Busy news day – President Clinton delivered his State Of The Union address the night before. Promises made, assessments addressed, reactions noted. Clinton began the speech by saying, “We are fortunate to be alive at this moment in history. Never before has our nation enjoyed, at once, so much prosperity
My Bloody Valentine – live in Lyon, France – March 21, 1989 – Radio France, International – My Bloody Valentine this morning in a concert from Lyon, France, recorded by the venerable Radio France International on March 21, 1989. Don’t know about you, but I was taken aback, the first
The height of Paranoia over Nuclear War breaking out in 1956. The atmosphere of mistrust, fear, propaganda and manufactured chaos was so extreme it caused many to lose sleep at night from worry that, any minute, any time, someone would launch a barrage of missiles and the planet would face
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– CBS World News Roundup – January 27, 1996 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this January 27th in 1996 began with a standoff between police and John DuPont, great-great-grandson of the founder of DuPont Chemical. DuPont had, what was characterized as a snap from reality, killing a
80’s Americana this morning. The venerable Huey Lewis & The News, in concert in San Francisco at The Kabuki Theater in 1984. This concert coincides with their tour for the newly released and wildly popular Sports album and the audience is suitably happy. As much as they tried to fit
Something unexpected and thoroughly enjoyable this weekend. The music of Swiss Composer, Painter and journalist Peter Mieg as performed by the Basel Orchestra led by Lars Vogt and featuring cellist Klaus Heitz in this performance of his Concerto for Cello and Orchestra. A work which premiered in 1967 and this
BBC – The Reith Lectures – Edmund Leach – A Runaway World – November 12-19, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. It is always fascinating to listen to assessments of life and society as viewed from many years ago. How much changed, how much has remained the same. How much
– Artie Shaw – live in Santa Barbara – October 10, 1945 – Coca-Cola Victory Parade Of Bands – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Artie Shaw this week – another in a month long series of broadcasts Shaw and his orchestra did for the Coca-Cola Victory Parade Of Bands broadcasts
Your friends call you a contrarian – nice word. You like what they don’t like – they don’t like what you like. Day is sunny, you predict rain – pouring buckets you talk about Santa Anas. Down is up and up is down – you drive everybody around you crazy.
– Elvis Presley – Live At the Las Vegas Hilton – August 3, 1969 – The further we get away from the 1950s, when Elvis Presley was new and we had never heard anybody like him before the harder it is to picture the era and the people and the
