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The Dark Suns- Live At FIMU Festival, Belfort France – April 19, 2018 – France Bleu Radio – If you spent any time in Austin Texas this Winter, partaking of SXSW, you may have had a chance to hear The Blind Suns for yourself. The French/Polish conglomerate, fronted by the...
14th Edinburgh Festival – Leningrad Symphony – September 16, 1960 – BBC Transcription Service – A rare concert this week. And since we’re sliding into Festival season, a historic recording from a legendary festival. The Leningrad Symphony, conducted by Gennadi Rozhdestvensky and featuring the iconic cellist Mstislav Rostropovich. Beginning with...
CBC Radio: Toward A New Humanism – Episode 13: New Technology; a look ahead – 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – 45 years ago. Talk about computers and a new form of communication – of exchanging ideas and data between people and groups – of creating a vast source...
May 30, 2001 – CBS World News Roundup: Late Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 30, 2001 – Timothy McVeigh was scheduled to get a visit from his attorneys over recently uncovered FBI evidence in the Oklahoma City Bombing case and whether or not to seek a second...
La Luz – in session for Pressure Drop.tv – March, 2016 Heading into homegrown territory tonight with a session by Seattle-L.A. Surf-Noir compendium La Luz, in session for Pressure Drop.tv in March of 2016. Founded in 2012 and consisting of Shana Cleveland, Marian Li Pino, Alice Sandahl, and Lena Simon,...
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