Click on the link here for Audio Player: Oct. 24, 1960 – Eyewitness To History – 1960 Election With the third Debate over the previous night, October 24th was the home stretch for the 1960 Presidential Campaign. As a recap of the race to the White House, CBS News ran
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Syd Barrett – In Session – Feb. 18, 1970 I don’t think there is anyone in the world who is an even passing fan of the music of Pink Floyd who hasn’t heard about original founding member Syd Barrett. His legend and
Click on the link here for Audio layer: Picking A President – Oct. 1968 Pres. Eisenhower: “The National Convention today is brought to every home in the United States by television, and now even more significant, by Early Bird and Telstar, those pictures are going to nations all over the
Click on the link here for Audio Player: News for October 22, 1980 News for this October 22nd in 1980, in addition to feverish campaigning on the parts of the Carter and Reagan camps, was word that a possible breakthrough in negotiations for the 50 Americans held hostage at the
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”5300″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”L.A. Phil – Koussevitsky-Stern – 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Become a Patron! Something special this weekend – a Hollywood Bowl broadcast, featuring the Los Angeles Philiharmonic, guest conducted by Serge Koussevitsky and featuring the 30-year old violin-wunderkind Issac Stern in an all-Tchaikovsky
Click on the link here for Audio Player: ArtBlakeyAndTheJazzMessengers1965-03-07CineTeleSoundStudioLondonUK It’s not even going out on a limb to say Art Blakey did more for taking percussion out of the “keeping time” box and putting in a place of creative expression than most other drummers of the 20th Century did. His
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Annuals – Winslow – 2011 Last time I checked in on Annuals it was around 2006 and they had just come out with their debut album, Be He Me, and were making noises via MySpace and some of the local Alternative Radio
Click on the link here for Audio Player: World_Music_Matters_Samih_Choukeir With all the news regarding Syria and the endless struggle going on, we tend to miss those elements of a movement that may seem not so important to the casual observer, but which are crucial and vital elements to the morale
Click on the link here for Audio Player: News for October 19, 1987 “Not since Black Friday in 1929”, “The worst single-day drop in history”, “the bottom has fallen out”. That’s what this day in 1987 sounded like, or at least most of it. A 500-point drop in the Stock
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Mypollux -Plus a Meme – 2008 Hovering between Power-Pop and Heavy Metal, Mypollux is (or was, it’s hard to tell) a French band that’s been going since 2001 (or 2002 depending on which bio you read). They’ve been having a modicum of
