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

[RobF]

Don't panic Mark - the Shortwave Peel Collection was the World Service
collection that Tom mentions at the start of his mail. It was shipped over
to us in 2017 and the whole thing was digitised and wikified here
https://peel.fandom.com/wiki/Tom_Roche_BBC_World_Service_Tapes


On Wed, 24 Jul 2019 at 10:53, MARK LUETCHFORD M.Luetchford@...
[peel] <peel@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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> Good to hear your news although slightly disturbed that the shortwave tape
> collection may have been downsized - if its not too late I would have
> thought it worth asking the British Library who may have been interested in
> archiving it. In fact that goes for anyone here getting rid of any physical
> recordings - please consider archiving them so they exist beyond the
> digital world as who know what might happen with our virtual worlds in the
> future!
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> mark
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> On Wednesday, 24 July 2019, 09:43:36 BST, RobF robfleay@...
> [peel] <peel@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> 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?
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> Will definitely take you up on that offer when I finally make it to New
> Orleans
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> Cheers
> Rob
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> 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/
> <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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