"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
David Bowie – in concert from Universal Amphitheater – September 5, 1974 David Bowie this weekend. One of the far-too-many icons we lost this year. Seems like it happened a decade ago, with news of an additional passing almost daily;…
Marine Research – in session for John Peel – April 18, 1999 – BBC Radio 1 – Marine Research tonight. After running the 90s indie band Heavenly last night, a reader reminded me of the band which came after Heavenly.…
1956: The Big Year – CBS Radio News Special – Dec. 29th 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Coming up on the end of another year. This one (2016) just seems a little worse for wear than the others;…
December 29, 1981 – CBS News On The Hour + Spectrum Commentaries – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 29, 1981 – Poland in the news. This time with “official word” that order was restored, General Wozek Jaruzelski was still…
Debbie Reynolds – Interview with Scott Simon – Weekend All Things Considered – March 30, 2013 – NPR – No sooner had we accepted the loss of Carrie Fisher than her mother, Debbie Reynolds suffered a massive stroke and died…
Heavenly – in session for John Peel – March 17, 1991 – BBC Radio 1 – Heavenly – characterized as a mix of Jangle/indie and Twee, the band came out of an earlier incarnation as Talulah Gosh, and were known…
Carrie Fisher – interviewed by Terry Gross for Fresh Air – November 28, 2016 – NPR In a year already overflowing with loss, to hear the latest news that Carrie Fisher passed away earlier today, never recovering from the massive…
Martha and The Muffins -In session for Richard Skinner – BBC Radio 1 – January 20, 1980 – BBC Radio 1 – Martha and The Muffins to start off the week. A slice of Canadian New Wave that are rumored…
December 26, 1999 – NPR News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 26, 1999 – the day after Christmas and it was business as usual. Hours after the spirit of peace, fellowship and goodwill toward man was over, China…
Thiriet – La Nuit Venitienne – ORTF Orchestra – Pierre-Michel LeConte, cond – ORTF-Paris circa 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The music of Maurice Thiriet this weekend. A prolific composer of many orchestral and instrumental works, Thiriet was…