Las Petunias – Further evidence the girls mean business. Over to Madrid tonight for a session by Las Petunias. Recorded for RNE Radio 3 Extra on February 24, 2026. The Spanish press is hailing Las Petunias as the “future of Indie” and getting tons of support. Typical of that is
Suburban Sprawl – NBC Radio: Second Sunday – August 13, 1972 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – It’s interesting how things change; how they go from one extreme to the other over time. In this radio documentary, produced in 1972, the issue is how this Suburban Sprawl has negatively impacted
808 State – Live At Manchester International – July 27, 1990 – Jim Moody Collection – Something to crank up the voltage in your seats, or get you out of that “Stay-In” paralysis. In concert from the Manchester International Festival, recorded on July 27, 1990 and generously provided by the
July 21, 1978 – CBS Radio – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 21, 1978 – Good news and odd news for this day. The good news was a tentative agreement had been struck between Union reps for the Postal Service and management, thus avoiding a
University of Chicago Roundtable – Guilt By Association – March 13, 1949 – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Fingers of suspicion, guilt by association – all elements of the era known as The Red Scare. The fear of subversion, the fear that America was going to be
Starting off the week with a band I’ve wanted to run for a few years now, but could never find a decent enough live recording to share with you. Eleventh Dream Day, playing on home turf at The Empty Bottle in Chicago on May 16, 2004. Again, thanks to the
– WCBS News + CBS World News Roundup – July 20, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Sixty-one years ago today, we were looking at a Summer awash with gloomy reports, agitated people and uncertain times. After a whirlwind 5-day fact-finding tour of South Vietnam, Defense Secretary McNamara boarded
Something a bit different tonight – a concert by Neil Innes, recorded at The Abbey Pub in Chicago on October 21, 2004. Neil Innes first came to prominence in the comedy rock group the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and later became a frequent collaborator with the Monty Python troupe on their BBC television series and films, and is often
The Class sweaters – the mementos that made their appearance every reunion since the first were getting less and less. The wearers were fading – but the moths, the vagaries of nature and well-intentioned but ill-informed offspring were taking over. Mementos were busy being forgotten or sold on E-Bay. And
Florent Schmitt – Oriane et le Prince d’lamour – French National Orchestra – Jean Martinon, cond – ORTF 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Florent Schmitt this weekend. A prolific composer whose work was neglected for several decades after his death, but which has been receiving a revival in
