Ah, another year, another F50 that no one much seems to like. Also another year where I have been working over Christmas and missed the whole shebang. So my...
On reflection it's probably been the best for a few years - at least, less songs and bands and that Peel has never played, less big-name no-hopers like...
... Because little (if any) of it is actually any good? -- Jan...
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rockerq@...
Jan 3, 2003 7:55 pm
<< Anyone have any theories why electronica and reggae are always so badly under-represented compared to the amount Peel plays? Because little (if any) of it...
<< Anyone have any theories why electronica and reggae are always so badly ... Rocker wrote ... Much as I respect Peel his tastes aren't automatically superior...
... very true, i reckon - I reckon the biggest reggae track in the chart ever (correct me if I'm wrong) would have been the Natural Ites 'Picture on My Wall'...
Just to clear this one up, yeah, Marc Smith's from Glasgow and has been around as a hardcore DJ for several years I think. And is definitely *not* the same...
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John Bravin
john.bravin@...
Jan 5, 2003 8:03 pm
Depends a bit on what you count as reggae. In 1978 The Clash reached 7 with White Man in Hammersmith Palais, and 23 with Police and Thieves (the Junior Murvin...
I've been away from the computer for a time, just getting back from a lot of travel.... have enjoyed all the F50 talk. I have tapes coming soon and will hear...
gotta ask you well informed folks the ballboy song 'they'll hang flags from cranes...' what exactly is the meaning of hanging flags from cranes? is it a...
you could ask gordon himself at the ballboy website guestbook place, but i remember him saying in an interview that it's something his mother said to him - if...
Not Akufen was it? sounds like his kinda stuff... but I'm probably way off. http://www.ableton.com/content/reloadFrameset.html?content-artist-Akufen.html ...
... That might be it, thanks for the tip. They got a mention in the NY Times yesterday in a large article covering the best but overlooked CD's of 2002. I'd...
... January 8, 2003 Tributaries to the Musical Mainstream By NEIL STRAUSS Last year record labels released about 27,000 CD titles in the United States. Though...
I think you need broadband! I send the streamed version from my PC to receiver via USB. I can then listen or tape it, whatever - quality is excellent. ...
without wanting to dredge up this F50 voting thing again, I wondered if many people here had seen the current issue of Unpeeled (zine which incorporates Peel...
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rockerq@...
Jan 17, 2003 7:21 pm
... general tirades against bad music) >> Anyone know if they have a website? Cheers! Rocker...
... from?? ... Some confusion here. There is no downloadable version. I think what was meant was that its possible to capture the streaming audio either by...
A friend with a satellite dish here in Atlanta got a clean tape of the whole 185 minute BBCWS 75th Anniversary multi-country multi-artist music event from...
Thanks Richard. I think you're right, you must need broadband, which would explain a lot. I'm not THE most computer literate of people me. I'll try and get a...
I asked a friend yesterday what she thought of the article I'd written, and she didn't know what I was talking about. I realized that while I'm quick to send...
Ananova - BBC orders naked man to cover up for interview X-URL: http://www.ananova.com/entertainment/story/sm_752663.html?menu= BBC orders naked man to cover...
... I don't know, but it goes back over twenty years. At one time they had a full set of pseudonyms for the Royals - Charles and Diana were "Brian and Cheryl",...
... Er, what? I really didn't expect to be doing a survey of baby-naming web sites today, but they seem to agree that "Elizabeth" is from Hebrew, meaning "God...
