April 8, 1980 – CBS World News Roundup + News On The Hour + Newsbreak – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 8, 1980 – With the U.S. Embassy situation in Tehran dragging on for 157 days and with no end in sight, President Carter announced sweeping counter-measures with reference
Temples – In danger of becoming overlooked and underrated. But . . . Temples for Tuesday night – recorded live at Ground Control, Paris – April25, 2023 by Radio France FIP. Having been a fan and active supporter of this band since their debut in 2012, it strikes me as
The Press Conference – otherwise known as The Gaggle or The Cattle Call. Serious business taken seriously. Another in a series of historic broadcast from the BBC World Service in the 1950s. This one, entitled; The Role Of The Press, took a look at how the press and how newspapers
Kid Kapichi – that blast of adrenaline everybody talks about. Kid Kapichi this afternoon – recorded live at Pinkpop 2025 by Radio Nederland on June 20, 2025. High energy and show-stopping performance from one of those bands high on everyone’s “to watch” list. Despite the recent departure of half the
NBC Radio – Our Foreign Policy – The U.S.State Department- April 7,1945 -Gordon Skene Sound Collection- Become a Patron! Building The Peace, a discussion from the NBC Radio program Our Foreign Policy regarding the postwar period and how it was going to impact the world economy as well as the
When Iran Nationalized The Oil. Only the beginning – and seemingly never-ending. The atmosphere in the Middle East in 1951 was marked by tension, transition, and the unmistakable sense that an old order was rapidly giving way to a new and uncertain one. The region stood at the crossroads of
Clairo for Monday lunch – from her gig at Lollapalooza, Chicago on August 4, 2025. I confess to not being a huge fan of Clairo. 99% of the reason is a very thin and weak voice – so weak, in fact, that the Sound Engineers had a hard time mixing
April 6, 1989 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 6, 1989 – As waves of Glasnost descended over London and the Cold War continued its thaw, Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev arrived in London for talks with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. With smiles all
Harry S. Truman – Address on Army Day 1946 – April 6, 1946 – April 6, 1946 – President Truman, addressing an assembled crowd in Chicago, celebrating Army Day 80 years ago. On this day in 1946, it was almost a year to the month the War in Europe came
Marcel Mihalovici (top) – Jean Fournet (bottom) a strong bond to neoclassicism Music of French-Romanian composer Marcel Mihalovici and his Variations for Brass and Strings, performed by the Radio-Orchestra Beromünster, conducted by Jean Fournet in this Radio Zurich recording made on June 5, 1963. Mihalovici was discovered by George Enescu in Bucharest. He
