#225

You must be a very, very tolerant person. An example to us all.

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#226

The playlist actively stops me from buying or even streaming stuff because I get too sick of it. Couldnā€™t listen to LDR for ages after hearing Video Games every 20 minutes for what seemed like years.

#227

I havenā€™t casually listened to 6music in over a a decade, apart from actively listening online to Gideon Coe and Tom Ravenscroft, but it really is kind of amazing how many DJs have retained their jobs for such a long time. Pretty much everybody people are talking about in this thread was on the station in 2010. Not sure what my point is, exactly.

I canā€™t believe they are still overplaying stuff, though. I remember their relentless hammering of ā€˜One Life Standā€™ by Hot Chip and some shit by Everything Everything Iā€™ve thankfully forgotten the title of over 10 years ago basically drove me insane.

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#228

To be honest, MAH didnā€™t annoy me too much until I listened to her for hours at a time, so probably Liz Kershaw might go the same way. I guess in bursts of a few minutes from time to time most people will seem bearable.

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#229

I like MAH but she does have some vocal tics which become annoying after a while - she can never say that a track is by ā€˜A and Bā€™ itā€™s always by ā€˜A working with Bā€™ or ā€˜A in collaboration with Bā€™. Hear that once and itā€™s fine, hear it 10 or 15 times and it starts to grate.

Everything about Kershaw is annoying- she just sounds like a local radio DJ (which she is). She has almost zero knowledge of or judgement about music so I have no idea what she is doing on 6. MAH is definitely incredibly knowledgeable and passionate about music so I can forgive her her quirks.

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#230

Yeah, he plays some great stuff. As does henry rollins when hes stood in for him.

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#231

Iā€™m pathologically intolerant of inane radio DJ chatter - probably from when my housemate insisted on having radio 1 on in the car for the entire hour long commute to a placement in uni every morning for 8 weeks. Chris Moyles is the literal antichrist.

It does mean that I find even well meaning folk like Shaun Keavney and Mark Radcliffe really difficult to put up with. Much prefer the specialist stuff in the evenings to the daytime radio playlistathon.

Iggy Pop, Tom Ravenscroft, Giles Peterson, Nimone are all pretty great thoughā€¦ and as breakfast / daytime stuff goes Lauren and MAH are far better than anything else Iā€™ve encountered.

#232

ā€œyouā€™re locked in on BBC 6 music, with me Mary Anne Hobbesā€

Alexa, stop

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#233

Really enjoy Gilles Petersonā€™s show for his music choices more than his presence. Find that as I approach 40 my taste has rapidly become focused in on the kind of music that means if someone asks for a short answer for what music I like I can just shorthand Gilles Peterson whereas ten years earlier Iā€™d have cited Glastonbury and ten years before that Iā€™d have said NME.

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#234

I think Benji-B would be a good fit for 6 Music.

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#235

Love his show on R1, I know that timings donā€™t really mean anything in the age of the internet but it really feels unjust having him on in the graveyard shift (and only for 2 hrs to boot).

#236

What sort of stuff does he play?

#237

Techno, electro, hip hop, quite a range. He appears to be loving Juliana Barwick at the moment too so ticks a lot of my boxes.

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#238

Sounds good!

#239

Why isnā€™t Annie Nightingale on 6? Surely she would be a perfect fit.

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#240

Thereā€™s been a bizarre stasis in the DJ roster at 6music. Theyā€™ve reshuffled from time to time but I think Iā€™m right in saying that all of the regular shows are hosted by people who have been on the station since at least 2012 (when MAH joined). Thatā€™s extraordinary I think.

Nothing against any of the current people (except Liz Kershaw) but they could do with a refresh. Some of the people that they have filling in like Vic Galloway are a lot better than regulars like Lamacq.

They could also definitely do with a couple more non-white DJs- at present they have only 5 hours of airtime per week (Craig Charles and Don Letts). I think Nihal has been excellent when heā€™s filled in and would be a great fit for a regular programme. Heā€™s an excellent broadcaster and a true music fan.

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#241

Think she stepped down from broadcasting a while back, she is 80 years old tbf.

Edit my bad she still does Wednesday nights on R1. Fair play!

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#242

He usually puts the whole playlist on his Instagram page. Just listening to this weeks now. Itā€™s great for stuff like grime and drill that I only really dabble in - gives a nice overview of that type of stuff.

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#243

I think this is how I feel about most of the presenters on 6 Music. Objectively not brilliant broadcasters but I know theyā€™re going to play stuff Iā€™ll probably like so itā€™s worth sticking with them.

#244

ā€˜Looked inā€™ makes it sound like itā€™s against your will. Horrible term.

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