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The second John Peel Day has been announced and is scheduled for 12 October this year. All throughout Ireland and the UK it is hoped that many bands and DJ's will celebrate John's life with tracks made famous by him on the John Peel Sessions - BBC Radio 1.

bbc news wrote:A second John Peel day will be held on 12 October to mark the anniversary of the late DJ's last BBC Radio 1 show.

bbc news wrote:a day in which we can celebrate the great man, new music and continue his legacy

Read the full article here.

Maybe some of the poets or writers working through Sensitize would be interested in doing a piece in honour of him? If you are, can you respond to this message please?

Cheers...

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ode to john peel
By Louis P. Burns aka Lugh © 2006. All Rights Reserved
Editor - Catherine Edmunds

• the summer has been silenced
  airwaves bleed but feel less real
  festivals are lifeless jokes
  without his love, his zeal
  
  and some things maintain balance
  others keep good vibes intact
  his undertones discovery
  kept our minds tuned to this fact
  
  his sessions show on radio one
  got new bands a record deal
  so this poem is for all of that
  i say 'well played, mr peel...'

I have posted the above poem to the BBC John Peel Tribute pages - Keeping It Peel. Hopefully the Beeb will upload it to there...

John Peel Day is next thursday people. Anyone else got anything they want to post in?

Ah well. Maybe next year...

Gotta be honest, I couldn't abide the man, his voice to me was like running fingernails over a chalk board....

I just thought he was like a slightly forgetful old uncle figure.

the_leander wrote:Gotta be honest, I couldn't abide the man, his voice to me was like running fingernails over a chalk board....

It was the music he played though Alan. Bands like The Cure, The Fall, Stone Roses, Primal Scream... The list is massive. Listening to his show was like having a window into all things nonconformist. A suss on the Indie music scene and a far cry from the shite spewed out on Top of the Pops...

spacecadet wrote:I just thought he was like a slightly forgetful old uncle figure.

Perhaps so, as he got older. But like I said in my response to Alan, it was the music...

'twas nowt to do with his age, he was always a rambler. He used to rattle on and on and never get to a point. His stories use to be like "so I went to see this band and got invited back stage, and I went back stage to see them but they'd left early, so I never spoke to them." He was almost like a comedy skit of himself.

It was wonderful in a way.

Lugh wrote:

the_leander wrote:Gotta be honest, I couldn't abide the man, his voice to me was like running fingernails over a chalk board....

It was the music he played though Alan. Bands like The Cure, The Fall, Stone Roses, Primal Scream... The list is massive. Listening to his show was like having a window into all things nonconformist. A suss on the Indie music scene and a far cry from the shite spewed out on Top of the Pops...

Before my time old bean, I just remember his rambling tone on the radio.

I listened to him for a whole minute once, I swear I almost ground my teeth to the root he went through me that much.

hahahahahahaha

Ah well. At least he's being remembered...

(Giggling my head off at what you typed Alan) ...