must chime in with stuff about peel and b&s. yes, radcliffe did get behind the band first and did a good job (strangely he played 'you're such a baby' first before playing 'state...' to death) with the sessions and all. but when peel had to play 'state...' during last years festive fifty he said something about having to borrow the radcliffe show's copy which he'd sent to them in the first place. and no, b&s aren't really a peel band, they're a bit too soft for him i think. yep, peel plays a lot of stuff that some people won't like. but you get used to it and end up liking it in the end. also, if you look at radio 1 these days you'll find a lot of specialist shows (the rap show, the jungle show, andy kershaw's thing, the evening session to some extent) that are there to showcase music that was formerly only available on peel's show. also, there's a lot more to peel than the music he plays... oh, and try the 'breeze block' section of mary ann hobbs' show (12 til 1 weekdays). (all these things are available via real audio on the radio 1 web page for you curious foreigners, www.bbc.com/radio1 ) um, and two blocks down from the nyc gig there were murals on the walls eulogising diana. i thought i'd done good skipping the country the day before elton john was due to sing and missing the 4 channels worth of funeral coverage only to get to america and find that all 7 channels that i had access too were full of it. and did jeffrey archer appear as much on english tv as he did on the american coverage? arsehole. (almost as bad as the american presenter speaking to somebody from coventry 'which is in the north of england'.) andy who did actually think of shouting out 'candle in the wind' but luckily only an hour after the gig in the car home. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net -----------------------------------------------------------------------