Lament for John Peel..

[carolynwhite2]

It's just been announced that John Peel, one of the most influential 
British DJs ever, has died of heart attack whilst travelling in, of 
all places, Peru. He was only 65.

Don't know how well-known he was outside the UK, but over here he has 
sought out, defined and encouraged subversive high quality music for 
nearly 40 years. Impossible to categorise - he found good stuff from 
anywhere in the world, and rolled it all together with his dead-pan, 
gravel voice into a series of inimitable, almost surreal cult shows 
that have been required listening for decades. Beatles, Pink Floyd, 
punk rock, he was there, picking it up when they were all still 
completely unknown weirdos, and is/was still going strong on the 
cutting edge until a week or so ago, with stuff I couldn't begin to 
name anymore.

Like millions of others, I grew up with, and fell asleep listening to 
his late night show all through my teens and well into my late 
twenties, and continued to catch up with him often ever since. He 
seemed indestructible, and now I feel like part of my youth has truly 
gone forever.

Carolyn
Pretty cut up