john peel's collection comes to the internet; music nerds wet themselves

well, this is nothing but wonderful (from the stool pigeon):

THE FIRST 100 records from John Peel’s personal record collection will be online as of tomorrow (May 1).

The records are being archived as part of an online museum project calledThe Space, which hopes to digitise the entirety of the late Radio 1 DJ’s whopping vinyl stash — some 25,000 vinyl LPs, 40,000 vinyl singles and about a bajillion more CDs than Adele’s flogged in the last 12 months.

With the site apparently looking to post 100 new records every week — and interviews and live sessions also in the offing — there’ll be plenty more to come for a few years yet on this, if our maths does not deceive us.

i am 1) overjoyed and 2) overwhelmed, as many a music nerd probably is, at the possibility of rooting around in the legendary dj's "bajillion" records. maybe we should all just call it a sabbatical now and return in the fall. that sounds like a perfect way to avoid the oncoming blistering heat. we all know how easily music nerd get sunburned.