"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– CBS Radio – Who Killed Michael Farmer? – April 21, 1958 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Continuing our month of milestone Radio Documentaries, this one from CBS Radio narrated by the legendary Edward R. Murrow and produced by…
– From The Pacific – NBC Radio – August 8, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Two days after the first Atomic Bomb attack on Hiroshima, the city was still smoldering. The full extent of the destruction was only…
– Leon Boellmann Cello Sonata – 1949 – ORTF, Paris – Another rarely performed composer this week, as performed by a then-rising-star Cellist, Jacques Ripoche and legendary pianist-teacher Jean-Jacques Painchaud in a broadcast recital recording made by French Radio in…
“You’ll Never Be Sixteen Again” – Episode 7 – “Best Years Of Our Lives” – Narrated by John Peel – 1983 – BBC Radio 1. The last episode of this critically acclaimed series, ending in 1983, dubbed “Best Years Of…
Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra – Club Zanzibar – NBC Radio – October 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Switching gears ever-so slightly this weekend for a set from the inimitable Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra, recorded…
Brian and Roger Eno – live at The Acropolis, Athens. The Athens Epidaurus Festival – August 4, 2021 – A collaboration between two brothers and, at long last, a debut album of their work together. Brian and Roger Eno performing…
You’ll Never Be Sixteen Again – John Peel Narrator – Episode Six “Pretty Vacant” – 1983 BBC Radio 1 – Part 6 of this 7 part milestone Radio Documentary series narrated by John Peel and first broadcast in 1983. Dubbed…
August 6, 1971 – The Real Don Steele – The Retro Radio Joe Collection – Best times – weird times – great times – sad times. What a year. Summer was never like this before. Six guys from L.A. decide…
Enjoyable Listens – in session for John Kennedy – Radio X – July 30, 2022 – Radio X, London – Taking a break from the Vintage and heading into some relatively new territory with a session by Enjoyable Listens, recorded…
“You’ll Never Be Sixteen Again” – Episode 5 (1969-1975) – Narrated by John Peel – BBC Radio 1 – 1983 – Continuing with Episode five of “You’ll Never Be Sixteen Again”, narrated by John Peel and covering the period of…