"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– NBC Radio – Second Sunday: The Johnson Years – January 12, 1969 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January in 1969 signified the end of one era and the beginning of another. Lyndon Johnson, declining to run for a…
Budgie – in concert for BBC Radio 1 – November 11, 1972 – In Concert Series – BBC Radio – Budgie in concert. Recorded by BBC Radio 1 on November 11, 1972. With the sad news today (again) of the…
January 11, 2000 – CBS World News Roundup – Late Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 11, 2000 – Election season starts and out come the tax-cut proposals. Candidates George Bush and John McCain proposed tax-cut plans as…
XTC – In Concert from The Marconi Club – Sydney, Australia – July 20, 1979 – 2Double J Radio – Australia – XTC in concert to turbo charge what is looking like lockdown 2.0 – playing at The Marconi Club…
January 10, 1997 – BBC World Service News – BBC – January 10, 1997 – Opposition protests in Sofia, Bulgaria took another violent turn as police clashed with protestors outside the Parliament. Reports that Police waited until 2 in the…
January 10, 1942 – Radio Chungking – Radio Australia – News reports and dial hopping – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 10, 1942 – The view from Chungking this day in January. War news from China as well as…
– CBS World News Roundup – January 10, 1978 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – On this day in 1978 the news was all about the Arctic blast, freezing the country from East of the Rockies onwards. Proclaimed the worst…
– As Long As I’m Dreaming – Claude Thornhill Orch with Fran Warren 1947 – Lang-Worth Transcriptions – Jumping back into Big Band territory, after an extended hiatus (for no good reason). Tonight it’s the legendary Fran Warren with the…
– The Boston Symphony, guest Conductor Pierre Monteux -In Rehearsal – February 10, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another historic rehearsal program from The Boston Symphony. This one features guest Conductor and former Music Director Pierre Monteux leading…
Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child – Harvey Kubernik and Kenneth Kubernik – Sterling Books – Hardcover – $30.00 Another stellar offering from Harvey Kubernik (along with brother Kenneth). On a bookshelf fairly groaning under the weight of Jimi Hendrix biographies, essays,…