Comments on: Project X Gets Festive With The Legacy Of John Peel

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 16 May 2008 01:17:26 +0000

I note that you don't mention that Battles at No 1 and Paul Rooney at No 5 are both perfect examples of exciting and excellent new artists / tracks that had Peel still been with us I'm sure would have brought to our attention himself - no nostalgia there.

Dandelion Radio is run by unpaid amateurs and between the 10 or so of us if we can find a quarter of the good new music that Peel used to, then we will have done something useful!

By: nat lyon

nat lyon — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:46:16 +0000

Don’t be so quick to dismiss Bearsuit. Peel knew what he was doing…

By: Michaelangelo Matos

Michaelangelo Matos — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:24:06 +0000

or, you know, even surprise?

By: Michaelangelo Matos

Michaelangelo Matos — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:23:36 +0000

hahaha I’m sorry, was someone expressing shock?

By: katieee

katieee — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:33:15 +0000

@tristax: Yeah, what you said. Sorry, I'm in grad school, so I take about 5,000 more words than are needed to express things.

By: tristax

tristax — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:34:02 +0000

People who dedicate themselves to the memory of their favorite DJ probably share some taste with that DJ. Shocker.

By: katieee

katieee — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:33:25 +0000

Interesting that this list is still MES-dominated, but not too surprising. People who would participate in something that claims to carry on the legacy of Peel are probably not just devotees of "expressing themselves" through musical lists, a la any old music blogger, but fans of Peel in particular, and subsequently, fond of his favorite band.

Coincidentally, I just bought an old NME ad for The Fall's This Nation's Saving Grace, and on the back is an ad for NME compilations tapes - one of standard indie and rock-type stuff, one a Blue Note sampler, and one called "All Africa Radio" - a diversity of genres you would never see NME pushing these days, and surely exemplary of Peel's influence.

By: bcapirigi

bcapirigi — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 04:08:23 +0000

it’s probably the polling, too. people are voting for their 3 favorite songs will feel obligated to get mark e smith in there because, honestly, these are people that are voting on a site dedicated to a show that had mark e smith on the year-end list, what, over a hundred times? if people had to vote for ten, or even five, the lists probably would have been more interesting. although much more irritating, tallying-wise.