[peel] john peel

[Dougal McKinnon]

On Mon, 08 May 2000 23:51:58 -0000 markl@... wrote:

> Is it just me or are other people starting to tire of Johns constant 
> on air mistakes,it can't be that hard to "do" a radio show,i mean if 
> other djs on radio one made so many mistakes they would be fired.Jo 
> Whiley rarely makes mistakes and she's been a dj a fraction of the 
> time peel has so by all rights he should be making a more 
> professional show than her!i don't mean he should include cheesy 
> jingles like the other scum on radio one use(i'm talking about chris 
> moyles)i just mean playing records at the right speed and simple 
> things like that.Still,its the best radio show going despite these 
> constant mistakes,but it could be better if he just put some effort 
> into "it".Also i know other people love the festive 50,but i wish he 
> would do something a little different this year,i don't think i could 
> handle another painfully predictable installment!maybe he should do 
> his favourite 50 tunes,i'd much prefer to hear that and so would most 
> people i know.Please don't reply to this in an insulting way.

We had this discussion what seems like only a short time ago.  Yes, his
on-air mistakes can be a bit irritating when done to excess, but are 
also part of his charm.  He has a defence for some of the records 
played at the wrong speed in that some of them are white labels with no
info on them and playing them at two different speeds doesn't always 
solve the mystery of which is the correct one.   Jo Whiley may rarely 
make mistakes but I'd be surprised if vinyl formed any part of her show
(you have the advantage of me in that I never hear her) and she 
probably only needs to cue up the next CD which is much simpler.

As for the FF, I wouldn't have it any other way.  Getting JP to play 
his favourite fifty may be difficult in that you'll probably give him 
nightmares trying to narrow things down to fifty, plus you'll have the 
"painfully predictable instalment" of already knowing what number one 
is.  Still, why don't you e-mail it to him as a suggestion?

dougal mckinnon
(d.mckinnon@...)