"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Coffee would be nice: One of my favorite, and arguably most underrated bands of the 70’s and early 80’s. Split Enz were amazing to see live.I remember their first tour of the U.S., promoting the release of “Mental Notes” (which…
Double Espresso, please: – Elvis Costello and The Attractions -Live At Hope and Anchor – 1980 – BBC 6 Music – Diving back to the 80s this week – Elvis Costello from 1980. When I first heard Elvis Costello it…
– WOR – Martha Deane Program – Deborah Kerr Interview – March 3, 1969 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Continuing our occasional series of interviews with Hollywood notables of the past featuring Deborah Kerr, one of the screen’s most…
– KLOS – Live from The Forum – Cheap Trick in Concert – Dec. 31, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Rather than lull you awake this New Years morning, as I’m sure you are either staggering out of…
– Neil Young and Crazy Horse – Live At Auditorium Theatre, Chicago – November 15, 1976 – Neil Young is arguably one of Rock n’ Roll’s greatest songwriters. With a catalog of unforgettable songs going back decades, Neil Young continues…
– The Open Mind – Book Censorship – Feb. 24, 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – One of the prevalent memories of the “carefree” 1950s was the preoccupation much of our society had with reading material deemed obscene,and the…
– Los Angeles Philharmonic – Zubin Mehta, cond. Byron Janis, piano – Hollywood Bowl – August 1, 1961 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – I ran this concert several years ago at my other site, in less than great sound.…
– Count Basie and His Orchestra – Live at The Hollywood Bowl – August 11, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Over to the Hollywood Bowl this weekend. This time for a concert by the inimitable Count Basie and…
American Forum – American Film: 1956 – August 26, 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – Despite a lot of truly great, landmark and memorable films made in the 1950s, the film business was in dire straits. Television had crept…
– CBS Radio – Sunday Night With Mitch Miller – January 21, 1961 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A few legendary names this week, interviewed by the inimitable Mitch Miller on his weekly radio program Sunday Evening With Mitch,…