– Bill Downs Commentary – CBS Radio – December 1958 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As it always is, the end of just about every year brings a flood of reflections, what-if’s and ironies. 1958 certainly joins the ranks of the dim-distant past, and most likely very few, if
Oasis for a Friday – their second night appearing at Earls Court in London on November 5, 1995. By 1995, Oasis were household names all over the world. In April of that year they had their first Number one single, Some Might Say but there were also signs of things
– King Crimson in session at The BBC May 6, 1969 – One of the bands who proved pivotal in the Progressive Rock movement were King Crimson. With the release of their debut album, In The Court Of The Crimson King, they achieved huge worldwide success almost from the start.
Despite the fact that we often paint things with a very wide brush, not taking into consideration there were extenuating circumstances around any given issue, the one fact that remains true in America is that, even in 1969 our educational system was failing and had been on a continuous trajectory
– December 5, 1993 – ABC Radio News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 5, 1993 – Sad news regarding the kidnapping of Polly Klaas. After weeks of franticly searching for the kidnapped 12 year old, Police disclosed that the body discovered along the highway near Petaluma California on
[/caption] – My Morning Jacket – in concert at Lollapalooza Berlin 2015 – Sept 14, 2015 – RBB Berlin – My Morning Jacket to kick off Throwback Thursday – in concert at the 2015 Lollapalooza Festival in Berlin on September 14th and preserved for posterity by RBB in Berlin. Just
Over to Madrid this week for a performance recorded and broadcast live on May 9, 2010 at the Auditorio Nacional de Musica Madrid featuring Orchestre Nacional de España, conducted by Josep Pons and featuring Franz Peter Zimmermann, violin – Jane Irwin, Soprano and Willard White, Baritone in music of Bela
CBS Radio Weekend Roundup – December 4, 1999 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection- Twenty-five years ago this week, the streets of Seattle were awash in teargas and protestors as the WTO Ministerial Summit met to discuss trade negotiations which began on November 30. Instead, the WTO goings-on were eclipsed by
Wire – Live in Paris – May 2011 – RFI-FIP A repost from 9 years ago, with better sound this time. A concert by the timeless and legendary Wire, live in Paris (not sure the venue, but I think L’Olympia) and faithfully recorded and preserved by the venerable RFI and
Memorials tonight – recorded in session for John Kennedy’ program on Radio X on November 29th. MEMORIALS are an experimental pop band creating cosmic journeys into psych rock, far-out folk and wild analogue electronics, fired by the spirit of free jazz, drawing comparisons to Broadcast, Portishead and The Velvet Underground.
