[peel] Re: Merry Christmas

[Alan Ford]

Tom,
Listened to the Christmas Special - great stuff! Also downloaded Tom's
Olympic Salute for my future listening pleasure.
http://1690wmlb.com/shows/anything-goes/
For some reason I assumed you were and ex-pat Brit, but apparently not so.
When did you first discover our John?
Happy New Year
Alan
PS When I missed the Festive 50 one year, Tom was kind enough to send me
the entire thing on CD.


On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Tom Roche <troche2255@...> wrote:

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> I second the Merry Christmas-wishing motion, and urge its unanimous
> approval.
>
> Here in the States it has been a rather bleak two weeks, but we are
> climbing out if it. (More of us than than you might think are saddened
> *and* embarrassed at the state of affairs here.)
>
> I'm away from Atlanta this week, in northern Virginia with family, having
> a grand time. It was a tumultuous year for me. I worked at a  video
> production facility and was laid off after 26 years this summer, and
> believe it or not it was a good thing. I've set up my own freelance
> film/video editing business and am already doing well. But it was so
> time-consuming I've not had a moment to log the 300+ Peel cassettes I
> promised to index so I can help fill missing slots in the archive.
>
> That's my new years resolution.
>
> I'll resume my weekly Tuesday 7pm Eastern US time radio show Jan 8 via
> 1690wmlb.com
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> In the meantime, here's the download link for my hour long Christmas
> special if you would like an hour of holiday warmth and strangeness. I mean
> come on, it's got Sonic Youth covering Martin Mull.
>
> https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B8M9YVMTSoXPdGxVU3IzSUZUdmc
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> If you need an editor for your movie/documentary/video give me a ring, ha.
>
> Cheers then, and Merry Whatever-You-Celebrate from across th' pond.
>
> Tom In Atlanta (usually)
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