While he did not create the music I have listened to most of my life, he did a great deal to determine who I heard and perhaps how I heard it. A moment for the life and work of BBC radio host John Peel who has died.
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Articles
- Articles for the sister station, A Good Beer Blog.
- Pick any day's tunes as heard on CBC Ottawa's All in a Day hosted by my personal emailing buddy, Brent Bambury. You won't find a better music selection on radio anywhere - certainly not on the deeply dowdy CBC.
- Another plume catches my eye.
- Stuff less serious than Stuff.
- From Jan to March 2006, I tried a group humour blog with others on the subject of Canadian politics. It did not last but the posts were worth keeping. #16 was banned. There were no comments. It was at www.shadowcabinet.ca.
- Some writings and other junk of little real interest unless you like law or are a Crow.
A display of hideous graphics focused on the goal of figuring out where the smokestack I can see to the south is sitting.
Comments
Alan - November 12, 2004 4:48 PM
Not to self. Go with Undertones' "Male Model" for funeral. "Teenage Kicks" has been used:<blockquote class="smalltext">Performers Jarvis Cocker, Robert Plant, Feargal Sharkey, Billy Bragg and the White Stripes and broadcasters Paul Gambaccini, David Jensen, Steve Lamacq, Andy Kershaw, Anne Nightingale, Bob Harris and Jo Whiley were among more than 1,000 mourners at the 90-minute service at St Edmundsbury Cathedral in Suffolk. Around 500 fans forced to stand outside because of lack of space applauded as his coffin was carried out to the strains of his favourite record - Teenage Kicks by the Undertones.</blockquote>Here is the full report from the Guardian.