Funny you should mention that, Jaimie.
Just tonight, I pulled out the two Joy Division Peel session EPs I own.
Still terrific stuff. He'll be sorely missed.

john micek

http://www.milkshakejones.com



On Oct 26, 2004, at 10:00 PM, Jaimie Vernon wrote:

> 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
>
>