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
June 11, 1949 – President Harry S. Truman – Dedication to War Memorial In Little Rock – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 11, 1949 – On this day, President Truman was dedicating a park in Little Rock, Arkansas to the memory of those killed during World War One and
Swedish Radio Symphony In Concert – Vilde Frang, Violin – John Storgards, conductor – November 13, 2009 – Sveriges Radio – Over to Sweden (via Madrid) this week for a concert by the Swedish Radio Symphony, conducted by John Storgard and featuring the much celebrated Norwegian Violinist Vilde Frang in
James Taylor – ushering in the age of quiet introspection. Taking a very mellow turn for lunch for Hump-Day – James Taylor in concert at Fillmore East on January 25, 1971. Sometimes changes arrive in seemingly abstract times, but in the long run prove to be exactly what was needed.
