[peel] Re: Dandelion Radio

[Sean Carolan]

All,

I'm running one myself - or rather, one that tries to emulate the
commercial station I was once at, which itself took a lot of cues from
Peel.  It was only in the last few years that I got a better grasp on Peel
as the ultimate source of a lot of the music we added.

Frankly, Peel would likely tire of my station; it has a high "pasty white
teens with guitars" - or "people who once were pasty white teens with
guitars" - quotient.  If that doesn't put you off you might want to check
it out.  Heck, I just added The Pocket Gods, New Jersey's own Little
Killers, and a new track from The Coachwhips new cd/dvd to the library, so
it can't be all bad...

http://www.altrokradio.com

There's a new eight-hour playlist every day, two of them on
Thursday-Saturday (the later one being more dance-oriented) and the daytime
playlist Friday focuses on the eighties (while trying its damndest not to
be about nostalgia...after all, you can't claim it makes memories flood
back if you haven't heard it before...)

In fact, since Monday's a holiday here in the US, I've chosen a playlist
made entirely of the "power tracks" picked since the station's inception.
They're called "grinders", since "power rotation" tends to grind 'em into
our listeners' brains (or so I'd like to think.) The first one out of the
chute is "Don't Delete My Frog" by Hyper-Kinako.

On the other hand, I'm a-gonna be listening to Dandelion Radio, too.  I had
the great fortune to hear their test broadcasts, and they're putting a lot
of heart into giving it a human personality (while I put most of my effort
into taking the "somebody's iPod playlist" nature of most web stations and
seeing how far I can twist it.)

-Sean



At 10:32 AM 5/28/2006 -0000, you wrote:
>It's great that there is another Peel-inspired music source out 
>there - and such a diverse one. Do other readers of this group agree 
>with me that since Peel's death, there might be more to be said for 
>continuing his search for new and exciting music, than on trying to 
>track down a Delta 5 session from 1979? Not that I'm not up for 
>that, it's just that Peel seemed to be all about new music, rather 
>than nostalgia. Dandelion Radio will be a great contribution to that 
>side of things.
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>The only thing I wish was that it could be available as a podcast - 
>something I wish Marcelle could do with Another Nice Mess. Listening 
>at the computer is not always easy.
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>Do others on the list realize there are loads of Peel-inspired 
>podcasts available on-line? These have been keeping me going for 
>months, and are often exceptionally good. If you want 
>recommendations I sincerely think Peel would be proud of can I 
>suggest
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>The Contrast Podcast (contributions from music bloggers & podcasters 
>from all over the world) - 1 hour weekly
>http://www.timyoung.net/contrast
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>Short Attention Span Radio (Peel would like this) - 45 mins 
>fortnightly
>http://sasradio.blogspot.com/
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>The Yank Sizzler (What Peel apparently called American tracks he 
>like - from Kansas) - 1 hour about fortnightly
>http://theyanksizzler.libsyn.com/
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>Not Your Usual Bollocks (excellent, London based, fronted by a Kiwi, 
>but regrettably becoming less frequent than the original weekly 
>show) - 1 hour
>http://notyourusualbollocks.squarespace.com/
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>Brentwood's Only Alternative - new from Essex, 1 hour, but great 
>music choices.
>http://www.phoenixfm.com/boa/podcast.php
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>There are others (there is a massive Scottish podcasting scene which 
>you may already know about) ask if you want more recommendations, 
>podcasts are the way forward), but if anyone on the list is looking 
>for more to supplement their listening, these fan-based jobs might 
>be worth a listen. For my part, I'm grateful to Phil for providing 
>another new source (but can you do a podcast of it too?!)
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