– CBS World News Roundup – September 30, 1985 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Turbulent times, worrisome times, mournful times – the world, this September 30th in 1985. Beginning with news there was concern over the fate of six kidnapped and missing Americans in Lebanon, along with new hope
The Cars to jumpstart Monday, recorded during a concert at The Universal Amphitheater promoting their then-new release Candy-O on September 4, 1979. By 1979, Punk was morphing into Post-Punk and transitioning into New Wave and was rapidly jumping into the mainstream in the U.S. The Cars were one of the
I don’t think we’re going to catch a break anytime soon – people are leaving this earth at an alarming rate. Some come with a nod of resignation while others register shock. It’s been one of those years and the passing earlier today of Kris Kristofferson still comes as a
Nothing says Sunday quite like something rare and this weekend it’s the Saar Radio Chamber Orchestra led by Karl Ristenpart and featuring the legendary Lola Bobesco in a performance of Mozart’s Symphonie Concertante K. 364 from this radio broadcast of April 13, 1957 and preserved for posterity by Saar Radio
I have posted several of these People’s Voice broadcasts over the years – the theme is pretty much the same; corruption in Los Angeles and a cesspool of graft in City Hall. Clifford Clinton (who also owned and ran Clifton’s Cafeteria) was one of the city’s biggest muckrakers – regularly
The immortal Eric Dolphy this weekend in a recently remastered broadcast from the Concepts In Jazz series from The Gaslight Inn on October 67, 1962. He’s joined by Eddie Armour on trumpet, Herbie Hancock on piano, Richard Davis on bass, Edgar Bateman on drums and vocals (the last two tracks)
Religion and Radio were synonymous since Radio got started in the 1920s, and the airwaves were full of them. A lot of hellfire and brimstone, a lot of proclaiming. In the 1930s it was getting political and sometimes inflammatory – sometimes it took epic proportions, especially when something was going
You remember that picture – happiest couple on the planet. She took your breath away. She said yes – you spent all night pinching yourself. Must’ve done something great in your last life. Guys were jealous of you. The smile stopped traffic – you saw it with your own eyes.
Pale Saints for a Saturday dive into the weekend. Recorded in concert at Brixton Academy on June 26, 1991. Pale Saints began as a jangly indie pop band influenced by Primal Scream’s early sound. By the time they recorded their first EP, Barging Into the Presence of God, released in
If it isn’t about the economy it’s about the press. The Press in America represent the trusted imparters of information – they also represent bastions of sensationalism – corporate shills – mouthpieces – confidants and neutral sources. Throughout history, as long as there were newspapers and avenues of communication on
