[peel] Re: Re: Re: holidays

[Charles Smith]

> I've always assumed that Lamacq was being groomed to take
> over from Peel eventually.  He has tastes that aren't reflected
> on the Evening Show like reggae and The Fall.  The time will
> come when they will want a younger DJ to handle the student
> chart indie stuff so he will be available.

Which is why it's so annoying this oppurtunity won't be taken to give him a
free reign.

> However recently he has become fixated with derivative American
> heavy metal bands and anyone who can get excited by something as
> dull as Puddle Of Mudd is certainly not worthy to go anywhere
> near Peel's show.  His show is now almost unlistenable

I don't think that  he really likes any of the nu-metal/grunge bands very
much.  Lamacq used to cater mainly for Indie Kids but the demographics have
changed so much that the people who a few years ago would have been
listening to Blur/Pulp/Radiohead ect.. are now listening to bizkuit ect... I
think thats one of the reasons behind the change, they are trying to
experiment with putting the rock show at a more reasonable hour.

The entire of the specialist scheduling needs to be sorted out. Dance is
given a ridicolous amount of prime time slots. Rock is becoming increasingly
popular but no one can hear the shows put out, so lamacq has to play a large
proportion of it. Which means less welknown acts can't be played, so it
becomes a show for unoriginal guitar rock both indie and metal.