[peel] More thoughts

[simon smith]

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McKINNON Dougal <d.mckinnon@...> writes
>For those who want to see the whole of Parson's pitiful article see
>
>http://www.mirror.co.uk/columnists/tonyparsons/
>
>Parsons reckons Peel was "horribly blinkered", "narrow-minded" , 
>"unlistenable", "never played Elvis Presley", "championed second-rate 
>rock music", "a pretentious snob", etc.  The more I read it the less 
>I'm sure that this column is a wind-up.  If it is, it's a welcome 
>departure from the saccharine-drenched dross that Parsons churns out in 
>his turgid books.
>
>So, who'll mourn you when you're dead, Tony......?

He and Burchill have had it in for Peel since '78. Burchill liked to 
call him a pedophile. I believe it was Jon Savage who once called her a 
'performing media flea' but the description applies well enough to both 
of them. They are of no interest.

-- 
simon smith