I LOVE IT , GET ALIVE ! I MAY HAVE TO USE THAT. IT COULD BE A SONG TITLE. OTHERWISE , I'M NOT INVOLVED IN THAT CONVERSATION , JUST SAYING , I LIKE THAT.
I will say , we had nothing like DJ John Peel when I was growing up . I MUST SAY SOME PROPS TO GEORGE GIMARC. HE WAS THE ONLY DJ IN THE DALLAS /FT.WORTH AREA WHO WOULD , OR WAS EVEN ALLOWED TO , PLAY PUNK , NEW WAVE ,WHATEVERKINDA MUSIC IN THE VERY LATE 70'S ON INTO THE MID - 80'S , WHICH IS WHEN WE FINALLY GOT A PUBLIC RADIO STATION , KNON , THOUGH GIMARC ENJOYED THE SAME POPULARITY , EVEN IF HE STARTED LOSING HIS EDGE.....WHEN HE STARTED HIS PROGRAM "THE ROCK'N'ROLL ALTERNATIVE" (BACK WHEN THAT PHRASE MEANT SOMETHING.) , HE WAS'NT EVEN ALLOWED TO SAY "PUNK" OR "NEW WAVE'' ON THE AIR . HE BEGAN CALLING IT BOONDOGWE AND MUNTABWE MUSIC , INSTEAD....GEORGE PLAYED A LOT OF RARE - UPON RELEASE IMPORTS, AND HELPED YOUNGER SHITS LIKE ME CATCH UP WITH THE LAST 4 OR 5 YEARS OF PUNK. BUT , HE PLAYED JUST ABOUT ANYTHING , UNTIL HE STARTED GETTING PRESSURED , YEARS LATER , TO PLAY SAFER STUFF. HENCE , HITS BY MEN AT WORK , CULTURE CLUB , DURAN DURAN , HUMAN LEAGUE , SOFT CELL AND OTHERS DEBUTED ON HIS SHOW , THOUGH A LOT OF BANDS THAT WERE POPULAR IN BRITAIN HAD YET TO SIGN TO A U.S. LABEL , AND BECOME POPULAR , HERE. TO MY KNOWLEDGE , GEORGE BROKE "DA DA DA" BEFORE ANY U.S. DJ HAD THE CAJONES TO PLAY IT. GEORGE HAS SINCE WRITTEN "HOLLYWOOD HI FI" ( A SELECTION OF FAVORITE CELEBRITY RECORDS.) AND THE "PUNK DIARY" TWO - BOOK SERIES.