Peter Powell (DJ) of the annual Montreux Rock Festival and for his high-profile relationship with fellow Radio 1 DJ Janice Long between October 1984 and July 1985. Since leaving the station he has not returned to radio and has concentrated on building his management company (James Grant Media Group) with his business partner Russ Lindsay and other financial activities, which have proved successful. Peter Powell (DJ) Peter James Barnard-Powell (born 24 March 1951) is a former English disc jockey, popular on BBC Radio 1 in the late 1970s and 1980s, who has a second career in talent management. Powell was educated at Uppingham
(She Was A) Hotel Detective "(She Was A) Hotel Detective", which was written by John Flansburgh, first appeared on "They Might Be Giants", the band's debut album. It was later followed up by "She Was a Hotel Detective", which appeared on an EP, "Back to Skull", released in 1994. The musically irrelevant sequel was written by John Linnell, "in the tradition of 'Peggy Sue Got Married' and 'Let's Twist Again'". The lyrics to "She Was A Hotel Detective" (the sequel) include the phrase "motel directive", which is transcribed between the leadout grooves of the original "Hotel Detective" vinyl EP. A second sequel, "(She Was A)