Project X Gets Festive With The Legacy Of John Peel - Idolator Comments

Project X Gets Festive With The Legacy Of John Peel

Rockerq — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:17:26 EDT

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!

Rockerq

Project X Gets Festive With The Legacy Of John Peel

nat lyon — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:46:16 EDT

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

nat lyon

Project X Gets Festive With The Legacy Of John Peel

Michaelangelo Matos — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 06:24:06 EST

or, you know, even surprise?

Michaelangelo Matos

Project X Gets Festive With The Legacy Of John Peel

Michaelangelo Matos — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 06:23:36 EST

hahaha I'm sorry, was someone expressing shock?

Michaelangelo Matos

Project X Gets Festive With The Legacy Of John Peel

katieee — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:33:15 EST

@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.

katieee

Project X Gets Festive With The Legacy Of John Peel

tristax — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:34:02 EST

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

tristax

Project X Gets Festive With The Legacy Of John Peel

katieee — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:33:25 EST

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.

katieee

Project X Gets Festive With The Legacy Of John Peel

bcapirigi — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:08:23 EST

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.

bcapirigi