The Flying Cream Shots?

[Father Christmas]

Just found this link: 
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/memories-of-a-free-spirit-542606.html
Trevor Dann confirms two things: one, that the band's name was made up; and two, disconcertingly, where John saw the phrase. Dutch Elm disease, anyone?

Best wishes
Steve [TK]

--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, robf <robfleay@...> wrote:
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> The name definitely rings a bell - someone (can't remember who) expressing surprise that The Flying Cream Shots never did a session for the show..
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> ---- Eddie Duffy <eddie.duffy@...> wrote: 
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> > I was listening to the 22nd September 1982 show a couple of days ago, and Peel's intro mentioned that one of the tracks on that night's show would be from an ensemble called The Flying Cream Shots. "Blimey!", I thought. "Those post-punk outfits and their wacky names, eh?".
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> > 120 minutes later, as Grinderswitch were fading out to the pips, I realised that no such band had been played on the programme. And (carefully) Googling the supposed band name just now only turned up a handful of pages, all of which seemed to have some relevance to Peel. It turns out that Flying Cream Shots was one of several provisional titles for the (semi-)autobiography 20+ years later.
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> > So, my question is: does anyone know if "flying cream shots" is some sort of regular Peel in-joke? And did he often throw in fake band names at the start of the show to check if anyone was paying attention?
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