R.I.P. JOHN PEEL

One of the many reasons I got in radio was John Peel.

I remember back in high school, staying up extremely late to hear John Peel's 30 minute show (and to tape it) on the the BBC. He got me hip all kinds of eclectic music. In 30 minutes, he went from alt rock, surf/garage, trance, dub, reggae... whatever sounded cool. That has always stayed with me. When I got involved with KSYM in 1997 (and eventually got my own show) I tried to emulate John Peel's style (only without his trademark "rough" voice. As a "real DJ", you "ride the gain." Meaning, the operator establishes a tone or attitude with music.

When playing a set of music, you take the listener on a trip. And like all trips, they eventually need to end... this rule alone has been forgotten by modern people in the industry. Afterall, computers can't make decent segues with lifeless music. Except for college/community radio, where are you gonna find a live person to even listen to new music? You can bet that John Peel didn't let some inept intern to screen his music!

People like John Peel, Alan Lomax, and Greg Shaw are the real reasons why we aren't listening to Pat Boone right now!

Popular music? No, it's "real music" that I listen to! Thanks, John!

Brian

PS- John Peel also taught me that you really can play two instrumentals back-to-back.




Broadcaster John Peel dead at 65

(CNN) -- Veteran British broadcaster John Peel has died while on holiday in Peru, the BBC and the British Embassy said Tuesday.

Peel, who discovered dozens of major bands during 40 years as a radio disc jockey, suffered a heart attack Monday night in the ancient Inca city of Cuzco, the BBC said.

Peel, 65, was on holiday with his wife, Sheila.

"John Peel was a broadcasting legend. I am deeply saddened by his death as are all who work at Radio 1," said BBC spokesman Andy Parfitt.

"John's influence has towered over the development of popular music for nearly four decades. He will be hugely missed."

Born John Ravenscroft near Liverpool in 1939, Peel said his life was changed when he was a teenager by hearing Elvis Presley singing "Heartbreak Hotel."

Peel became one of the UK's first pirate DJs, who broadcast from ships outside British waters in the 1960s. He later moved to Dallas, Texas, where he landed a job as a DJ on WRR radio.

He joined the BBC in 1967, becoming the longest-serving DJ on BBC Radio 1.

Peel was among the first DJs to play demo tapes by little-known bands --championing acts ranging from Jimi Hendrix to The Smiths, The Fall, Pulp and Northern Irish punks The Undertones.

He was a strong supporter of punk rock in the late 1970s, as well as reggae music. He also promoted hip-hop.

Since 1998, he hosted Radio 4's "Home Truths" program, a whimsical show about the travails of family life.

Peel is survived by his wife and four children.

10/23/04

The Casbah: helping to serve the needs of chronic audiophiles since 1997. Saturday nights 7-9pm CST.
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This week: New slabs from SATAN'S PILGRIMS, CABARET DIOSA, THE DEAD BROTHERS, TERRY "BUFFALO" WARE, SEXTO SOL, NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS, plus, classics by KORLA PANDIT, ARBEE STIDHAM, THE BAMBI MOLESTERS and a lot more! (Download portions of the first hour from my Casbah group site at http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/casbahradio/files/Audio/).

Next week: Halloween Hi-jinx on the Casbah. Be afraid.... be very afraid!

10/23/04 playlist
HAVOX - Mojo Workout - LARSEN RECORDS MAGAZINE #5 sampler
SATAN'S PILGRIMS - Plymouth Rock - PLYMOUTH ROCK: THE BEST OF...
MUCK & THE MIRES - All I Really Wanna Do Is Cry - BEGINNER'S MUCK
THE LA-DE-DAS - How Is The Air Up There - v/a NUGGETS 2 bxst
THE NEW WORLD RELAMPAGOS - Macarena
RAY CHARLES - Night Time
THE ROLLING STONES - Gotta Get Away - OUT OF OUR HEADS
THE MAR-KEYS - Honey Pot
ARBEE STIDHAM w/ EARL HOOKER - I Stayed Away Too Long - v/a LONG MAN BLUES
JERRY J. NIXON & THE VOLCANOS - Saturday Midnight Bop - GENTLEMAN OF ROCK & ROLL
THE BAMBI MOLESTERS - The Breeze And I - BIG DUMB HOLLOW TWANG
CABAET DIOSA - The Comet's Spell - VOODOO PINATA
KORLA PANDIT - Perfidia - GENIE OF THE KEYS
THE NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS - Po Black Maddie/Skinny Woman - HILLCOUNTRY REVUE
13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS - Roller Coaster - PSYCHEDELIC SOUNDS
THE NOW TIME DELEGATION - Little Miss Fortune - WATCH FOR TODAY
THE COFFIN DAGGERS - The Cruel Sea - THE COFFIN DAGGERS
THE BLACK KEYS - Grown So Ugly - RUBBER FACTORY
SEXTO SOL - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - GOZALO
3 BALLS OF FIRE - Untitled #5 - CHROME & WATER
THE DEAD BROTHERS - Swing 48 Radio - FLAMMEND' HERZ
WILD BILL DAVIS - Night Train - WILD BILL DAVIS LIVE AT BIRDLAND
WILLIE DIXON - 29 Ways - v/a WILLIE DIXON: THE CHESS BOX
JOHNNY CASH - Doin' My Time
TERRY "BUFFALO" WARE - Buffaroo - RIDIN' THE REVERB RANGE
THE VANDURAS - Lost Beach - IN THE DARK
EDDIE CHAMBLEE - Caravan
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND - Sweet Jane (full length version)
WHERE THE ACTION IS - Superficial - ENDLESS BUMMER
THE ROYAL FINGERS - Three Hawks - v/a JAPANESE GROUPSOUNDS

