Goodbye Teletext and a fond farewell to Planet Sound

In a parting message, Manic Street Preachers' Nicky Wire paid tribute to Planet Sound by saying: "I love the feel of books and records, and I loved the feel of the remote control to give me information."

via guardian.co.uk

Sad times. Teletext is no more.

I used to flick on Planet Sound every day after school to find out if anything interesting had happened in music or whether my email fanzine (which I used to print out and send in) had been covered. Big up John Earls, who did a fantastic job running it for nearly a decade.

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