Decades before cable, streaming or TMZ, Hollywood staged premiers of new films the old fashioned way – filling the house with an enthusiastic audience who were mostly employed by a specific studio and getting reactions as filmgoers left. Obviously a marketing ploy; the stars would amble by the reporter’s microphone
Historic summit meetings this weekend – Gary Burton and Ralph Towner, live at Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia on June 30, 1989. The Burton/Towner collaboration was one of those once-each-year get togethers that those in the audience who managed to get there, were treated to an unforgettable experience. The summit meeting
Cardinals tonight – recorded live at the 2025 Eurosonic Festival in Groningen on January of this year. Cardinals are a six-piece band from Cork making waves in the current boom of Irish guitar music. Their self-titled debut EP showcases a distinct blend of raw indie and post-punk influences, yet their
Finally. After months. You found a friend of a friend of a friend who could get you fake I.d. Had to be 18 to get in anywhere in L.A. Life was passing you by and you were stuck being 16 and missing everything. Twenty-bucks and everyone will think you’re thirty.
Björk – In Concert at The Warehouse, Toronto – August 7, 1995 – CBC Radio – Björk this weekend. Perhaps fitting with the surreal nature of real life, the surreal nature of art and music. Björk is synonymous with eclecticism; a continuously changing and evolving evolution of art, performance and
Dutch Indie conglomerate Person Trainer, in concert at the 2025 Eurosonic Fe4stival in Groningen, Netherlands. The band, occasionally referred to as collective, is built around frontman Willem Smit and has a continuously changing line-up with which they perform. Personal Trainer initially started as a solo project of Smit, who frequently
– Chicago University Roundtable – The Neglect of Reading – 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Even in 1957 Americans were reading less. Not the rest of the world; just the U.S. – we were a distracted bunch, even then. Bookstores were rare commodities; an estimated some 15,000 in
– CBS World News Roundup – April 4, 1994 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another panicked day on Wall Street, this April 4th in 1994. Hot on the heels of a three-day weekend where investors had plenty of time to be whipped up into a frenzy, the nosedive continued
Something relatively new (and maybe here & gone in a flash) this last day of the week. Between You & Me, recorded at 170 Russell in Melbourne on May 17, 2024 by the venerable Triple J Radio in Australia. Between You & Me formed in Melbourne. Having released two studio
One of the staples of Pop Radio in the 1960s;Top Of The Pops tonight with live performances by The Bee Gees, The Herd, The Pretty Things, Paul Jones and Long John Baldry. Recorded by the BBC and broadcast on January 12, 1968 and made available worldwide by the BBC Transcription
