What I would find interesting is how many people on your LJ FL have never knowingly listened to John Peel on the radio. Not many, I'd have thought, given the demographic.
I remember significant amounts of my FL wailing, gnashing teeth and rending garments when he died. And one lone voice saying "I was more upset when Tommy Vance died, actually".
Yes. That would have been the relatively recently, I think.
It's telling that online Peelism has kicked off properly only after people have been able to poke around and discover no useful alternative.
I mean, it's a bit bloody odd that there's an entire channel that could be 24-hour Peel, but the only sort that actually gets it right (in my limited and entirely biased opinion) is, um, Ravenscroft Junior.
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I don't think it's as high as you think it might be, although I could be pleasantly surprised.
Certainly, until relatively recently, the only people who I knew listened to Peelie were me, uk_jon and my mum.
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It's telling that online Peelism has kicked off properly only after people have been able to poke around and discover no useful alternative.
I mean, it's a bit bloody odd that there's an entire channel that could be 24-hour Peel, but the only sort that actually gets it right (in my limited and entirely biased opinion) is, um, Ravenscroft Junior.
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I really must make the time to go through that heap of 30ish year old cassettes upstairs.
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(I've found that encoding cassettes is slightly less hassle than doing the vinyl)
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