This day in 1981 President Reagan went before cameras and microphones and presented his plan: “I’d intended to make some remarks about the problem of social security tonight, but the immediacy of congressional action on the tax program, a key component of our economic package, has to take priority. Let
My Morning Jacket – Ten albums and one big happy family. Starting off the week with My Morning Jacket, recorded during the 10th annual WXRT Fourth Of July Special at the Petrillo Music Shell. In the odd event you don’t already know, My Morning Jacket formed in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1998. The
July 27, 1982 – CBS World News Roundup – Newsbreak – 9:00 News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Juy 27, 1982 – News from Beirut this day. U.S. envoy Philip Habib was on his way to Israel to meet with Menachem Begin in an attempt to fin a solution
– Charles Vardell – Joe Clark Steps Out – NBC Studio Orchestra – Henri Nosco, cond. – October 28, 1943 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Lesser known American Composers this week – the music of Charles Vardell, as played by the NBC Studio Orchestra, conducted by Henri Nosco as
Why is it? Took forever for Summer Vacation – hours took days – days took weeks. You never thought it would get there. Summer comes – it breaks speed records – June punches a hole in the Sound Barrier, racing to September. Elementary school is over – Junior High and
Sarah Vaughan for a sultry Sunday – three dates from her 1952 stints at Birdland in New York – first one is from March 22nd – second one is from August 23rd and the last one is from September 5th. She’s joined by various players, including “Wild Bill” Davis on
Spreading the message – passing the word- one Kilocycle at a time. KOMO-AM Seattle – Jazz Today – January 29, 1959. A taste of 50s Jazz tonight, via the disc-jockey program Jazz Today from KOMO-AM in Seattle for the evening of January 29,1959. Ever since Radio became the Medium for
ABC Radio – Comments And Condiments – September 1946 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Since the Atom Bomb was here to stay, and in 1946 we, as a species, were getting used to it – radio routinely broadcast tests in the Pacific and in Yucca Flats Nevada and we
The Beaches – million watt energy. Friday Lunch with The Beaches – from their gig at Pinkpop on June 21st of this year and preserved for posterity by VPRO. What I enjoy about The Beach is this boundless torrent of energy they infuse in their live concerts. It’s not made
– CBS World News Roundup – The World Tonight – July 24, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Busy day in the world, this July 24th in 1979. Beginning with the continuing saga of the Middle East. Lebanese Radio reported Israeli troops penetrated 5 miles into Southern Lebanon on
