Keeping It Peel 2010: The Shop Assistants, Godspeed, J Mascis and the Fog

A post inspired/reminded by Football and Music and Sweeping The Nation…  and countless other great blogs. This is my contribution to marking John Peel’s passing in 2004 with a Peel Session track is – well, I’ve cheated. I had a few choices, so why not post ’em all?

‘I Don’t Want To Be Friends With You‘ – Shop Assistants – Peel Session 1986

‘Hung Over As The Oven In Maiden Vale‘ – Godspeed You Black Emperor! – Peel Session 1998

‘Everything Flows – Range Life – In A Rut‘ – J Mascis and the Fog (feat. Mike Watt fercryinoutloud) – Peel Session 2003

It hasn’t really been the same since, despite the sterling work of 6music, and I’ve had no end of weird conversations about whether x or y would have been Peel favourites. Anyway. Cheers John.

If you want to join in, here’s your instructions from Football and Music:

If you are a Facebook user post a link to a You Tube video. If you are on Twitter then on October 25th post a tweet using the hashtag: #keepingitpeel and add a song/video clip, again from a Peel session.

If you ever taped a show, listened in bed on headphones, or thought “what the hell was that?”, get stuck in.

JKneale