[peel] New music

[OptomCPD]

Lovely!
Thanks Alan, and everybody else. I'm already enjoying Tom Ravenscroft and
Dandelion, as well as the host of old Peel shows you lot have dug up. I will
definitely get around to checking out the other recommendations.
Cheers,
Martin

On 18 May 2011 20:18, cannon alan <ajcauk@...> wrote:

>
>
> Hi Martin
>
>  Not sure i can define exactly what John Peel did as such
> Though for sure going right back
> For me not quite to the Perfumed Garden
> He did introduce me to countless groups and artists
> That i still love and play
> As far as promoting the new that don't get exposure
> Dandelion Radio does a great job in keeping that tradition going
> So i do listen to each monthly cycle
> But i have to say while of interest
> I don't find myself searching out the stuff on offer for repeated listening
>
> At Brighton and Hove Community Radio bhcr.org.uk
> I think David Sharman's Strange Boutique show at 7pm UK time on Thursday
> Provides an interesting documentary style on acts in the Peel orbit that
> definitely don't get played on air
> Marcus Bodys' Dream Nation at 6pm on Wednesday similarily but maybe with
> better known tracks
>
>  This address
> http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=simon%20maxwell-stewart provides a
> list of Simons
> show that are genre specific and feature selections that cannot be more
> obscure. At the same time he introduces
> an element of humour into the proceedings and illustrates what a youngster
> can dig up from the internet without
> the benefit of personal experience. Can't recommend him enough.
>
> In my show Alan J Cannons Eternity Oclock on 10am or thereabouts on Fridays
> i play favourites that don't get
> heard unless you are in the know in which case you can find them for
> yourself via You tube, spotify,
> grooveshark etc. I slip out of the Peel remit half the time as  i feel
> there is stuff, that while uncool is still worthy,
> and that he didn't like eg Hawkwind (cos they stole a microphone that
> time). And then i go for the plain obvious
> when the mood takes me i.e.people from this list
> Black Star Liner
> Leftfield
> Suns Of Arqa
> Loop Guru
> Dreadzone
> Transglobal Underground
> Ozric Tentacles
> System 7
> Eat Static                   . . . . that kind of thing.
> All of whom are well known to Peelites but i can't think who gives them
> airplay not even
> Stuart Maconie on his Freak Zone.
>
> Hope you can find something to tickle your fancy from that lot.
>
> all the best alanjc
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* OptomCPD <optomcpd@...>
> *To:* peel@yahoogroups.com
> *Sent:* Wed, 11 May, 2011 23:35:49
> *Subject:* [peel] New music
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm new to the group, so sorry if this has been asked before, but are there
> any radio shows out there today that try to do what John Peel did? I'm sure
> nobody could have quite the same tastes as the great man, but are any other
> radio shows trying to play the good stuff we might not otherwise  have
> heard?
>
> I'm in Townsville, Australia. 'Don't suppose there are any other Peelites
> in town? If so, we must have a beer.
>
> Cheers,
> Martin
>
>
>    
>



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