"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– 1940 Olympic Boycott question – H.W. van Loon – January 21, 1938 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As it came to pass, the 1940 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo never materialized. In fact, the Olympic Winter and Summer…
Blur – In session for Mark Goodier – BBC Radio 1 – August 10, 1990 – BBC Radio 1 – Very early Blur tonight. In what I think is their first session at the BBC, five months after the band…
Bomb Target: U.S.A. was a documentary special broadcast by CBS radio in March of 1953. The intended purpose was to expose our vulnerabilities and to scare the living crap out of us, all at the same time. With the Red…
KROQ – Frazer Smith Show – 7:30-8:30 pm – Nov. 24, 1978 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This is the year things started to change in L.A. – Punk and New Wave, which everybody “in the know” knew about…
Pierre Husquenoph – Concertino for Trumpet – Roger Delmotte, Trumpet – ORTF Chamber Orch. Manuel Rosenthal, Cond. – ORTF-Paris 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The music of 20th Century composer Pierre Husquenoph this weekend. Not a name many…
Aurora, in concert at this years Lowlands Festival in The Netherlands, recorded by VPRO on August 25th of this year. Aurora (full name: Aurora Aksnes) is a relatively new face on the scene. Just turning 20, she’s been around since…
Jim Noir – In Session at BBC 6 Music -September 1, 2011 – BBC 6 Music – Jim Noir may not be a household name, but his music is so catchy, hook-laden and evocative that much of the music from…
August 20, 1991 – The view from Moscow on this day was anything but settled. Russian Federation President Boris Yeltsin spearheaded protests and the backlash against the Coup takeover of the Moscow government. The coup installed a leader, but support…