[peel] post Peel :-(

[Jan Buxton]

On Wednesday, October 27, 2004 3:35 PM [GMT+1=CET],
graham steel <g.j.steel@...> wrote:

> Zitat von markbursa@...:
>
>> What is becoming clear is regardless of the broadcasting vacuum (in
>> terms of the programme itself) that Peel has left, a bigger vacuum
>> is the "unbiased third-party A&R" job that Peel has consistently
>> performed. Replacing that part
>> of the man's work is the really hard part - and the really essential
>> part.
>
> I agree. There is no chance of replacing JP with somebody with his
> encyclopedic knowledge of music, so the punctuation of the show with
> old gems from 50 years ago is something we will lose,

It may not always go 50 years back, but I rather like The Freak Zone on 
6Music.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/presenters/freakzone/

> but the new
> music is important. Without someone prepared to do the kind of work
> involved in listening to thousands of demos, as well as releases on
> labels with no big-money promotion,

Yes, this is the most difficult thing to replace.

-- 
Jan