Robert Kennedy Assassination – KFWB/Group W – Los Angeles 7:45-8:45 am – June 5, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 5, 1968 – 58 years ago today. Most people woke up on this morning to the horrifying news that Robert Kennedy had been shot shortly after delivering a
Generation X – In Concert at The Paris Theatre, London 1978 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert Series – Generation X in concert. Starting just as Punk was getting started, Generation X was the first band to play the legendary Roxy Club – the legendary nightspot responsible for launching the
– CBS Radio: Sunday Night With Mitch Miller – 2nd Annual Eastman House Festival of Film Artists – November, 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Before color, before 3D, before 5.1 surround sound, before IMAX, movies were silent. The only sound came from either an orchestra playing to accompany the
Sir Ernest MacMillan Conducts Music Of Francois Morel – Esquisse Op. 1 – CBC Radio Session – 1956 – CBC Transcription Service – The music of Canadian Composer Francois Morel, played by the Toronto Symphony, conducted by Sir Ernest MacMillan in this 1956 CBC Studio recording. This week it’s Morel’s
– Radio Moscow News In English – April 13, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection One of the upticks during the Cold War was the near constant barrage of propaganda, newscasts, jamming of signals and plain old Publicity that took place between the U.S. and The Soviet Union. Before the
March 31, 1971 – NBC Nightly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 31, 1971 – Lt. William Calley, convicted in the massacre of 22 Vietnamese civilians at My Lai in 1968 was handed the sentence on this day. The jury was given only one of two possibilities
Beach House – live at Pitchfork Festival 2015 – October 29, 2015 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Beach House – a band who have been almost constantly touring the past few years, has been getting huge attention all over the world. Further evidence, the work you put into something,
– NBC Radio: Second Sunday – Newark: Anatomy Of A Riot – July 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection No end to turmoil sweeping over American cities in the decade of the 1960s. The rise of poverty and unemployment, and the rapid decay of Urban areas were all ingredients of
Daughter – live at BBC 6 Music Festival, Bristol – February 13, 2016 – BBC 6 Music – Daughter in concert at the BBC 6 Music Festival in Bristol on February 13, 2016. Getting started in 2010, and with a critically acclaimed debut album in 2013, Daughter have risen
KCBS-San Francisco – Lookin”em Over – Sports Program – November 1952, Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Football season – in 1952 it wasn’t too much different than Football seasons before or since. East-West rivalries. USC-UCLA rivalries. The state of Sports in 1952 – looking back at baseball. And drugs were