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GREG SHAW R.I.P.

S.F. NATIVE FOUNDED INDEPENDENT LABEL
By Richard Cromelin, Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES - Greg Shaw, a music entrepreneur whose passion for raw, spirited rock made him a pioneer in the independent record label field and a prophet of the current ``garage rock'' resurgence, died Tuesday in Los Angeles of heart failure, his record company announced.

The San Francisco native was 55.

"He was an extraordinarily important individual in the history of rock 'n' roll,'' Steven Van Zandt, lead guitarist in Bruce Springsteen's band and the host of the syndicated radio show ``Little Steven's Underground Garage,'' said Friday. ``He was literally responsible for the contemporary garage-rock movement, which he single-handedly started with the Bomp! label.

''As a journalist and record label head, Mr. Shaw always championed renegade artists regarded as too unruly for mainstream packaging. The Stooges, the Germs and Sky Saxon were among the acts he recorded.
Over the years his turf encompassed a wide stylistic range, from rockabilly to such 1960s-rooted sources as mod, girl group, garage rock, surf music, psychedelia and power pop.

He founded Bomp! Records in 1974 to release a single by the San Francisco band the Flamin' Groovies. Mr. Shaw's real passion at the time was a brand of '60s rock heavy on attitude and attack, the kind of music most famously compiled by writer-musician Lenny Kaye in the 1972 album ``Nuggets,'' two LPs full of cult classics by the 13th Floor Elevators, the Blues Magoos, et al.

Mr. Shaw called the music ``punk,'' but when that term was appropriated by a whole new genre, Mr. Shaw dubbed it ``garage rock,'' a reference to the classic location for teenage band practices.
Mr. Shaw's dissemination of the music helped turn it from ephemera into scripture, keeping it alive during years of mainstream indifference. In the last few years, young disciples such as the White Stripes, the Strokes and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs have become upstart bestsellers, finally bringing the marginalized sound to the top of the charts.

Mr. Shaw was born in San Francisco and started collecting records in the late 1950s, accumulating a trove of more than 1 million recordings.

He immersed himself in the city's fabled mid-'60s rock scene and started Mojo-Navigator Rock & Roll News, a magazine that predated Rolling Stone and featured estimable critics such as Lester Bangs, Greil Marcus and Dave Marsh.

BOMP! Records' Greg Shaw bio

10/9/04 playlist

The Casbah: helping to serve the needs of chronic audiophiles since 1997. Saturday nights 7-9pm CST.
KSYM 90.1 FM, San Antonio, Texas.

This week: The Fuzz show. Instro, garage, psyche, spaghetti western! I had so much music and such a great response this I'll do it again next week!

