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Steve Sobol November 1st 04 03:46 AM

:::Jerry:::: wrote:
"George Cox" wrote in message
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Just FOAD troll


Relax, Jerry....

I haven't seen anyone from RRB post into uk.media.* before and I don't know if
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in RRB. If you guys want to start a flamewar, do it in other newsgroups, not in
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:::Jerry:::: November 1st 04 03:25 PM


"Steve Sobol" wrote in message
...
:::Jerry:::: wrote:
"George Cox" wrote in

message
...
snip

Just FOAD troll


Relax, Jerry....

I haven't seen anyone from RRB post into uk.media.* before and I don't

know if
there are a lot of flamewars over there, but we try to keep them to a

minimum
in RRB. If you guys want to start a flamewar, do it in other newsgroups,

not in
rec.radio.broadcasting (unless you want me to just start dropping your rrb

posts).

Thanks
**Steve (rec.radio.broadcasting moderator)


I suggest you do a Google search on this "George Cox" and then decide who,
if anyone, should be blocked - a (hopefully...) 'professional' troll or just
someone pointing out the facts.




Steve Sobol November 1st 04 09:29 PM

:::Jerry:::: wrote:

I suggest you do a Google search on this "George Cox" and then decide who,
if anyone, should be blocked - a (hopefully...) 'professional' troll or just
someone pointing out the facts.


I didn't intend to pick on you personally; that was addressed to everyone.

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mark earl November 6th 04 11:46 PM

Thankfully Colonel Tupperware, you are in a minority in thinking that JP
waxs an nlistenable nerd. If you didn't like John Peel you could choose not
to listen to him.

Personally I found Home Truths one of the highlights of the radio week. John
had an easy style that put people at their ease. He had a rare skill of
listening to and empathising with people, and his programme also highlighted
the amusing and ridiculous in mundane everyday events.

His influence in launcing some of the most influential of populour musicians
is alsop unprecedented. If it hadn't been for John Peel we might never have
heard of T Rex, Black Sabbath, The Smiths, Punk, a number of Jamiacan Reggae
artists etc etc. I for one first discovered Punk and then The Smiths
through listening to his late night show.

All those who do not like bland, sacharine, plastic pop owe him a debt of
thanks.


"Colonel Tupperware" wrote in message
...
On 30 Oct 2004 16:28:27 GMT, George Cox
wrote:

Mike Terry wrote:

By Douglas Wolk
MSN
Thursday, Oct. 28, 2004

... the music world's overwhelming grief over the death of the
BBC Radio 1 disc jockey suggests that Peel was right up
there-remarkably,
for someone who was not a musician himself....


No, "overwhelming grief" is another example of the Bigley factor that
Boris Johnson so rightly pointed out.


True enough

Peel was a boring unlistenable
nerd


Not a nerd, although I used to sometimes wake up in the early hours
with the World Service on playing some unadulterated crap only to find
out is was Peely on his WS weekly show.
I never much went for his taste in music, but as a radio presenter he
was very good, especially some of the more surreal moments on 'Home
Truths.'

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