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
– September 27, 1982 – CBS World News Roundup – Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 27, 1982. As Jews all over the world celebrated Yom Kippur, the atmosphere in Israel was anything but celebratory. Reacting to a massacre of Palestinians by Lebanese militiamen in refugee camps
– Jimi Hendrix – Live in San Diego – May 24, 1969 – Wally Heider soundboard – More milestones in Rock to end the week. The legendary Jimi Hendrix, along with Mitch Mitchell on drums and Noel Redding on bass, recorded in concert in San Diego on May 24, 1969.
– NBC Nightly News – September 26, 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 26th in 1973 had a lot to do with the goings on in Washington; specifically, the goings on with the vice-President. While the Watergate hearings were pressing along, new allegations regarding nefarious influence and kickback
– Mink DeVille – Live at Pinkpop 1982 – May 31, 1982 – VPRO/3VOOR12 Radio – The inimitable and sadly missed Mink (Willy) DeVille this morning. In concert at the 1982 Pinkpop Festival in the Netherlands, recorded by the venerable VPRO Radio Network on May 31, 1982. DeVille was a
Another historic concert this week. Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in this broadcast from October 24, 1978 featuring guest conductor Antal Dorati and Soprano Jessye Norman in music of Haydn, Wagner, Ravel and Beethoven. Starting with Haydn’s Symphony Number 96 and the orchestra is joined by Jessye Norman for a
On this day in 1957, all eyes in the country were focused on a high school in the middle of Little Rock Arkansas. Crack paratroopers with fixed bayonets on this day held back crowds of white persons at Central High School and escorted nine African-American students in and out of
Busy month for scandals, revelations and upheavals. September in 1963 was no different, it seems. On this day in September, the McClellan Crime Committee Hearings on Capitol Hill were going full speed ahead, with star witness, organized crime figure Joseph Valachi poised to give bomb-dropping evidence on the activities of
