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
Starting off the week with a session recorded only hours ago by Index For Working Musik for Marc Riley at BBC 6 Music. A blurb from Still Listening published in January 2023. Index For Working Musik was born in late 2019, when Max Oscarnold and Nathalia Bruno discovered a collection
Much going on in the world, this last day of March in 1947. Beginning in Bombay, India. Forty persons were killed and 137 were wounded Sunday in communal riots that broke out in four different sections of Bombay the provincial director of information announced Sunday. Similar riots occurred in greater
– CBS News + 3-Mile Island Report – March 31, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This March 31st in 1979 had grounds for some optimism going into it. The Nuclear Power Plant disaster at 3-Mile Island was showing signs of improvement. But, as it was pointed out, things
– Van Morrison – live at The Lion’s Share – San Anselmo, Calif. Feb. 25, 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Van Morrison this morning, from a concert appearance at The Lion’s Share at San Anselmo, California – recorded by KPFA, Berkeley on February 15, 1973. I don’t think
Over to Zurich for this 1967 performance of Othmar Schoeck’s Sommernacht, Pastorales for Orchestra with Edmond De Stoutz leading the Zurich Chamber Orchestra in this performance, recorded in concert on March 8, 1967. Othmar Schoeck’s music was performed during his lifetime by leading conductors, from Wilhelm Furtwängler to Fritz Busch
