I was never really a radio fan, I'm that little bit too Deaf to parse it properly, but I did see him on TV a number of times and he seemed really kind
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I'm used to explaining musical references to Deaf friends who don't know. I'm sorta half hearing/half Deaf in that respect in that I do listen to and know some music, but not a lot and it takes me a long time to learn something.
I was hoping these guys would describe him in a sentance or something ;p
From what little I know of the guy he stood up for small unsigned bands who didn't get a chance to be broadcast anywhere else - he cared deeply that people with talent should be given a chance. Oh and I don't think he destroyed music by talking shite over it and being generally annoying (which is what DJs usually seem to do in my limited experience).
Yes, and refused to be stuck to a playlist. And told you the names of the songs before and after playing them.
I can recognise quite a few songs off the radio but as most DJs only mumble the name and artist once, often two or three songs before or after the one to which it applies, I can't tell anyone what they are...
Or to summarise: He was like a DJ, only good. And had been there since I can remember.
Ahhh yes, the good old you might hear a nice song on the radio, but have no idea what it's called cos all the DJs mutter, screech and squawk about other irrelevant shit....
I don't know if I ever heard him on the radio, but I did watch the Glastonbury footage in recent years and he was the very least annoying person on there... (ok that wasn't hard but you know what I mean).
I like knowing the name of the song and artist cos then I can go and download lyrics. Otherwise the only way I know what the words are is watching scary hearing people (scary cos they know all the words to loads of things) lipsynching or singing along with stuff. I spent some time at BiCon lipreading people on the disco floors. ;)
Show them a transscript of a Home Truths program? I don't even know if any exist. But that that would only half do him justice. It was not only the content, the wit, the dedication but also his style of speaking.
I can liken him to no other; noone else was a joy to listen to for the quality of their voice alone. If there are any such famous Deaf/BSL-using people then that might be a useful comparison but that's not something I know a lot about.
Oooh good idea. Will go and have a dig around for transcripts (altho the BBC site will be choked).... Also will try and think of famous Deaf people who would be equally missed.
Gah. the comparison I missed was not just a famous BSL-using person, but someone whose signing style is so graceful, so poetic that it's unlike any other person. Theatrical signing might come close, but this is perhaps an area where the analogy fails, because that would be a generic example rather than limited to one person.
She was a BSL poet and writer as it were. She's the author of many BSL books and I believe she spent considerable time in the US so was also fluent in ASL.
I remember seeing some of her stuff on See Hear when I was small, I didn't appreciate her stuff for what it was. This was before the days when Deaf-raves were big in the UK, we're about 15 yrs behind the Merkins in that respect.
Look here for some stuff by her, but be warned Comic Sans MS overload and horrible colours alert!!!
For me, I grew up with him. I knew his voice the the point I wouldn't even have to think 'ah, that's John Peel', because it was as familiar as a family member's. He had a very soothing voice, that was very easy to listen to, and he could make me smile, just because the things he said weren't pretentious and you could relate to them.
I guess that the best way to explain him was that he was one of those types of people that you just knew, because he was in your life a lot through various forms of media (he did a lot of article writing, too). He was a familiar face (and voice), and now he's gone. There's this little space in the airwaves that's now empty.
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I was hoping these guys would describe him in a sentance or something ;p
From what little I know of the guy he stood up for small unsigned bands who didn't get a chance to be broadcast anywhere else - he cared deeply that people with talent should be given a chance. Oh and I don't think he destroyed music by talking shite over it and being generally annoying (which is what DJs usually seem to do in my limited experience).
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I can recognise quite a few songs off the radio but as most DJs only mumble the name and artist once, often two or three songs before or after the one to which it applies, I can't tell anyone what they are...
Or to summarise: He was like a DJ, only good. And had been there since I can remember.
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I don't know if I ever heard him on the radio, but I did watch the Glastonbury footage in recent years and he was the very least annoying person on there... (ok that wasn't hard but you know what I mean).
I like knowing the name of the song and artist cos then I can go and download lyrics. Otherwise the only way I know what the words are is watching scary hearing people (scary cos they know all the words to loads of things) lipsynching or singing along with stuff. I spent some time at BiCon lipreading people on the disco floors. ;)
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We're both still here. *grin*
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I can liken him to no other; noone else was a joy to listen to for the quality of their voice alone. If there are any such famous Deaf/BSL-using people then that might be a useful comparison but that's not something I know a lot about.
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She was a BSL poet and writer as it were. She's the author of many BSL books and I believe she spent considerable time in the US so was also fluent in ASL.
I remember seeing some of her stuff on See Hear when I was small, I didn't appreciate her stuff for what it was. This was before the days when Deaf-raves were big in the UK, we're about 15 yrs behind the Merkins in that respect.
Look here for some stuff by her, but be warned Comic Sans MS overload and horrible colours alert!!!
Also more deaf poetry .
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I guess that the best way to explain him was that he was one of those types of people that you just knew, because he was in your life a lot through various forms of media (he did a lot of article writing, too). He was a familiar face (and voice), and now he's gone. There's this little space in the airwaves that's now empty.
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