An American ritual, heading on a crash course to extinction; The Drive-In Movie. It was the acknowledged go-to place for date night – it was the place an entire family could eat dinner, watch two movies along with a slew of cartoons and wind up spending less than going out
It was World War 3 around your house. Been that way since LBJ came to Century City. The yelling went on for days – your mom looks at you like “where did we go wrong?” – your dad doesn’t look at you at all. Your brother squints holes through you.
Diving into EDM this weekend with a set by Fred Again at the 2024 Reading Festival on August 24, 2024 and broadcast by BBC 6 Music. In his first appearance, headlining a Major festival in Britain, Fred Again (aka: Frederick Gibson) has been gathering a big fanbase, primarily from club
Youth and Police in America, circa 1971. If there was one thing the 60s made glowingly apparent, that most decades previously didn’t, it was the notion to question authority. Sparked by the Vietnam War and set ablaze by the Youth explosion, there were more teenagers running around America’s streets than
– CBS World News Roundup – June 13, 1994 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – On this particular June 13th, there was talk of yet another intervention in another country’s political turmoil. In 1994 the subject was Haiti and the Military regime which overthrew the government of Jean-Bertrand Aristide in
Piercing eardrums this morning – something to pound the walls to – something to play loud so no one hears you screaming at the top of your lungs. Not my regular cup of tea, but in light of the circumstances; a perfect fit. Welcome to Friday – and Volbeat, live
– The LA’s – In session for Nicky Campbell – BBC Radio 1 – March 1, 1989 – BBC Radio 1 – The LA’s to throw us in the direction of Friday. From a session recorded at BBC Radio 1 for the Nicky Campbell Show on March 1, 1989. To
– CBS Radio News – ABC Radio News – June 12, 1982 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With reports estimating upwards of a half-million, a massive demonstration was being held in New York’s Central Park, calling for an end to war and an end to Nuclear weapons. And while
L.A. Funk Orchestra The Breakestra, live at 2001 Hultsfred Festival in Sweden from 2001 – preserved for posterity by Swedish Radio (Sveriges Radio) Funny, we have to go all the way across the Atlantic to hear a local Los Angeles band. Happens all the time. But in this case, the
– Superchunk – in session for John Peel – April 14, 1992 – broadcast May 30, 1992 – BBC Radio 1 – Superchunk tonight. A blast of hardcore Indie from Chapel Hill, North Carolina fills the bill out quite nicely. Superchunk have been around a while. And in that time
