"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Goes nicely with a double espresso: We take requests – and this is one of them. Captain Beyond were one of those bands that had all the earmarks of being a household name, but for whatever reason; timing and a…
Coffee would be nice: – Family – Scene Through The Eye Of A Lens – Liberty Records UK – Sadly, Family never achieved the recognition in the U.S. that they had in the UK and throughout Europe. In 1967, when…
Believe it or not, we depend on you: Become a Patron! Covering some familiar territory this morning. Biffy Clyro, in case you aren’t familiar, is a Scottish band with some 9 studio albums to their credit – including one recorded,…
Coffee anyone? – Franz Ferdinand – Great Wide Open Festival 2012 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Franz Ferdinand to end the week, in concert at the Great Wide Open Festival Summer of 2012 Holland, recorded by the Dutch radio…
And of course, coffee: – BBC In Concert – 1979-03-24 – Fingerprintz – Diving into some 70s Post-Punk/New Wave to start the week by way of Fingerprintz. Started in 1979, Fingerprintz is probably best known in the U.S. as the…
Show a little love: Become a Patron! – 1981-01-01 BBC In Concert (Generation X) – BBC Radio 1 – Heading over to the Paris Theater in London for a half-hour set by Generation X, featuring the inimitable Billy Idol. In…
Temples: Live at Best Kept Secret Festival 2013 – Rapidly becoming no best kept secret at all, the Best Kept Secret festival has been attracting a lot of attention and promised to be yet another in the seemingly endless parade…
Sliding down the flip-side of Hump Day and flying in the direction of the weekend, a few notes from the Queen of New Orleans Soul, Irma Thomas. This is from a radio show Thomas did in 1983, hosted by Blues…
– Sonny Rollins Trio – In Session for Swiss Radio, Zurich – March 5, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The legendary Sonny Rollins this weekend, recorded in session for Swiss Radio on March 5, 1959. Joining Sonny (as in…
– Blossom Toes – In Session at Bouton Rouge – February 10, 1968 – We have that small, dedicated, somewhat loopy society of individuals known as The Record Collectors to thank for rescuing what has been, up to now, one…