Month March 2015

Gengahr – Live At PIAS Nites 2015 – Nights At The Roundtable: Concert Edition

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Gengahr – Live at PIAS Nites, Paris – March 10, 2015 Gengahr are one of the most talked-about bands currently on the Indie/Psych roster of up-and-comers for…

High Cost Of Defense – 1971 – Past Daily Reference Room

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC Radio: Second Sunday – Oct. 10, 1971 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Even before his memorable Military-Industrial Complex Farewell address in 1961, President Eisenhower was all…

‘I Must Decline To Answer Your Question Because The Committee Lacks Jurisdiction’ – The Teamsters Investigation – March 26, 1957 – Past Daily Reference Room

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Hearing Time – Teamsters Hearings – March 26, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. The decade of the 50s will go down, at least in part, as…

Funeral In Haiti – March 30, 1995

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – March 30, 1995 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Another busy news day, this March 30th, 20 years ago. With word from Capitol…

First Aid Kit – Live At Berns Hotel, Stockholm – 2014 – Nights At The Roundtable: Concert Edition

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – First Aid Kit – Live at Bern Hotel, Stockholm – 2014 – Sveriges Radio P3 I think I’ve said this before, but there must be something in…

Bruno Walter And The New York Philharmonic Play Music Of Vaughan-Williams – 1953 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Vaughan-Williams: Variations on a Theme by Thomas Tallis – NY Phil. – Bruno Walter – Approx. Feb. 15, 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Very familiar territory…

A Taste Of Top-40 In 1958 – WABC With Alan Freed – August 1958 – Past Daily Weekend Gallimaufry

One of the interesting things about listening to actual history, as opposed to the recreation of it, is how much gets glossed over in the reconstruction and re-telling. Music and Popular Culture is often relegated to those key moments or…

Mamie Van Doren Talks About The Beat Generation – 1959 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Interview with Mamie Van Doren for The Beat Generation – June 6, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. A staple of the American cultural diet since Cinema…