I tend to avoid hype and spam, I prefer to discover the new on my own rather than follow the crowd – the John Peel approach of avoiding what the industry or received opinion says and making up your own mind. Sadly that means that sometimes you miss stuff, as…
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RC 180: Shabbey Road (Beatles #7)
One Hundred and EEEiiiightyyyyy!!!! Last of the Beatles Podcasts, a bumper edition concentrating on the end of the Beatles, their various followups in mashup and cover form, and John Lennon’s death. I live near Abbey Road so I just popped out and took these pictures – the ones of the tourists recreating the famous picture…