BRANKO - Coche De Carreras
THE HEADSTONES - 24 Hours Everyday - v/a GREEEN CRYSTAL TIES vol.8
THE LOMBEGO SURFERS - El Cheapo - LET IT RIP
MUDHONEY - Fuzz Gun 2001/Blues For Stoner
3 BALLS OF FIRE - Alcohol Funnycar - CHROME & WATER
THE SADIES - Reward Of Gold - PURE DIAMOND GOLD
THE BREEDERS - S.O.S. - LAST SPLASH
THE BEASTIE BOYS - Gratitude - CHECK YOUR HEAD
THE LANGHORNS - Fuzzball - v/a THIS IS BAD TASTE vol.2
THE RAVEONETTES - Beat City - WHIP IT ON
FRESCO FURY - Alamo Dragway - PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS - Nobody To Love - EASTER EVERYWHERE
THE ELECTRIC PRUNES - Too Much To Dream (Last Night)
THE BOARDWALKERS - The Angry Breed - v/a MONDO DRIVE-IN
MORPHINE - Thursday - CURE FOR PAIN
OS MUTANTES - Bat Macumba - EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE: THE BEST OF...
TRAVIS WOMMACK - Scratchy
THE ROYAL FINGERS - Violet Sky - WILD ELEKI DELUXE
THE YARDBIRDS - Heart Full Of Soul
THE HYPNOMEN - Won Ton Hop - SUPERSONICO
THE UGLYBEATS - Filthy Rich (live on The Casbah)
DAVIE ALLAN & THE ARROWS - Blue's Theme - DEVIL'S RUMBLE: ANTHOLOGY
DAVIE ALLAN & THE ARROWS - King Fuzz - DEVIL'S RUMBLE: ANTHOLOGY
DAVIE ALLAN & THE ARROWS - Cody's Theme - DEVIL'S RUMBLE: ANTHOLOGY
DAVIE ALLAN & THE ARROWS - Blue's Trip - DEVIL'S RUMBLE: ANTHOLOGY
DAVIE ALLAN & THE ARROWS - 13th Harley - DEVIL'S RUMBLE: ANTHOLOGY
DAVIE ALLAN & THE ARROWS - Devil's Angels - DEVIL'S RUMBLE: ANTHOLOGY
DAVIE ALLAN & THE ARROWS - Our Favorite Martian - LIVE RUN
THE SILENCERS - 13 - CYCLE-DELIC SOUNDS
THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN - Snakedriver - JESUS & MARY CHAIN HATE ROCK & ROLL
THE HEATSCORES - Rumbleseat - LIGHT'EM UP
LARRY & THE BLUE NOTES - In & Out - v/a HIGHS IN THE MID-SIXTIES vol.11
THE RAMONES - Rockaway Beach - ROCKET TO RUSSIA
THE RAMONES - Pinhead - LEAVE HOME
THE RAMONES - Teenage Lobotomy - ROCKET TO RUSSIA
THE VENTURES - The Creeper - WALK DON'T RUN vol.2
THE VENTURES - Fuzzy And Wild - WILD THINGS
THE SWITCH TROUT - Pedal Pressure - PSYCHO-ACTION
FRIENDS OF DEAN MARTINEZ - Ethchlorvynol - ATARDECER

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10/2/04 playlist

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THIS WEEK: New music by THE HELLACOPTERS, THE HELLBENDERS, THE MOONEY SUZUKI, JIMMY BOWSKILL, and 3 BALLS OF FIRE.

Next week... THE FUZZZ SHOW!

10/2/04 playlist
THE SURFARIS - Exotic - v/a LOST LEGENDS OF THE SURF GUITAR vol.1
THE SHAKEWELLS - Bad Time (Without You)
THE UGLYBEATS - Lonely Side Of Town
THE BEATLES - Please Please Me - PLEASE PLEASE ME
THE KINKS - Who'll Be The Next In Line
LINK WRAY & THE RAYMEN - Big Ben - MR. GUITAR
B.B. KING - Recession Blues
LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS - Lonesome Lightnin' - TALKIN' SOME SENSE
THE ALMIGHTY ROGERS _ Blue Smoke - ROGERIN'
ROBERT JOHNSON - Preachin' Blues - THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS
THE BLACK KEYS - Aeroplane Blues - RUBBER FACTORY
SUSAN & THE SURFTONES - Deathmobile - NIGHT IN OLD TOWN
THE DRAGSTRIP BROTHERS - The Assassin - v/a SHAKIN' IN MY BOOTS
THE UPSKIRTS - Nu-fuzz - THE UPSKIRTS ep
EVAN FOSTER - Glass Packed And Fully Stacked - INSTRUMENTALS
3 BALLS OF FIRE - Eight Miles Down - CHROME & WATER
THE PYRAMIDS - Pressure - THE BEST OF THE PYRAMIDS
THE HELLBENDERS - Unmarked Grave - TODAY WE KILL... TOMORROW WE DIE
THE JIMMY BOWSKILL BAND - Grinnin' In Your Face - SOAP BARS AND DOG EARS
THE TOMMYS - Chastity Melts
THE HIVES - No Pun Intended - TYRANNOSAURUS HIVES
THE HELLACOPTERS - Go Easy Now - BY THE GRACE OF GOD
50 FOOT WAVE - Clara Bow - 50 FOOT WAVE
BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS - Get Up, Stand Up
JACKIE DAVIS - Perfidia - HAMMOND GONE CHA-CHA
THE SPIDERS - Furi Furi '66
THE SEA LIONS - Heveue Shalom Alachem - v/a DIGGING FOR GOLD
LANTERNA - Canyons - HIGHWAYS
SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS - Where Is The Moon - MOJO BOX
BOBBY FULLER & THE FANATICS - Do You Wanna Dance - SHAKEDOWN
THE BARONICS - Fall - GET BACH
R.L. BURNSIDE - Georgia Women - MR. WIZARD
DEADBOLT - She's Gon Gonwipdu - ZULU DEATH MASK
LUSH - Hypocrite - SPLIT
THE MOONEY SUZUKI - Alive & Amplified - ALIVE & AMPLIFIED
THE MIGS - Dog Breath - MONKFISH LIVER
THE MERMEN - With No Definate Future... - A GLORIOUS LETHAL EUPHORIA

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