– CBS World News Roundup – April 3, 1990 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Four months into the new decade – the last one of the 20th Century and the world was knee-deep in changes. On this April 3rd in 1990, news was about breakaway republics – most notably
– Ok Go – Live At Firefly Music Festival 2017, Dover Delaware – June 16, 2017 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – OK Go, in concert from the 2017 Firefly Music Festival in Dover Maryland, recorded on June 16th. It occurred to me that I hadn’t heard anything from them
Over to Bulgaria and the Varna Summer International Music Festival 2012 for a performance by the Atos Trio, recorded by Bulgarian Radio on July 3, 2012. The Atos trio, consisting of Annette von Heh, violin Stefan Heinemeyer, violincello and Thomas Hoppe, piano play music of Beethoven and Schubert. Starting with
News from Tehran on October 21, 2008 – not an earth shattering day as far as events in the world are concerned. Even in Tehran the focus of attention was on the upcoming U.S. Presidential election and word that Senator Barack Obama was leading John McCain by a substantial number
– CBS World News Roundup – April 2, 1987 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A day loaded with Politics and arm-twisting, this April 2nd, 1987. Starting with a heavy dose of politics, back-slapping and promises from the Reagan White House in order to stave off an override of Reagan‘s
Redolent for Wednesday morning – recorded in session for BBC Scotland around September 2024. Further evidence there is a lot of new music going on in the world and a lot of it is coming from places like Glasgow and Dublin and Paris and Stockholm – everywhere there is an
Meatbodies in session tonight – recorded at the BBC’s Maida Vale studios for Marc Riley on August 19, 2024. Thanks to Bandcamp for the following excerpt: Within the fertile West Coast rock scene of the 2010s, Meatbodies’ Chad Ubovich was a perennial candidate for MVP. Over the course of the
– Barbara Tuchman address at UC Berkeley – NPR Options – July 22, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – It’s always an interesting idea to consider; how will history judge what is going on now in the grand scheme of things? Will those innovations we found so revolutionary at
– April 1, 1945 – America United – Racism in America – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 1, 1945. As World War 2 started winding down, the subject began to be discussed over what kind of country the U.S. was going to be in a peacetime world. It was
The Fall – in concert at Tut’s, Chicago – July 16, 1981 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – When the sad news was announced regarding the death of leader/front man/writer/iconoclast Mark E. Smith of The Fall, tributes have been pouring in from all over the world. Clearly, Mark E. Smith
