Tag: Peel
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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…
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Hey There DJ, Your Nation Needs You
Today was the 4 year anniversary of John Peel’s last show – and on the 25th of this month the anniversary of his death. And fittingly I was reminded of this by the excellent Cuban Boys by the ever-present and psychic DJ Charles III (my iPod). Down down deeper and down! So, given that BBC…
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The Future is indeed unwritten…
It’s rare that I actually talk Clash-things and Joe Strummer here on Radio Clash – I feel guilty about that; the man and the band were great and I’m squatting the name. Then again rather than nostalgia I try and embody the likes of Strummer and Peel in my music choices; I want to excite…
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John Peel or ‘4 Real’?
Hmm…as the dust has settled on the John Peel day/week/memorial single activities I can see more clearly why was beginning to be bemused by this John Peel Day and Radio 1 spectacular… Firstly (and most importantly) the music they played was great – I really wished they’d do this more often; rather than a public…
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Radio Clash 49: Play at the Wrong Speed – Remembering John Peel
A show as a tribute and a reminder of the genius of John Peel, a DJ that inspired me and many other people; and introduced us all to some good and very odd new music. And played a fair amount of it at the wrong speed…! I guess there’s going to be a media blitz…