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[parkermike81]

i concur with you on the dreadfull huw stephens, i say give the job to mathew wright who i allways thought came across as smarmy on his t.v shows but on the evidence of his freakzone stand in for stewart mconie on the 25th april 2010 which i just got round to hearing i was very impressed indeed not only with his genuine enthusiasm for the music he played: hawkwind, gratefull dead,beefheart,zappa,butthole surfers, here and now e.t.c but his peelesque style song linkages and chirpy nature which as we know makes a radio show what it is [atmosphere].
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--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, RobF <robfleay@...> wrote:
>
> On 14 June 2011 23:04, Martin Wheatley <martinw@...>wrote:
> 
> > At 22:38 14/06/2011, you wrote:
> >
> > The BBC own the copyright to Gardener's Question Time
> >
> 
> Which is of course the main reason that I refuse to illegally share my stash
> of vintage GQT tapes.
> 
> Seriously though - I had the misfortune to hear a bit of Huw Stephens the
> other day.
> 
> Huw seems to be the de facto R1 replacement for Peel on the
> white-boy-indie-guitar-band front, and while some of the music he plays is
> OK, it was the manner of his delivery that upset me
> 
> 
> 
> He was basically faking enthusiasm for the bands playing at Download –
> because Radio 1 were covering the festival. It wasn't deliberately insincere
> like Peel used to do with the DLT trails etc but the voice of a man so
> desperate not to upset his employers that he would probably admit a love of
> bestiality if they asked him to.
> 
> 
> 
> With that I realised what I miss about Peel most is knowing that you were
> hearing the music in spite of the Radio 1 bosses not because of them.
>