Two shopping days to Christmas – normally those words would strike panic in most people’s minds. Maybe this year it’s different – 2024 has been a different year to a lot of people for a lot of reasons. 1974 it ain’t. 1974 we were well without most of the things
– News for December 23, 1993 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Troopergate and grumblings from Euro Disney this December 23rd in 1993. The Clinton White House was the scene of wild innuendo and accusation as Arkansas State Troopers testified that then-Governor Bill Clinton made
The Ramones – live at The Club, Cambridge Mass. – May 12, 1976 – It’s the Monday morning before Christmas, and I will bet you are most likely going insane with packing, leaving and going someplace; either driving and looking at weather reports or stuck in traffic on the way
Over to Paris this weekend for a studio session featuring Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto Number 2 performed by Jean Doyen, piano with Louis Frémaux and Orchestre National de l’ORTF – recorded in Studio 103 at Maison de la Radio in Paris on August 30, 1968. Jean Doyen: Born in Paris, Doyen
Never ceases to amaze, listening to reports of potentials for life in the future. The promise that labor-saving devices will free up the population to enjoy life, work less and have more opportunities to do things, or nothing – the choices were unlimited. Some of the speculations are spot-on, while
Paul Motian in concert this week – recorded live at Ubersee-Museum in Bremen on December 7, 1981 and broadcast by West German Radio. Lineup for this gig is Billy Drewes on tenor and alto saxophones – Joe Lovano and tenor sax – Bill Frisell on guitar – Ed Schuller on
As further evidence the 1950s were not as easy-going and tolerant as has often been described. A goodly amount of hotly contested issues were very much a part of American society during that decade. One of those issues was one of the censoring of books in schools. This report, broadcast
She promised – you were embarrassed. You tried not to show it – you made it worse. First time – big moment – parents away for the weekend. Whole house to yourself. She was up for it – you were up for it. The only thing on your mind since
Over to Paris this weekend for a concert by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – recorded at Accor Arena on November 17th by Radio France International. This was the last concert of the current tour promoting Wild God, his eighteenth album which came out in August of this year.
One of the things that’s always interesting to listen to are predictions of life in a world somewhere in the future. The world of 1994, as seen from the world of 1974 was not that far of a stretch to consider, but it was still possible to get it very-very
