John Peel is coming to Mayo (1 Viewer)

[ron]

Just a wee story....
So I'm in Belfast finishing off my thesis when I 'm tuning into Peely as per usual Tuesday to Thursday... He announces details of a competition where 10 boxes (10 prizes) of records each containing 250 are up for grabs.. Mise logs on to find out what punk band Klute played with in the 70s (The Stupids) and enter.....10 days later after a long day studying I tune in @11 to hear Mary Anne Hobbs in studio with Peely.....8 winners later.... 'and there's a Ronan Quinn from Ballina in Ireland' says Mary Anne....Over the fucking moon was I ever but a bit confused cos Peely in response sighs and says it may take a while for records to arrive!!!
Two and a half months later and no bloody records and my head is done in!!! Sure, Peely said it could take a while but why? It's Radio 1; no problems with budgets, right? Shouldn't they have arrived inside a month or so?
So I write a letter to the Man admitting unbridled love and an inability to get on with my life without this box....
Christmas Eve: I get up @1.30 and get a call about 2pm.. Thinking it's a friend I don the silly voice in greeting the caller... Next thing the caller responds in a bemused tone uttering about 2 words before I cut in.... "Is this John Peel" says I, to which he replies 'Yes'!!!
So he explains that no one thus far had received their box and not to worry cos he'd be in Derry in the New Year and he'd make his way down to Ballina to deliver the records himself.... He wishes me and my family a happy Christmas and New Year.....

Santa may have got my size wrong this year but John Peel is coming to town.... my town ... my house.....

I hope I didn't bore anyone but I know you understand or at least those that have heard John Peel on Radio 1
Cheers

I'm off to buy the biscuits and ask the old man for a bottle of poitin

 

[dudley]

if that is true, that is almost certainly the swellest thing i have ever heard

you lucky man

 

[krystal]

yes
I too am rather impressed


so did he??

 

[Anthony]

kirstie (08-01-2001 12:15 p.m.):
so did he??

hey, there's some things you just don't ask!*

Truley amazing story.



*attempting to quote Mallrats

 

[Johnny_Fontane]

Something similar but not as good.

I too once entered a competition for 'Here Comes the Night' to win a load of goodies....Double tickets to go see Mogwai (oh yes), Lamb, Deus and David Gray (oh no), plus signed CDs of all six bands playing (there were supports, plague monkeys, Frames) PLUS loads of Heineken goodies. Well I like his show so I sent in an old Sex Pistols postcard I had procured somewhere foreign. On announcing the winners, he announced me second last....I could nae believe it, man. Well I was going to Mogwai anyway but this was a major bonus...I got a phone call saying the tickets were waiting in the Olympia and the stuff would be sent down later on. Went to the gigs, magic they were too, notable mentions for lamb's 'gorecki' and the mogwai set...and then began to wait for all this gear coming to me. Three months later, I started to get a bit worried. Rang them up, they had forgotten about me!! A package arrived about 5 months later....It was tiny....What did I get??? Deus Cd signed, a mogwai sample of CODY signed, a Frames single unsigned, no thing from Lamb, A plague monkeys cd (junk, sorry) and no heineken gear. oh yes and an original signed lp of Tigermilk (B & S) on electric Honey....nice people them there at today fm