The Smell of the Greasepaint and the Sound of the Peel is the name of a 2014 blog created by David Pascoe which attempts to document the relationship between mixtape culture, John Peel and the Cornish amateur dramatics scene. As he explains in the blog, Pascoe's first prolonged exposure to Peel came about in the late 90s while he was driving home from rehearsals for shows he was doing with am-dram groups throughout the county: The blog can be accessed via