{"id":3480,"date":"2020-09-27T00:00:58","date_gmt":"2020-09-27T07:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/?p=3480"},"modified":"2021-07-02T20:29:45","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T03:29:45","slug":"soundwave-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/soundwave-26\/","title":{"rendered":"SOUNDWAVE : 26 : HANNAH PEEL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On today\u2019s SOUNDWAVE our guest deejay is Hannah Peel! I\u2019ll tell you why I am so excited to have her on today\u2019s show shortly.<\/p>\n\n

I just got back from traveling to Chicago for a vacation. I love that city and each time I go to there the more I want to move there. Granted, we went there just before fall, which is the best time to visit Chicago. It was neither hot and humid or wet and frigid.<\/p>\n\n

I got to spend time with my brother and sister-in-law, run to the lakeshore and watch the sunrise, and bike around the city but overall it was an eating vacation. I live near Los Angeles so my expectations for superior restaurants is high. Chicago surpasses those expectations. You simply can\u2019t get a bad meal in that city. The restaurant that served the best meals was The Purple Pig<\/a> but our favorite dining experience was Podhalanka<\/a>. We met Greg, the owner, who made us feel welcome and ordered our meals for us and each dish was delicious. Greg clearly loves what he does and he cares deeply that you are well fed.<\/p>\n\n

But I\u2019m not here to talk about what I did on my vacation. I\u2019m here to tell you that I\u2019m grateful that I was able to spend time with family and friends. I hadn\u2019t realized how much I needed a vacation until we landed in O\u2019Hare. Usually it takes me a day or two to unwind but I instantly relaxed the moment we arrived. And I\u2019m also grateful for our vacation because it gave me some time to process a lot of my thoughts and feelings regarding COVID-19 and how to lead my life going forward. I\u2019m not going to go into the details here but what I will share with you is that COVID-19 has brought into sharp relief that our time on this planet is short and we could leave it at any moment. The last few months I\u2019ve met many people who have I opened up and shared their deepest thoughts with me. And why not? Now\u2019s the time to do it. And like a lot of people, I\u2019ve been reevaluating my life and what I want to do with it during the time I have remaining. Despite the anxiety of COVID-19 I\u2019m also excited about the possibilities that lie before all of us.<\/p>\n\n

I began SOUNDWAVE to help cope with the stress of the pandemic but over the last half year my relationship to COVID-19 has changed dramatically. I hope it has for you as well. Carpe diem.<\/p>\n\n

Let\u2019s get to today\u2019s show, shall we?<\/p>\n\n

As I mentioned above, our guest deejay is Hannah Peel<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Until a few weeks ago I wasn\u2019t familiar with Hannah and had only become acquainted with her when I asked SOUNDWAVE guest deejay<\/a>, Charles Hazlewood<\/a>, who he knew personally that might be interested in sharing a mix on the show. Charles put me in contact with Portishead<\/a>\u2019s Adrian Utley<\/a> and Hannah Peel. Adrian\u2019s mix was lovely<\/a> and Hannah\u2019s mix is no less so.<\/p>\n\n

On today\u2019s show Hannah will take you to some very surprising places and she begins her mix with a track from Joni Mitchel. So unexpected! You\u2019re in her capable hands so enjoy the journey. I know you\u2019re going to love today\u2019s show.<\/p>\n\n

As I said, I was unfamiliar with Hannah but I\u2019ve been getting up to speed. And you should, too, because Hannah\u2019s music is also unexpected. Her songs can be delicate and achingly familiar. She\u2019\u2019ll paint impressionistic music with swathes of sound but will also delight you with covers of pop songs from the \u201880s performed on music boxes. I catch myself singing Soft Cell\u2019s \u201cTainted Love\u201d constantly thanks to Hannah.<\/p>\n\n

Join us again next week when our guest deejay will be Jonathan Ammons<\/a>.
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