Rousting Tuesday out of bed this morning with a concert from The Alarm, recorded in Zurich on August 24, 1984 by RTS-Switzerland. For those of you who missed them the first time around: In 1977, a punk band was formed in Rhyl, Wales, billed as The Toilets. It contained lead
Festival season is upon us this year – music pouring out of every city, town and street corner in Europe this Summer; filling the air with amazement. Tonight it’s Mertixell Nadermann from the 21st annual Radio Encendida Festival – an extravaganza of talent from Spain all broadcast live by RNE
– Mother Was A Blackshirt – BBC Radio 4 – January 4, 2010 – BBC Radio 4 – Mother Was A Blackshirt was a documentary produced by BBC Radio 4 in 2010. It tackled the almost totally overlooked role of Women in the British Fascist movement of the 1930s, but
– Sen. J. William Fulbright on Issues and Answers – June 23, 1963 – ABC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this June 23rd in 1963 had much to do with our Foreign Policy. June 23 in 1963 was a Sunday, and so the day was given over
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Back to Beromünster for a follow up performance of the music of Max Lang as conducted by the composer via Swiss Radio. This weekend it’s Visions et Masques in this performance broadcast on March 7, 1960 with the Radio Beromünster Orchestra. Max Lang was born in Zurich on January 11,
– Jesse Lasky (jr.) talks about Jesse Lasky (sr.) Conversation with Arthur Knight – 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Jesse Lasky Sr., a name synonymous with the early days of Hollywood and one of its most famous figures during what became known as “The Golden Days Of Hollywood’
Your Guidance Counsellor twisted your arm off. “Computers are the wave of the future”, she said. “Everybody will have one”, she said. Furthest thing from your mind. She was persistent. She promised you’d graduate early. Instead of getting railroaded into ROTC, you nodded your head and got signed up for
Legendary summit meetings this week – The Sonny Rollins – Don Cherry Quartet, live at l’Olympia in Paris on January 19, 1963 and broadcast by Radio France. Joining them are Billy Higgins on drums and Henry Grimes on bass. Originally released as only excerpts from RCA Victor as Our
– Spooky Tooth – In Session – BBC Radio 1 – 1968 – Spooky Tooth were one of those bands which should have made it huge. But for whatever reason they came close, but in the end came up short. Not for lack of trying and certainly not for
