The Human League – Live At Festival Of Fools, Amsterdam – June 10, 1980 – Flip Martian Collection – Live and Loud! Become a Patron! The Human League in one of their early, pre-breakthrough concerts – recorded at The Festival of Fools in Amsterdam on June 10, 1980 by VPRO
Tame Impala – melted minds unite! Tame Impala for a Friday afternoon Lunch – recorded at the 2016 Melt Festival in Ferropolis, Gräfenhainichen, Germany on July 15, 2016 by the ever-present West German Radio. Tame Impala’s music is heavily influenced by late 1960s and early 1970s psychedelic rock. Parker has stated that
Manila finally calming down – the rest of the world, not so much. May 1st starting off with a bang in 2001 – starting with news from Manila. Two police officers and a protester died today when thousands of supporters of deposed president Joseph Estrada marched through central Manila and
The Orb featuring Steve Hillage – live at The Fridge, Brixton – 1991 – BBC Radio 1 Space merchants The Orb tonight, featuring former Gong founding member and all-around leading light of the Canterbury scene, Steve Hillage as guest in what promises to be a 25 minute sonic adventure, and it
Warsaw – nerves in Poland before May Day. What it was looking like, this last day of April in 1983: From Poland – Police, in Gdansk, summoned three aides of Lech Walesa today, maintaining their pressure on the Solidarity leader on the eve of anti-government demonstrations planned for May Day
Can – In Concert from Poitiers, France – June 3, 1976 – Can this afternoon; a perennial favorite and one of the bands that took the 70s to new and interesting places, in a decade fairly overflowing with new ideas. Whose influence has been felt and acknowledged for decades after.
Never any shortage of scandal where Capitol Hill is concerned, and this April 30th in 1979 was no different. The Senate Ethics Committee was getting ready to hold hearings on violations by Georgia Senator Herman Talmadge and abuses of power, campaign funds and a file cabinet full of other embarrassments.
Dodgy – In Session – BBC Radio 1 – 1991 Dodgy in Session tonight. One of the bands who rode the initial wave, casually referred to as “Brit-Pop” in the early 1990s, Dodgy were (and are again, since their reunion in 2007, are still going strong) very successful in Europe,
Walter Klien, Piano – New York Philharmonic – Erich Leinsdorf, guest Cond. January 23, 1986 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another historic concert this week. This time, it’s the New York Philharmonic guest conducted by Erich Leinsdorf and featuring pianist Walter Klien in a January 1986 broadcast which marked
Alistair Cooke – If you grew up in America in the 1950s, he was the face of the CBS Television series Omnibus – he was your guide to all things possible and a world of discoveries, all in your living room. Later, when PBS came into being, there was a
