CO-FOUNDER OF
WEBCASTERSUNITED.COM
and FOUNDER OF
GENERATIONROCKRADIO.COM
GENERATIONWEBSERVICES.COM
and friend to 1000s

Joel Allen Platfoot was a man of many many talents - Webcaster, PHP Master, Web Designer, DJ, musician, great great friend, loving husband and father, and just an all around amazingly great guy. Joel's best talent - making everyone feel welcome.

Feb 8th, 2006, Joel was hit head-on by a young driver going way too fast on a slippery road. Joel was airlifted to a hospital in Indiana where for the next few weeks he fought hard and was winning the battle to keep his legs. He was moved to the next phase of his rehabilitation, in Kentucky, and couldn't wait to get on with the therapy that would make him walk again. On February 24th, 2006 Joel succumbed to complications which occurred with his blood pressure as a result of the accident.

Joel will be sorely missed by everyone who ever had the absolute pleasure of meeting him in person, or chatting online. For me personally I took his departure pretty hard. I've never been one to believe in the whole 'kindred spirit' thing, but after getting as close to someone as can be possible in an online friendship, I would have to say that that is exactly what we became. Joel and I spent countless hours on MSN, and he alone is responsible for helping me get my act together with my own web radio stations, and particularly 'Cruize Rock', which was modelled off what Joel was doing with  'Generation Rock Radio'. The day Joel left us I was due to call, and I was later told by his wife that this was a big part of his conversation, and he was excited that I would be calling that day.....

.....unfortunately I was informed early that morning online of his passing, and when I made the call anyway, it was his widow with whom I spoke, rather than the big guy himself. I didn't believe it until I heard it from her, and to this day I still miss Joel.

More than 17 years later I still program Joel's labour of love, 'Live Cuts', and will continue to do so as long as I have anything to do with my own web radio station.

Please spare a thought for his Wife and children, so suddenly and tragically left behind.

131 Retro Radio streams to planet Earth from an atomic mirror ball powered orbiting space station with a massive selection of hits and album tracks rescued from extinction by using our secret time travel portal.

131 Retro launched late 2024

The space station is operated by mogwai that are kept dry, and never fed after midnight....we hope. If the station ever goes offline I guess we'll know why.