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Peel appeal
If someone had asked me last month when it was that the revered Radio One DJ John Peel had died, I'd have said a couple of years ago. In fact he...
Spectator, The, 11/14/09 by Spencer, Charles · More from publication -
Ring the changes
Busy, busy, busy! What an amazing few days it has been for pop fans. On Wednesday, the remastered Beatles albums were finally released, and...
Spectator, The, 09/11/09 by Spencer, Charles · More from publication -
Pop heaven
I have so far avoided swine flu but have caught the festival bug badly this year. Back from Glastonbury, I realised I could squeeze in a day at...
Spectator, The, 08/08/09 by Spencer, Charles · More from publication -
Bruce almighty
The Telegraph sent me to do a piece on Glastonbury the other week. The crush of the crowd, the stink of the burgers, the even worse stench from...
Spectator, The, 07/11/09 by Spencer, Charles · More from publication -
Electric guitar heaven
Like most addicts I have become accustomed to smuggling stuff into my own house. In the old days it was bottles of Scotch or wine. More recently it...
Spectator, The, 06/13/09 by Spencer, Charles · More from publication -
Music in motion
My colleague Alex James (how cool to be able to describe the bassist of Blur as a colleague) briefly mentioned the online music streaming service...
Spectator, The, 05/16/09 by Spencer, Charles · More from publication -
Antidote to Berio
I was going to devote this column to the wilder shores of music, by which I mean not the latest hip sounds zooming up the charts but the dire...
Spectator, The, 04/18/09 by Spencer, Charles · More from publication -
Music therapy
My son turned to me in the car the other day, and observed, 'This is the band you've been waiting for, isn't it, Dad?' Playing on the car's CD...
Spectator, The, 03/21/09 by Spencer, Charles · More from publication -
Keep on smiling
One of Van Morrison's umpteen albums is called What's Wrong with this Picture? It's a question long-term fans are likely to echo as they...
Spectator, The, 02/21/09 by Spencer, Charles · More from publication -
Onwards and upwards
I had a letter from my friend Leo the other day, one of the most interesting men I have ever met. The son of a navvy and a cleaner, he won an...
Spectator, The, 01/24/09 by Spencer, Charles · More from publication
