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GREAT TELLY PERFORMANCES WEEK (Part 5)

4760 days ago

There's only clip of mine up on youtube. It wasn't me that put it there...but i'm so glad it is as otherwise it would have been lost forever.I do have hundreds of old VHS tapes with stuff from all sorts of telly shows. I've always been too busy w... more info

Edwyn Collins

GREAT TELLY PERFORMANCES WEEK (Part 2)

4763 days ago

With apologies to ctel who is most certainly not a fan......Taken from The White Room, a relatively short-live and much missed Channel 4 programme fronted by Mark Radcliffe. mp3 : Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Stagger Lee (live on the 'White Room')mp3... more info

Nick Cave

YOU'VE COME TO FIX ME GOOD, GOOD, GOOD

4768 days ago

Previous posts featuring Curve have proven popular in the past. Hope today's continues that trend.For newer readers, Curve comprised of Toni Halliday and multi-instrumentalist Dean Garcia, and formed in Manchester in 1991. At a time when the Madche... more info

John Peel Garbage

THE MOST FRIGHTENING THING....EVER!!!

4771 days ago

But I'll come to that in a moment. First up, some appropriately named tunes for today:-mp3 : Lambchop - Scared Out Of My Shoemp3 : The Prodigy - Ghost Townmp3 : New Order - SpookyThe most frightening thing ever? Seeing a close friend dance to this ... more info

Lambchop The Prodigy New Order

VERY BUSY JUST NOW......

4774 days ago

..what with running around Glasgow shoving up posters in a desperate attempt to draw attention to the upcoming Butcher Boy gig that I only have time to cut'n'paste some old postings right now. Here's something from 22nd February 2007:-EVERYTHING BUT... more info

Butcher Boy King Creosote The Fratellis The Smiths New Order The Cure

THIS IS WHY I LOVE TO BLOG.....

4776 days ago

I got back from a weekend break in London on Monday night - this posting would have been up yesterday if it hadn't been keepingitpeelday.It was an action packed weekend. Saturday saw a trip out to Kingston-upon-Thames to watch what turned into a hu... more info

American Football

APPROACHING KEEPINGITPEEL DAY 2011 (Part 4)

4778 days ago

A wee apology.I can't give you all four tracks recorded for a John Peel Session by Fire Engines on 23 February 1981 and which was broadcast on 9 March. One of the tracks is listed as Untitled and I've no idea what is was, But here's the other three... more info

John Peel

SATURDAY'S SCOTTISH SINGLE (Part 3)

4780 days ago

Since the break-up of Arab Strap some five years ago Aidan Moffat has been a busy man. And while there's been a handful of albums and mini-albums there has only been the one single back in 2009:-mp3 : Aidan Moffat & The Best-Ofs - Knock On The Wall... more info

Arab Strap Aidan Moffat

APPROACHING KEEPINGITPEEL DAY 2011 (Part 1)

4783 days ago

First of all, a huge word of thanks to Mr John Greer for his superb posts of the last few days. He certainly has a few fans out there judging by the very positive comments left behind and I promise he'll be back before too long with more words of w... more info

John Peel

THE THURSDAY CORRESPONDENT

4789 days ago

Some Fantastic PlaceOn Friday 6th August 2010 JC wrote a piece on the Dundee band The View’s single Superstar Tradesman and included in the article was a track which was in my opinion the worst ever cover version I’ve ever heard….Up the Junctio... more info

Zane Lowe Chris Difford The Kinks The Velvet Underground Glenn Miller Glenn Tilbrook Jools Holland Dr. Feelgood The Stranglers John Cale Sex Pistols