Brierly Hill 90210

When someone asked John Peel what the best year for music was, he said “this one”. I've been recording a podcast focused on new music for 15 years so I understand and agree with that sentiment. But, if pushed, I would choose 1982 and, it's interesting... I would be wrong! 1982 was a significant year for me musically because it was when I started listening to the John Peel radio show and broadened my musical horizons. I'd been listening to late night radio for a while, with head and radio under the covers so that my parents couldn't hear. I'd tried Peel's Radio 1 show but found it too frightening. I preferred the satirical humor and radio theatre of Radio 2 and Radio 4. But in 1982 I realized what a terrible mistake I'd made and the likes of the Farmers Boys, The Higsons and the Cocteau Twins were to be cherished, not to be frightened of. But in compiling this episode, I realize, sure... that's when it started. But it was the discovery of the Festive Fifty at Christmas time (when Peel's listeners voted for the