February 9, 1980 – CBS World News Roundup + Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 9, 1980 – Day 98 and the continuing odyssey of the American Embassy in Tehran and the 50 hostages locked up inside. Word that the New Zealand Embassy was picking up stakes
February 8-9, 1942 – Reports From Radio Tokyo – Radio Chungking – Radio Australia – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 8-9, 1942 – The other war on the Air – the war of propaganda and news reports, all from the same two days and from different views of the
– February 8, 1942 – Blue Network – News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 8, 1942 – a day with many doubts and ominous signs. The situation in the Far East was looking grim, despite upbeat reports. The Dutch East Indies were scenes of repeated
Tús Nua – in (acoustic) session – Zagreb Croatia – June 7, 2018 – Noir a.m. Sessions Exploring the East to start the week with Zagreb group Tús Nua, recorded on June 7, 2018. When you decide that music allows you to have an open mind, anything is possible and
– February 7, 1982 – The World This Week – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 7, 1982 – A week with rings of familiarity to it. Starting with Capitol Hill and issues over the Reagan 1983 Budget, which hadn’t been released to the public but instead
February 6-7, 1952 – Death of King George VI – Reports and Tributes – NBC/BBC – Gordon Skene Sound Collection February 6-7, 1952 – Although it wasn’t wholly unexpected, he had been in declining health for some time, but the death of King George VI ended the chapter for a
Dog Unit – in session at Radio X – John Kennedy Program – February 5, 2022 – Radio X – Heading into Instrumental Post-Rock Techno with a side order of Drone this weekend – all by way of Dog Unit and their session from last week at Radio X for
– Boston Symphony In Rehearsal – Charles Munch, conductor – January 20, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Once again this weekend, the Boston Symphony in rehearsal. This time it’s two firsts – Saint-Saëns‘ overture to La Princesse Jaune, played for the first time by the BSO, and the
The American Culture Explosion – The Open Mind – January 1965 – NBC – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – By all accounts, America was apparently hot in the grips of a cultural explosion in 1965. People were devouring Books, Records and Art at an all-time high. Symphony concerts were selling
The legendary Miles Davis this weekend. From a series of concerts at the 1963 Juan-Les Pins Festival in France, recorded by ORTF in Paris on July 26-28, 1963. This concert has been available officially and unofficially in various forms over the years, and I don’t think a single performance or
