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John Peel's Sonar Video Diaries
Updated 17 June 2002

John Peel at Sonar 2002

We gave John Peel a video camera to document his time at Sonar 2002 - check out what he got up to...



Video Diary 1
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"The sun is shining, we've got one or two beers, we've just had lunch, there's the prospect of a great deal of excellent music over the weekend, we're going to have a really good time..."

Video Diary 2
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"This event just never stops for a moment. You need to sit down, just relax and watch the world go by. By and large, much of the population of the world that's going past us right now are not uneasy on the eye..."

Video Diary 3
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John does his hair with some appropriate music playing in the background...

John record shoppingVideo Diary 4
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John on record shopping at the Sonar record fair: "Louise, the producer, found a little nest of happy hardcore records... we bought nine in total, and all of these at some stage or other will be heard on wonderful Radio 1!"

Video Diary 5
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Thursday night, and it's time for John to do his One World show from a studio in Barcelona

John, hard at work making radio!Video Diary 6
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Friday afternoon, and John checks out more of Sonar and then heads off to record a show for Spanish radio
Watch John on Spanish radio - clip 1
Watch John on Spanish radio - clip 2

Video Diary 7
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John reviews his Spanish radio show - "it was interesting to see which ones drove people away, and which records brought them back again", before heading off for dinner with Carl Cox, "because those are the kind of circles we move in!"

John in the pub watching the match!Video Diary 8
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Saturday lunchtime, and John's wife Sheila reports from the pub where everyone's watching the England match!

Video Diary 9
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"Right now, it's Liverpool 2 and Denmark 0 - I'm overcome!"

Video Diary 10
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John chilling at Sonar"Bring on the Brazilians!"

Video Diary 11
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John rounds up Sonar from the comfort of his hotel room: "We've heard some marvellous music, I've bought lots of records, and hopefully the best bits will be heard on the radio over the next few weeks"



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