Back to the archives of Swiss Radio this week. A performance of Sinfonietta Americana by Leo Nedelmann with the composer leading the Radio Orchestra of Beromünster in this recording made by RTS on February 8, 1964. The Swiss composer and pianist, an outstanding interpreter of Schubert and Chopin, composed incidental
Pay TV vs. Free TV – Sylvester “Pat” Weaver – Vincent Wasilewski – Commonwealth Club of Calif. May 15, 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A debate featuring former NBC President Sylvester “Pat” Weaver and Vincent Wasilewski, President of the National Association of Broadcasters. The subject was Cable Television,
Ornette Coleman for a Sunday – From the Jazz Jamboree Festival at Congress Hall in Warsaw on October 23, 1993 and broadcast by Polski Radio. Born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, Ornette Coleman taught himself to play the saxophone when he was a teenager. He began his musical career playing in
Morcheeba in concert tonight – recorded at The Rio Loco Festival in Toulouse only a few days ago (June 11th) by the ever-present and eternally grateful Radio France International. With eleven albums to their credit, Morcheeba should be a household name just based on sheer numbers alone. They’ve been around
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
