On Stuff That Is Still Up On The Radio 1 Peel Site

[Tom Roche]

In 2001 or so I wrote a story for an Atlanta music mag about 
Melt-Banana (this is the same magazine I penned the story about 
Peel's life, passing, and funeral - a story I also posted to this 
list.)

Anyway this week I was looking over that M-B piece, now archived at
http://www.tvbarn.com/archives/012979.html and remembered that I had 
posted a weblink to the RealAudio file of the 40 min M-B Peel session 
from Oct 2001.... and guess what? The link still works, the full 
great show is still there. It's one of those links you have to paste 
into the player.

rtsp://rmv7.bbc.net.uk/radio1/g2/djs/peel/melt_banana_mv_oct2001.rm

As for the article about John, I've been informed that the piece has 
been picked up by an annual US music Anthology, De Capo Best Music 
Writing, that has been published annually since '99 or so. The series 
is listed here

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/102-9983309-9367343

and the book I'll be in, alongside perhaps 20 other authors, is here

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0306814463/qid=1120489397/sr=1-6/ref=sr_1_6/102-9983309-9367343?v=glance&s=books

All of these books, so far, are fascinating reads on a variety of 
subjects, and FYI I see some of the ones from a few years back show 
up on eBay for a dollar or two.

I don't consider myself much of a writer (I am a video editor by 
trade) so I am surprised and flattered to join the ranks of Nick 
Hornsby, Anthony DeCurtis, etc. I am to be paid the princely sum of 
$150, which will purchase half an iPod.

It goes without saying I would much rather have not written the article at all.


tom










PS:



Peel was present at Oswald's arraignment, not his shooting two days later.

taking the piss out oif