– BBC World Service News – December 26, 2004 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Twenty-one years ago on December 26, 2004, we were jolted from our Christmas mornings-after to learn an earthquake on the floor of the Indian Ocean measuring 8.9 struck off the island of Sumatra, triggering a Tsunami
– BBC World Service- Newsdesk – September 9, 1999 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Twenty-six years ago today, on September 2nd 1999 the world was battling extremists, factions and overthrows. In East Timor, violence erupted after referendum elections regarding independence from Indonesia prompted Djakarta to send troops to the
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Jan. 23, 1937 – Ohio River Floods – NBC Red Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection This day in 1937 was horrific if you lived anywhere near the Ohio River. Rains continued without stop and flood waters continued to rise. The devastation was widespread and the numbers of homeless
– March 8, 1942 – News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 8, 1942 – ominous silence from Batavia this day. No news from Java in over 24 hours. The last communication from Bandong was via radio at 7:55 in the morning before shutting down, with
January 27, 1999 – BBC World Service – Newshour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 27, 1999 News on East Timor and the latest on the pending impeachment trial of President Clinton. The news of the day as the rest of the world saw it. East Timor was inching
Frente! Live at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, California – June 10, 1994 Frente! appeared in the late 80s/early 90s and succeeded in confusing a lot of people. Although they were an Australian Indie/folk-rock outfit,they came along at a time when Grunge was coming into wide popularity and the decidedly quirky
– Code Superpoze & Dream Koala – Live At Trans Musicales 2015 – December 3, 2015 – Trans Musicales – Code, Superpoze & Dream Koala tonight – a summit meeting, of sorts between three musical entities, who decided to join forces and see how it worked at the Trans Musicales
