The Green Telescope In session – January 11, 1986 – BBC Radio 1 – The Green Telescope – BBC 1986 Diving into relative obscurities tonight with The Green Telescope; a somewhat short-lived band (under that name), but who offered a few tantalizing coming-attractions of what was around the corner with
August 6, 1974 – CBS Radio News – NBC News On The Hour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 6, 1974 – if you were around at the time, and you were like most everyone, you were glued to your TV or radio. Because the news from Washington was
Past Daily’s Thousand Yard Stare – The Weekly Podcast – Click on me and Subscribe. You knew it had to happen sooner or later – since I take requests and suggestions seriously, somebody said “hey, you should do a podcast!” – okay; one more thing to add to my daily
Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra – Coca-Cola Spotlight Bands – Nov. 23, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Our nod to the Swing era continues this week with a performance by Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra, broadcast on November 23, 1945 as part of Coca-Cola’s Victory Parade of Spotlight
KROQ – Frazier Smith – September 16, 1978 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Weekend. That stretch from Friday night to Saturday night where everything looks possible, at least on paper or in your daydreams. Being smack in the middle of your Senior year in High School, you can’t
August 2-6, 1939 – News/commentary from Radio Berlin – BBC, London – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 2-6, 1939 – days when tensions between Germany and Poland were heating up over the city of Danzig (now Gdasnk). The issue was one where Germany claimed Danzig was theirs and Poland
Rudolf Firkusny with Guido Ajmone Marsan and The San Francisco Symphony – 1978-1979 Season – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A rather short concert this week – short, in the sense that only two pieces survived and the third piece (the Mendelssohn “Scottish” Symphony) was sadly incomplete and badly damaged.
August 1, 2001 – CBS World News Roundup; Late Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 1, 2001 – Dog days of summer and reports of tragic circumstances on the playing field. In this case it was pre-season Football practice and the tragedy surrounded Minnesota Vikings Offensive Tackle Korey
