Lunch with The Go-Go’s – recorded and broadcast on August 31, 1981 from Emerald City in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Needless to say, the 1980s were a scramble to figure out what was going on in Music – genres were falling out of the woodwork and the 70s were still
Opening Day program at Hollywood Park – George McCall program – June 9 , 1938 – CBS/KNX – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – An institution for racing fans since it was built in 1938, the Legendary Hollywood Park faced its demise via wrecking ball on May 31, 2015, and an
Margaret Thatcher – AKA: Attila The Hen. News for this day in 1983 started off in Britain and the election. Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, strongly favored to win a second term, asked for a landslide victory in British national elections today to “banish forever’ extreme left-wing socialism Mrs Thatcher
Fleetwood Mac for lunch this Monday – recorded on the last night of a four night run at Festival Hall in Melbourne, Australia on March 11, 1980 from a road crew soundboard. Another band I have never featured during their later, more wildly successful periods. I will freely admit to
– Governor Jerry Brown – address to State – June 8, 1978 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. With the infamous Proposition 13 passed – this June 8th in 1978 was about the scramble to address the issue, the emergency measures to be implemented before the law was to go into
Nixon and Public Opinion – Some love, but not much. Since June 8th came on a Sunday in 1974, all media outlets were overwhelmed with news of the previous week. To no one’s surprise, the news about Watergate and revelations around the Nixon Whitehouse were as relentless as they were
– 1944 Music Critics Circle Awards – NBC Symphony – Dr. Frank Black – May 11, 1944 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Award winners this weekend – from the 1944 Music Critics Circle Awards – two prize winners in Contemporary American composition; William Schuman and Norman Dello Joio –
Voices In The Wind – Oscar Brand (L) – Odetta (Upper Right Corner) Robert Penn Warren (Center) Garson Kanin (Lower Right Corner) – just one episode. Somebody once told me our society was doomed once we stopped being curious. Curious about people, about places, about events, about the day-to-day. When
The ECM All-Stars (Jack DeJohnette -Top left – Collin Walcott (Top right) – Dave Holland (Right center) – John Abercrombie (Center center) – Steve Kuhn (Center – right) – Ralph Towner (Bottom Right) – Summit meeting at The Village Gate. Diving into some celebration this weekend – the ECM All-Stars
– NBC Radio – New World: Comic Books – July 1, 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As the 50s galloped on, and as the Cold War brought with it a certain fear, paranoia and fatalist look at life, our entertainment started taking on that general tone of dissatisfaction, rebellion
