"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Two People – in concert from The Paris Theatre – 1985 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert Series – Two People in concert tonight. Sadly, a band together for only three years (1984-1987) but right in the middle of the Liverpool New Wave contingent and who have conjured sentiments of...
Sir Simon Rattle – Berlin Philharmonic – Music of Schoenberg and Mahler – October 30, 2010 – RBB Berlin – When Sir Simon Rattle finished out his tenure with the Berlin Philharmonic last year, after 16 years leading one of the world’s great orchestras, critics said the audience reception and...
May 15, 1980 – CBS World News Roundup – Newsbreak – 9:00 am news – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 15, 1980 – A day so busy with news it was hard to know where to begin. The tide of refugees fleeing Cuba via boats...
Dawn Of The Replicants – Live At Reading Festival 1998 – BBC Radio 1 – Dawn Of The Replicants, live at Reading 1998 and recorded for posterity by BBC Radio 1 on August 28, 1998. According to AllMusic’s Craig Harris: Named the “best new band of 1997” by the London...
Frank Sinatra Death + News on the Hour – CBS Radio – May 14, 1998 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Frank Sinatra – Even though he had been in failing health for several years, news of his death earlier in the morning of May 14, 1998 came as a...
Tame Impala – In Concert At Panorama Music Festival, New York – July 29, 2017 – band soundboard – Tame Impala, recorded during their stand-out performance at the 2017 Panorama Music Festival in New York on July 29th. Tame Impala started as a neo-psychedelic music project led by multi-instrumentalist Kevin...
Barry Gray’s Nightclub – Featuring Doris Day (and others) – WOR, New York – February 5, 1946 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With the sad news today of the passing of Doris Day, one of America’s legends and treasures, it would be difficult if not impossible to add anything...
Nguyen Cao Ky – ABC Issues and Answers – May 11, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Nguyen Cao Ky; former Air Marshall of the South Vietnamese air force, former Premier, former vice-President – and in 1975, celebrated refugee living in a Refugee center at Camp Pendleton after the...
Moms Mabley – Interview with Studs Terkel – WFMT – June 13, 1961 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Jackie “Moms” Mabley. If you’ve never heard of her, you have missed an important part of your life. If you have any inclinations towards stand-up comedy, you’ve probably heard the name...
Fats Waller And His Rhythm – CBS Radio – July 6, 1938 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Fats Waller, a name synonymous with the early growth of Jazz and one of the world’s finest pianists who laid the groundwork for what eventually became Modern Jazz Piano. Wikipedia has a...
