"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Free Time – Black Films Of The Early 20th Century – Discussion – November 18, 1971 – NET – Since we’re in the middle of Academy Awards Weekend, I can’t think of a better time to take a look and…
– The Real People – Live at Middlesborough Town Hall – 1992 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – When the 90s exploded in this huge ball of talent, one of the bands I felt would have a huge impact on…
Newsmark – How Much Is An Oscar Worth – March 26, 2989 – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The ritual is about to begin. Along with Spring, the arrival of the Oscars means a season is changing.…
– March 10, 1940 – News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 10, 1940 – A Sunday and a pause on the battlefield, and an appreciation of what will soon be Spring in Europe. On this…
– Georgie Fame and The Blue Flames – Live at Camden Theatre – March 19, 1964 – BBC Light Programme – Georgie Fame and The Blue Flames to start off the week. Fans of the 60’s British invasion era will…
– March 9, 1978 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 9, 1978 – Or otherwise known as “Coal Strike: Day 94”. That was the situation America was focused on this day in 1978. More…
At the risk of turning this week’s evening post into an homage to “those who left too early”, I nonetheless ran across this very rare Tim Buckley club date from May 1975, recorded weeks before his untimely death from a…
Part 1 – Part 2 Back to rarities this week. A concert by the San Francisco Symphony led by its then-Music Director Edo DeWaart and featuring the legendary Russian Cellist Mstislav Rostropovich in music of Mozart, Dvorak, Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky.…
6 O’Clock News – WEAF/NBC – March 8, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The big news this day was word from Supreme Allied Headquarters that The Rhine had officially been crossed by the 1st Army commanded by General…
Editors Note: This post was originally written shortly after the terrorist attack on Le Bataclan in Paris in 2015. As a reminder that Le Bataclan in Paris, now the site of infamy and terror was, prior to last week, the…