"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– CBS World News Roundup – May 5, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this May 5th in 1979 had a lot to do with Jimmy Carter‘s whirlwind visit to Southern California. Since it was Cinco de…
– CBS World News Roundup – April 10, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another interesting news day, this April 10th in 1979. Starting with an investigation of Nuclear Power Plants, based on the recent disaster at Three Mile…
KROQ – Jed The Fish – Iggy Pop Live From The Stardust Ballroom – Hollywood – November 30, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – There are times, important times, times where you made every plan and had it…
The true seriousness of the day wasn’t really known for almost 24 hours after the initial event occurred. The Nuclear Power Plant accident at 3-Mile Island on March 28, 1979 began at 4:00 in the morning and almost instantly there…
– Secret Affair – in session for John Peel – Recorded November 7, 1979 – Broadcast November 26, 1979 – BBC Radio 1 – Secret Affair to head in the direction of Hump-Day. Part of the Mod Revival wave that…
Part 1 – Part 2 Back to rarities this week. A concert by the San Francisco Symphony led by its then-Music Director Edo DeWaart and featuring the legendary Russian Cellist Mstislav Rostropovich in music of Mozart, Dvorak, Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky.…
– Tuxedomoon – in concert at The Boarding House – December 1979 – Ralph Records Release party – KALX-FM – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – San Francisco post-Punk/experimental band Tuxedomoon, live at The Boarding House, and part of the Ralph…
– February 9, 1979 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 9, 1979 – The ongoing situation in Love Canal, the Niagara Falls area of New York State was escalating on this particular day, 37…
The Specials In Concert – 1979 – BBC Radio 1 – In Concert Series – BBC Radio 1 – Editors Note: I just heard the news about the passing of Terry Hall, who sang lead for The Specials in this…
– CBS Radio News + Bulletin – November 21, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the hostage drama at the American Embassy in Tehran continued, flare ups were being reported in other places. A bulletin on this November…