You told them you were nineteen. They didn’t check. They were looking for warm bodies that could spend 8 hours on a bike, riding around Beverly Hills and Century City, delivering envelopes to offices and avoid getting killed. You and your buddies – delivery boys for Ace Messenger Service. Perfect
David Hockney and Bigger Trees Near Water – The Era Of Enormous Landscapes David Hockney – BBC Radio 4 – Front Row – June 15, 2007 One of the problems with being on the planet long enough is that sense of assuming all the people whose work you grew up
Foreign Aid – America pays 70% of it. June 12, 1947 – an otherwise uncomplicated day, but with many committments. Starting with Benjamin V. Cohen, state department counselor, said Europe may need up to $24,000,000,000 in outside assistance during the next four years to halt starvation and check the “danger
The Beta Band – with the shiniest of promises. Friday afternoon lunch with The Beta Band – recorded for Bernard Lenoir of The Black Sessions at Radio France International Studio 105 on June 10, 2004. A fascinating band with an equally fascinating and wildly frustrating history. I grabbed a bit
June 12, 1981 – CBS World News Roundup + Newsbreak + Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 12, 1981 – America‘s Great National Pastime took a vacation this day. With talks between Players and Team Owners breaking down one last time, a strike was called and the
Kansas, for a Thursday lunch – recorded on July 7, 1975 at the Agora Ballroom in Cleveland for broadcast. Going out on a limb this afternoon. Haven’t played Kansas in decades – a band well on its way to being a truly American prog ensemble – had all the right
June 11, 1949 – President Harry S. Truman – Dedication to War Memorial In Little Rock – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 11, 1949 – On this day, President Truman was dedicating a park in Little Rock, Arkansas to the memory of those killed during World War One and
Swedish Radio Symphony In Concert – Vilde Frang, Violin – John Storgards, conductor – November 13, 2009 – Sveriges Radio – Over to Sweden (via Madrid) this week for a concert by the Swedish Radio Symphony, conducted by John Storgard and featuring the much celebrated Norwegian Violinist Vilde Frang in
James Taylor – ushering in the age of quiet introspection. Taking a very mellow turn for lunch for Hump-Day – James Taylor in concert at Fillmore East on January 25, 1971. Sometimes changes arrive in seemingly abstract times, but in the long run prove to be exactly what was needed.
British Advance Into Syria – getting a leg-up. NBC News Of The World – June 10, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this June 10th in 1941 focused on the Middle-East, and American reaction. The United States defended the British attack on French-mandated Syria and Lebanon today
