[peel] Tom In Atlanta Is Now Tom In New Orleans

[RobF]

Great to hear from you Tom - I trust that you received the hard drive that
I belatedly returned stuffed as full as it would take with Peel Show
content from the Beloved Mooo server?

Will definitely take you up on that offer when I finally make it to New
Orleans

Cheers
Rob

On Wed, 24 Jul 2019 at 02:57, troche2255@... [peel] <
peel@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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> Hello PeelGroup… I have not posted in awhile. Belated thanks again for
> Rocker and Rob F tackling the migration of my BBCWS show cassettes in 2017.
> I’m honored to see a wiki page set up for my contribution. I still have
> hundreds of BBCR1 cassettes, mainly from the 1990s, that need migrating
> (recorded by a friend in London)… but many many are already captured by
> others in the group. I’ll eventually log a list of all that I have and we
> can see what missing links I can fill.
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> After living in Atlanta 30 years, we became empty nesters, just as I was
> laid off from my video editing post house (I continued to edit freelance.)
> We were feeling restless. We were fans of New Orleans culture and and
> visited often. I was summoned to New Orleans by Harry Shearer to edit a
> Katrina documentary. Living in the French Quarter for 5 months on someone
> else’s nickel - even though I was editing day and night - was heavenly. All
> these great clubs and dive bars and parades and amazing food at tiny
> independent Creole/Cajun restaurants… well going back to Atlanta with the
> smog and the traffic and the crap fast food was difficult.
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> So we greatly downsized (including the Peel shortwave tape collection, and
> for example dumb rare early Alice Cooper albums, and early Zappa 45s for
> example, too-pleasant pop jazz... all the stuff that no longer spoke to me)
> and packed up and moved here. (Officially done with guitar rock, but still
> have that mountain of Beefheart LPS, ha.)
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> The reason I am writing all this is to point you in the direction of our
> exceptional public radio station WWOZ, at WWOZ.org. I volunteer there and
> do a show now and then. My most recent one is up for 10 days at this link
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> https://wwoz-od.streamguys1.com/wwoz/20190720180003-13-13-block-party-with-brice-nice.mp3
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> Do a “Save page as” to archive it.
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> I try to do my shows in the Peel spirit, mixing/mashing all genres, but
> through the NOLA prism. The station has 50+ DJs with vast knowledge. Each
> is given carte blanche to PLAY WHATEVER THEY WANT… and the bar here is
> pretty high. No commercials, no news, just hours of exceptional tracks you
> have never heard. 24/7.
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> Jazz of course, but zydeco, blues, funk, deep R&B obscurities, more often
> than not played right off the vinyl first pressings. (The studio has THREE
> turntables, 3 CDs, and input jacks for whatever gear we want to bring.)
> Plus a full recording studio for musicians to come in off the street and
> play, all with video streaming too.
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> It is the best station you will here in the USA in my view. Check it out
> maybe from 5PM onward your time, the later the better, and you may agree. I
> would put it up there with VOA, Radio France, BBC. Small budget, enormous
> passion. Surf all the genre/programs here
> https://www.wwoz.org/listen/archive/
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> Let me add that once upon a time, a PeelList contact I had never met (Hi
> Phil), put me up to I could attend Peelie’s funeral. I don’t have an extra
> room to offer (my 1887 double shotgun house is small) but if any Peel List
> members ever want to come to New Orleans I will get you at the airport and
> show you around. Fair deal? You can write me directly at
> tomreditorial@....
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> If you are any sort of a music fan you should see New Orleans at least
> once. Listening to WWOZ will get you thinking…. as will these shorts I
> edited…
> https://vimeo.com/155266481
> https://vimeo.com/322126175
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> Here is the link to Katrina movie I made with Harry
> https://vimeo.com/137159734
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> Turns out I am friends with Derek Smalls, the confused bassist. Here are
> some recent videos I edited
> https://tinyurl.com/y34cqlz5
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> OK all for now. I may be in the UK next year and maybe I can buy someone a
> pint.
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> Tom Roche
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