Links for 1 March 2010
Published on 1 March 2010 in Daily Links, BBC, BBC Radio, BBC Radio 6music, music, radio
Inevitably there would be a strong focus to these links…
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Tory culture spokesman joins 6 Music fanclub with U-turn over closure – guardian.co.uk
As a 6music listener, the rumours of the demise of 6music are something I'm not keen on. However if such rumours can convert the shadow culture minister to the delights of the station, perhaps this could work to the station's advantage. Well I can dream…
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Nicholas Lezard: If you could see the BBC now, John … – The Independent
"Dear John Peel, Forgive the impertinence of my writing to you care of the afterlife, but I thought you'd better know about what's been going on down here lately." Nicholas Lezard writes to John Peel about BBC Radio 6music
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Killing BBC 6 Music would be a slap in the face to licence-payers – guardian.co.uk
"As I listen to 6 Music today, I keep hearing tracks and thinking, where else would I hear this kind of radio during the day? The tragic answer to that question is nowhere. The end of 6 Music at this moment in the BBC's history is not only an act of cultural vandalism, it's also an affront to the memory of John Peel and a slap in the face to thousands of licence-payers" says Phil Jupitus
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Some weeks ago I linked to the insane video for 1980s "classic" Safety Dance. Well now I've found the literal version!