[peel] Re: Derby Dozen (half) & Jigs

[Stuart Brooks]

That would make sense as i'd noted in the previous batch s several references to Rockism, John pulling himself up if he'd just said something that might be rockist. And he did correct himself for accidentally referring to a gig instead of a jig.
A quick trip to wikipedia informs us that no other than Pete Wylie is credited with coining the term in 1981 with his Race Against Rockism movement (funnily enough I was thinking about Rock Against Racism just beforehand).
While I can see John agreeing with the fundamental tenets of anti Rockism I can equally see him mildly taking the piss out of any over earnest campaign. 
Stuart

On 7 April 2015 09:54:14 BST, "dunelm@... [peel]" <peel@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>Possibly because the word "gig" was considered to be rockist? Similarly
>his preferred word for "album" was "LP" and he would often refer to
>"bands" as "ensembles" etc.