"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Sonic Youth – in concert at Brixton Academy – John Peel Concert – Recorded December 14,1992 – Broadcast January 22, 1992 – BBC Radio 1 – Sonic Youth tonight. One of the first American Noise Rock bands, Sonic Youth got…
schis April 4, 1978 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 4, 1978 – A day where the situation in Lebanon and the Middle East took a minor backseat to the situation at the Academy Awards and…
Essential Logic – in session for John Peel – Feb. 6, 1979 – BBC Radio 1 – Essential Logic tonight, featuring former X-Ray Spex saxophonist Lora Logic. This was the band she formed just after leaving Spex in 1978 and…
Radio Moscow – news and commentary April 3, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 3, 1947 – the world as it looked from Moscow in this day, with news and comment from Radio Moscow shortwave. Long before…
April 3, 1969 – ABC News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 3, 1969. Spring in the era of discontent. From Chicago, a second night of disturbances on the eve of the anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin…
The Shins – in concert at the BBC 6 Music Festival 2017 – March 25, 2017 – BBC 6 Music – The Shins are getting ready to hit the road this Spring and Summer, promoting a new album Heartworms,…
Tony Scott Quartet – live at Prague International Jazz Festival – Nov. 22, 1968 – Czech Radio Tony Scott this weekend. One of the more underrated and overlooked Jazz clarinetists, Scott was a major practitioner of Cool School Jazz. After…
The Damned – In Concert at The Paris Theatre, May 19, 1977 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert Series – The Damned in concert this weekend. Almost impossible to imagine, but it will be 40 years since this concert was…
KROQ-FM – Mike Raphone – March 14, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Your town – L.A. And the weekend belongs to you. You have your fake i.d. and you’re going to punch a hole in the heart of…
Ikara Colt – live at Lowlands 2002 – Recorded by VPRO/3VOOR12 – August 23, 2002 – VPRO, Netherlands – Ikara Colt to end the week. A short-lived band, but intentionally so. The members were all Art-School students, naming their band…