Planet Rock - USA (2020-04)

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MARK

JEEVES

The best thing I’ve

heard recently Beth

Hart’s Sugar Shack is one of

those tracks that gets in your

head and follows you around all

day. I love it. I had an email

from a listener who likened her

passion and energy to Stevie

Nicks and I can hear that.

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A Week. This popped up on

Amazon recently, and as I

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thought I’d give it a go.

My favourite memory from 1980:^

Just a few weeks ago I lost my

excellent dad. As a kid I tried to

educate him in the ways of Rush

and explain how there was this

guy called Neil Peart who was

my total hero, but alas dad didn’t

like rock music one little bit, he

was a musicals man. However,

rather than discourage me, he

actually bought me a drum kit

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gorgeous yellow Premier

Resonator. I still have the kit

and my memories of a top bloke,

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1980

AND ME...

A selection of Planet Rock

presenters share their latest

SPIRIT OF RADIO tips and 1980 memories.

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The best thing I’ve

heard recently:

An advance copy of the new

FM album, Synchronised. Just

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Network, the boys already

have this one in the can. It’s

FM doing what they do best,

playing pure, unadulterated

AOR/melodic rock.

The best thing I’ve seen

recently: The Irishman on

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Scorsese, and starring Robert

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Pesci, it tells the story of Frank

Sheeran, who recounts his time

as a hitman for a crime

syndicate.

My favourite memory from 1980:

Having seen Thin Lizzy with

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this iconic venue on Tuesday,

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on guitar. After the show, I was

lucky enough to be invited into

the dressing room once again to

meet the band: I still have the

fully signed photo from that

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The best thing

I’ve heard recently:

Slipknot’s latest single Nero

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hell pop song that makes me

laugh, shout, jump up and

down and then probably pull a

hamstring... all while grinning

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The best thing I’ve seen

recently: I’m going to go for a

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Outsider on Sky One. If you’re a

fan of seriously creepy,

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is the show for you.

My favourite memory from 1980:^

Since I’m obviously far younger

than most of my colleagues I’m

going to have to go with my

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ashamed to say that in this

year I was the criminal

mastermind behind a crime

spree in which I was stealing

toys from kindergarten and

then depositing them at my

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would’ve got away with

it, too, if it wasn’t for

those pesky kids

who grassed me up

to the teacher!

Creepy: Jason

Bateman in The

Outsider.

Rock on: Mark

Jeeves with

his beloved

drum kit.