I was truly saddened to learn today of John Peel’s death. In an age of fake celebrities and fleeting fame, he stood out as a genuinely interesting and intelligent man, whose career was founded on his love of all kinds of music. It seems hard that I will never again switch on the radio late [...]
This evening, I switched on the radio as I was making my dinner and found this really good radio station. It was playing lots of big-band and swing music, and I was happily dancing about the kitchen, wondering what this great new station was. And then the DJ came on, and said “Welcome to Saga [...]
The first time I went as an adult to a non-rawk gig, I thought I was getting old. The first time I went to a sit-down gig, I thought I was getting totally decrepit. But tonight, when I actually did the completely unforgivable sitting down at a non-rawk gig eating sweeties, I knew there was [...]