"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Dodgy – In Session – BBC Radio 1 – 1991 Dodgy in Session tonight. One of the bands who rode the initial wave, casually referred to as “Brit-Pop” in the early 1990s, Dodgy were (and are again, since their reunion…
Adlai Stevenson – Address on Foreign Policy – Kennedy/Johnson Campaign – October 19, 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Adlai Stevenson, giving a Foreign Policy Address at the Grand Ballroom of the Commodore Hotel in New York on behalf…
March 7, 1983 – CBS World News Roundup + Newsbreak + 9:00 am News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 7, 1983 – They were going to the polls in Europe. And the results were unexpected. Germany’s Conservative Chancellor…
Michel Perrault – Sextet for Harp, Clarinet and String Quartet – The Montreal String Quartet – CBC Radio – 1956 Michel Perrault this weekend. The extraordinary (and still very much with us) Canadian Composer Michel Perrault and his Sextet for…
March 4, 1962 – WPRO-AM, Providence Rhode Island 11:00 am – 12:00 noon – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 4, 1962 – If you were around this day, 54 years ago – and you lived in Providence Rhode Island,…
Keith Jarrett Trio – Live in Antibes, France – July 23, 1985 – Radio France Musique – Keith Jarrett this weekend. Along with his celebrated Trio (Jack DeJohnette and Gary Peacock) for a two-hour feast of profound eloquence in…
The Difference Between A Republican And A Democrat – The Open Mind – July 11-26, 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Difference between a Republican and a Democrat. 1960 was an election year, and once again…
Chapterhouse – live at The Marquee, London – September 3, 1991 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Chapterhouse tonight. One of the bands heralded by the Press as part of the wave of Shoegaze in the late 80s/early 90s,…
March 4, 1987 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 4, 1987 – on this day in Washington, a clamor for spin, a tsunami of questions and an appeal for answers. The Tower Commission Report…
My Bloody Valentine – In Session for John Peel – October 5, 1988 – BBC Radio 1 – My Bloody Valentine in session tonight. One of those bands whose work has been an inspiration and stepping-off point for countless bands…