john peel

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, curt cloninger

I just went through all the peel sessions I could find, many still available on CD, and culled a few favorite bands. Diverse and era-spanning as this list is, it's still heavily abridged:

birthday party
breeders
jesus and mary chain
new order
syd barrett
stereolab
sonic youth
olivia tremor control
clouddead
explosions in the sky
mum
will oldham
white stripes
captain beefheart
cat power
dinosaur jr.
flying saucer attack
future sound of london
godspeed you black emperor
half japanese
hurricane #1
t.rex
mercury rev
mogwai
pavement
jim o'rourke
scrawl
sigur ros
spiritualized
neil young
orbital
cocteau twins
cure
bongwater
flaming lips
soft machine
buzzcocks
adam ant
joy division
jimi hedrix
the Jam

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neil jenkins wrote:

one of our greatest curators
gone
thanks john
x

, Pall Thayer

I have the Softmachine sessions and they're some of the Softmachines
best stuff. Really great. That CD is my "Christmas music" since I bought
it around Christmas 1993.

curt cloninger wrote:
> I just went through all the peel sessions I could find, many still available on CD, and culled a few favorite bands. Diverse and era-spanning as this list is, it's still heavily abridged:
>
> birthday party
> breeders
> jesus and mary chain
> new order
> syd barrett
> stereolab
> sonic youth
> olivia tremor control
> clouddead
> explosions in the sky
> mum
> will oldham
> white stripes
> captain beefheart
> cat power
> dinosaur jr.
> flying saucer attack
> future sound of london
> godspeed you black emperor
> half japanese
> hurricane #1
> t.rex
> mercury rev
> mogwai
> pavement
> jim o'rourke
> scrawl
> sigur ros
> spiritualized
> neil young
> orbital
> cocteau twins
> cure
> bongwater
> flaming lips
> soft machine
> buzzcocks
> adam ant
> joy division
> jimi hedrix
> the Jam
>
> _
>
> neil jenkins wrote:
>
> one of our greatest curators
> gone
> thanks john
> x
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, curt cloninger

The syd barrett and olivia tremor control sessions are both fragile
psychedelic classics. Soft Machine actually plays on the syd barrett
sessions.

At 8:59 AM +0000 10/27/04, Pall Thayer wrote:
>I have the Softmachine sessions and they're some of the Softmachines
>best stuff. Really great. That CD is my "Christmas music" since I
>bought it around Christmas 1993.
>
>curt cloninger wrote:
>>I just went through all the peel sessions I could find, many still
>>available on CD, and culled a few favorite bands. Diverse and
>>era-spanning as this list is, it's still heavily abridged:
>>
>>birthday party
>>breeders
>>jesus and mary chain
>>new order
>>syd barrett
>>stereolab
>>sonic youth
>>olivia tremor control
>>clouddead
>>explosions in the sky
>>mum
>>will oldham
>>white stripes
>>captain beefheart
>>cat power
>>dinosaur jr.
>>flying saucer attack
>>future sound of london
>>godspeed you black emperor
>>half japanese
>>hurricane #1
>>t.rex
>>mercury rev
>>mogwai
>>pavement
>>jim o'rourke
>>scrawl
>>sigur ros
>>spiritualized
>>neil young
>>orbital
>>cocteau twins
>>cure
>>bongwater
>>flaming lips
>>soft machine
>>buzzcocks
>>adam ant
>>joy division
>>jimi hedrix
>>the Jam
>>
>>_
>>
>>neil jenkins wrote:
>>
>>one of our greatest curators gone thanks john x
>>+
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>>-> questions: [email protected]
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, Pall Thayer

OK, I've heard that Softmachine (which, by the way is my very very
favorite band in the world) did some work with Syd Barrett. I also
recall either hearing or reading that they had some communication
problems since Softmachine were always talking about scales and measures
etc. and Syd would just give them this empty stare…

Sort of like when Miles Davis suggested to Jimi Hendrix that they do
some work together. He offered to send Jimi some notes to look over and
suggested they talk afterwards. Jimi didn't read notes and they ended up
not working together. Too bad, probably would've been extraordinary to
hear what those two could've come up with together.

I'm going to hunt down the Syd Barrett Peel sessions now.

Pall

Curt Cloninger wrote:
> The syd barrett and olivia tremor control sessions are both fragile
> psychedelic classics. Soft Machine actually plays on the syd barrett
> sessions.
>
> At 8:59 AM +0000 10/27/04, Pall Thayer wrote:
>
>> I have the Softmachine sessions and they're some of the Softmachines
>> best stuff. Really great. That CD is my "Christmas music" since I
>> bought it around Christmas 1993.
>>
>> curt cloninger wrote:
>>
>>> I just went through all the peel sessions I could find, many still
>>> available on CD, and culled a few favorite bands. Diverse and
>>> era-spanning as this list is, it's still heavily abridged:
>>>
>>> birthday party
>>> breeders
>>> jesus and mary chain
>>> new order
>>> syd barrett
>>> stereolab
>>> sonic youth
>>> olivia tremor control
>>> clouddead
>>> explosions in the sky
>>> mum
>>> will oldham
>>> white stripes
>>> captain beefheart
>>> cat power
>>> dinosaur jr.
>>> flying saucer attack
>>> future sound of london
>>> godspeed you black emperor
>>> half japanese
>>> hurricane #1
>>> t.rex
>>> mercury rev
>>> mogwai
>>> pavement
>>> jim o'rourke
>>> scrawl
>>> sigur ros
>>> spiritualized
>>> neil young
>>> orbital
>>> cocteau twins
>>> cure
>>> bongwater
>>> flaming lips
>>> soft machine
>>> buzzcocks
>>> adam ant
>>> joy division
>>> jimi hedrix
>>> the Jam
>>>
>>> _
>>>
>>> neil jenkins wrote:
>>>
>>> one of our greatest curators gone thanks john x
>>> +
>>> -> post: [email protected]
>>> -> questions: [email protected]
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>>
>> –
>> _______________________________
>> Pall Thayer
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>> http://www.this.is/pallit
>> http://pallit.lhi.is/panse
>> _______________________________
>
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Pall Thayer
artist/teacher
http://www.this.is/pallit
http://pallit.lhi.is/panse
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