Alan "Fluff" Freeman 1927 - 2006

Just a brief and heartfelt farewell to Alan Freeman, radio innovator in excelsis, who died last month.

Fluff - note DJ's had real nicknames then, Mr Ice/9mill/Killa - hosted the national countdown show in some form for over forty years. Consequently there aren't many fans on Planet Rock who haven't at some point made his show a regular tune-in.

Which is not bad for a failed opera singer from the colonies whose entire schtick was four phrases;

1. Pop pickers

2. Awlright?

3. Stay bright

4. Not 'Arf!

So that's the show over - Peely, Fluff, and TV on the Radio [who interviewed my Granny twice] are spinning the Wheels of Steel at the great Traffic Light Rock Night in the sky. See you when we get there.

Andrew Mishmash