[peel] RE: Karls Tape 24th & 25th Feb 1981 uploaded to Moo

[Stuart Brooks]

Yep if everything was easily available then we wouldn’t be having as much fun digging up the past. The fact that we might have unearthed the only recording (outside the BBC archives which may never be opened up in full) of the Farenji Warriors for example (whether that is one’s thing or not being beside the point) is certainly quite exciting and probably more so than say datamining 20 year old Youtube archives in the future. 

The past present (future) balance is important, though with a gradual slide to the former as we get more experienced (euphemism alert!)

Then again the best of the past could, rather than just feeding our own nostalgia,  be revolutionary to those of the now and the future...

Sorry, I think my brain needs a wee rest

Stuart

From: Kev H 
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 9:38 PM
To: peel@yahoogroups.com 
Subject: Re: [peel] RE: Karls Tape 24th & 25th Feb 1981 uploaded to Moo

  
 

It is great to have a lot of this stuff, although personally it's the sessions which interest me the most, as records are just records.. but wouldn't it be awful if EVERYTHING still existed and was easily obtainable?  When would there be time to enjoy the present?

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: stuartb@... 
  To: peel@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 7:49 PM
  Subject: Re: [peel] RE: Karls Tape 24th & 25th Feb 1981 uploaded to Moo

    
  I thought I was quite organised at the time but no, I didn't date shows, or do whole logbooks of shows a la Tishbiz / John Peel Papers. If I had my time again and more money I would have bought loads of VHS 240 tapes and a dedicated recorder and kept the lot....