Dirk Star
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Posted: June 14 2009, 20:07 |
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I`m pretty sure Johnnie Walker is or at least used to be a fan of Mike`s work.He`s certainly interviewed him a few times now.The guy goes back a long way,and is from the same kind of "respected" group of dj`s such as John Peel etc,who Mike mentions in the interview.They also share a fondness for motor cycles,and if you`ll forgive me generalising a kind of hippy/new age idealisim.I would hazard a guess their paths would have crossed (interviews aside) many times before.Mike does kind of greet him as an old acquaitance if you like at the start of the interview.And yeah "posing at the marina" is kind of a friendly insult,but then people tend to do that a lot over here especialy to "break the ice".He does the same kind of thing at the end of the interview with the "life is hard" comment,you know it`s just easier than saying goodbye I guess.I mean to me it sounded like quite an easy going relaxed interview,but then I`m very familiar with Johnnie Walker`s style.For people not so familiar with him I can maybe see how his comments could be seen as mis-calculated or mis-construed a little.
As regards to the version of TB he played,I must admit he`s had me scurrying round the web trying to find out what it was.In all honesty (and for whatever reason I don`t know),but I`m quite sure Johnnie was being intentionaly mischevious there.I`d be very surprised if Mr Walker did`nt know what it was.Maybe it was a rare oddity from the BBC archives,or something???..I noticed on the TB wikipedia page it already gives mention that Johnny played an "odd version" of it after the interview.It`s quite a mystery indeed.
Oh yeah and on the TB wikipedia page I noticed this great cover used for the Tubular Bells promo single sent out to radio stations below.Look out for it on ebay I guess...
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