"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – The Paris Conservatory Student Orchestra, conducted by Louis Martin 1954 – ORTF, Paris – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Back to Paris this week for something (mostly) familiar. The Petite Symphonie by Charles Gounod, featuring the Student...
. . .or click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC International Bandstand – Ted Heath – March 2, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A slight stretch this week, but not all that much when you think about it. This week it’s British Bandleader Ted Heath in...
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Curtis Harding – Live At Paradiso, Amsterdam – Nov. 23, 2014 – VPRO/3VOOR12 A taste of Soul, smack in the middle of Amsterdam tonight, compliments of Curtis Harding in a concert recorded live at Paradiso on November...
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – KCBS – Lookin’ Em Over – Sports Report – November 1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection No doubt, if you went anywhere this Thanksgiving holiday you were invariably sitting in a room where a TV (or several)...
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Crowded House – In Concert At Finsbury Park – 1994 – BBC 6 Music Crowded House were one of those bands seemingly all over the place in the late 80s/early 90s. From the recently disbanded Split Enz,...
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Peter & The Harmonics – In session at BBC Bristol – 2011 – BBC Radio Bristol Never one to shy away from suggestions by readers, my friend Mig Schillace turned me on this band. Partly because they’re...
. . . click on the link here for Audio Player – Dean Acheson address – November 21, 1959 (unknown location) – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Former Secretary of State Dean Acheson, who served under President Truman from 1949-1953 had the onerous task of keeping the world reasonably sane...
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – News Of The World – November 28, 1942 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Dramatic news this day in 1942. Word came from Paris via London that the entire French Naval fleet was destroyed in one exploding catastrophe...
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Van Dyke Parks in concert at Crossing Border Festival – Sept. 12, 1996 – VPRO/3VOOR12 Some festive Americana for this holiday from none other than the legendary Van Dyke Parks, along with an assembled multitude of musicians...
. . .or click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – November 27, 1982 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection November 27th in 1982 fell on a Saturday. Thoughts of Thanksgiving were now fading into memory. And even though it was a holiday weekend, that...
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