As well as writing Why Glastonbury? before the festival started, he came up with this lovely tribute to John, Keeping it Peel: Teenage Kicker Conspiracy, which he read (from 3:45) to Cerys ...

Peel had been married to second wife Sheila for 30 years and had four grown-up children. BBC director of radio and music Jenny Abramsky said colleagues were "devastated" by his death. "John Peel ...

A rare opportunity to hear John Peel's first ever broadcast on BBC Radio 1. The 6 Music Plays It Again strand will be extended by half an hour this week as the network remembers the late ...

After John Peel's death in 2004, his family organised for an expert to catalogue the DJ's sprawling record collection. Following a week of trawling through more than 120,000 albums, 12 inches and ...

Bill Callahan’s December 2001 radio session for John Peel, broadcast on BBC Radio 1, is being given a standalone release via Drag City. The studio performance happened while Callahan was still ...

A list of “Thumbs Up” recipients will be included each Monday in Purdue Today. Submissions will be spread throughout the semester. * John Smith: Thanks to John Smith for helping out during our ...

What do I get instead? A thumbs-up emoji. That’s when I know I’m in trouble. As a millennial who grew up watching the evolution of messaging, I’ve noticed this shift in the meaning of the ...

You may want to rethink the next thumbs-up emoji you send, as it could be interpreted as a digital signature. A farmer in Saskatchewan, Canada was fined a hefty sum for using the emoji after he ...

A Soundcloud user's personal collection of recordings of the John Peel Show has been gaining listeners as word spreads of its existence. This particular collection has many complete shows from ...

Rick Pitino got exactly what he wanted out of his team in the final tune-up game before St. John’s opens its season against Fordham in just over a week. After getting caught in an offensive ...

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