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From | "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
Subject | Re: RIP John Peel |
Date | Tue, 26 Oct 2004 22:00:58 -0400 |
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At Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 08:17:19 Kevin wrote:
>Sad day for rock 'n' roll... proof of the man's influence is the fact that
>I
>received news of this on three unrelated mailing lists. Music, of course,
>comics and even football (that's soccer to you yanks)...
>
>Back in the dark days of the early 80s (per-internet), Peel's program on
>BBC
>World Service was a window to another world...and gave me (esp in the alt.
>rock starved cultural desert that is Singapore) access to some of the
>greatest music of the time... he will be missed.
We got our John Peel second hand...not through his radio programmes, but the
great live album anthologies for specific acts he released (grey covers with
the John Peel name ticker-taped across the front). Got me to love bands like
Stiff Little Fingers, The Buzzcocks, et al.
Jaimie Vernon,
President, Bullseye Records
http://www.bullseyecanada.com
Author, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia
http://www.canoe.ca/JamMusicPopEncycloPages
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