"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Dexter Gordon Quartet – Live at The Blue Note, Berlin – November 11, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Dexter Gordon this weekend. From a gig at The Blue Note in Berlin and featuring Hampton Hawes on piano, Palle…
The Rolling Stones – in Concert – l’Olympia, Paris – April 11, 1967 – Musicorama – RTL – The Rolling Stones this weekend. An extended excerpt from their April 11, 1967 concert, broadcast presumably by RTL (or ORTF – calling…
– February 10, 1968 – KFWB – Dave Diamond – his last show – You know the feeling – the one where your stomach falls down whole flights of stairs. The one where you wish Ban made Spray-On Invisible because…
Charles Bukowski – talks about his life and reads his poetry – KPFK – Sept. 7, 1971 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Charles Bukowski – probably one of the most influential, controversial and misunderstood writers of the 20th century.…
Pink Floyd – In Concert at The Amsterdam Concertgebouw – September 17, 1969 – VPRO, Hilversum, Holland – Mid-point Pink Floyd this weekend. A concert given at the legendary Amsterdam Concertgebouw in September of 1969. Most Pink Floyd fans either…
March 18, 1982 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 18, 1982 – News for this day was about rain – a lot of it. Torrential rains were creating havoc in Fort Wayne Indiana and…
March 18, 1951 – Voices and Events – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 18, 1951 – news for this week in 1951, and a busy week it was. Eyes and ears were glued to radios and…
Kevin Ayers in session for John Peel – Top Gear Program – July 11, 1970 – BBC Radio 1 – Kevin Ayers in session tonight. Recorded for John Peel’s Top Gear Program for BBC Radio 1 on July 11, 1970.…
March 17, 1975 – NBC Nightly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 17, 1975 – A day that began with starkly bad news from South Vietnam. For the first time since the conflict began, South Vietnamese forces withdrew,…
– Wartime Draft Lottery – March 17, 1942 – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The First Draft Lottery to take place in wartime took place on this day in 1942. Into a giant fishbowl went many thousands…