The Saints – Maxwell’s – 1986 – Past Daily Weekend Brunch
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Level 42 – In Concert – 1983 – Past Daily Night Session
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Germany Assumes Total Control Over Amsterdam – RAF Raids Cologne – Squabbles Over The Lease-Lend Bill
Another day with the world at War – the situation in Holland leads the news for this February 27, 1941. Six civilians were killed and a number wounded today in clashes between the police and “disturbers of the peace,” it was officially announced last night. A brief German announcement stated
Massive Attack – Bristol – 2024 – Past Daily Lunchroom
Ending the week with a concert from Massive Attack – recorded at Clifton Downs, Bristol on August 25, 2024. One of my top-ten favorite bands of all time (meaning decades), Massive Attack are one of the truly original, consistently mesmerizing bands ever to perform on a stage. I can never
February 27, 1979 – Middle-East Summit: On Again/Off Again
February 27, 1979 – CBS The World Tonight + Walter Cronkite Comments – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 27, 1979 – A day up in the air, as a proposed Middle-East peace summit went. When this day started, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin said no to a proposed Camp
Bongjeingan – Inchon – 2023 – Past Daily Night Session – Rock Without Borders
Bongjeingan – Indie comes to Korea. Bongjeingan in session tonight – recorded by the band on May 22, 2023. Persistence pays off. After hearing rumors about an Indie scene in Korea (since we already know there’s one, up and running in Japan) and getting various conflicting reports that the scene
February 26, 1978 – Bad Week For Trains – Israel Waffles – San Clemente Celebrates 50
As days go, a rather quiet news one. Starting with word from Youngstown Florida where eight persons were killed and 67 were hospitalized after a freight train derailed early Sunday near this Florida panhandle community and a cloud of chlorine gas from a ruptured tank car spread across a nearby
Thala – Hamburg – 2021 – Past Daily Lunchroom
Thala in concert for this Friday Junior lunchroom. Recorded at the 2021 Reeperbahn Festival and broadcast by West German Radio. It’s always fun to run across an unfamiliar name and be pleasantly surprised at what you hear. Here’s what Angela Betancourt from Blurred Culture had to say regarding her SXSW
February 26, 1988 – A Turbulent 18 Hours In Panama.
February 26, 1988 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 26, 1988 – Characterized as a turbulent 18 hours in Panama, figurehead President Eric Arturo del Valle stunned the country by firing General Manuel Noriega who was his political godfather. The ploy didn’t work, as
Andsnes – Dudamel – Gothenburg 2011 – Past Daily Mid-Week Concert
Leif Ove Andsnes (L) – Gustavo Dudamel – collaborations of the best kind. Over to Gothenburg by way of Madrid this week for a concert by The Gothenburg Symphony conducted by Gustavo Dudamel and featuring Leif Ove Ansdnes in music of Rachmaninoff and Chopin. It was recorded by Radio Finland