September 8, 1974 – President Ford Address To Nation – The Pardon of Richard Nixon – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 8, 1974 – In one of his acts as newly sworn-in successor to Richard Nixon, President Gerald Ford granted Nixon a full and complete pardon for his role
In 1948 work was underway to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the legendary Great Exhibition of 1851, which was to have taken place in 1951. But in 1948, the idea of celebrating seemed remote in many ways – celebrating England of 1851 seemed more the celebration of a fantasy
Turnstile for this Labor Day Lunch – recorded live at Bonnaroo 2026 this past June 25th. One of the high points of the festival this year, Turnstile are smack in the middle of the second leg of their current tour which continues celebration of their 2025 Grammy winning Never Enough
– News for September 7, 1978 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Even though it hardly made the mainstream news, more than an afterthought and a footnote to a gossip broadcast, the world did in fact lose one of the truly great Rock Drummers on this day. Keith Moon, who
September 7, 1945 – News Reports via Shortwave – raising American Flag – first reports from Radio Tokyo Studio – Mutual/KFRC, San Francisco – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Allied Occupation of Japan began shortly after signing the official Surrender and the presence of Allied forces in
Koos Verhuel (L) – Jurriann Andriessen (C) – Willem van Otterloo (R) Rarities from Radio Nederland this weekend – The Flute Concerto by Jurriaan Andriesen with Koos Verheul, flute and the Radio Philharmonic of The Hague conducted by Willam van Otterloo in this radio performance from circa 1968. Jurriaan Andiressen
Every year like clockwork, September meant School. And then the ritual. Standing in line – signing up for classes – always behind that one person you could never stand. Spotting the new kids – you can tell them a mile away. Nervous – always in the wrong line. Some look
Cassandra Wilson for a Sunday – in concert from Melbourne, Australia on April 1998 and preserved for posterity by ABC Radio National. Wave after wave of bad news, these past few months – the music world has been hit pretty hard, now with the loss of Cassandra Wilson, one of
Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia sits down and gives a 15 minute rundown on where you can go for the Labor Day holiday. Needless to say, with America now hot in the grips of War, finding those “places to escape” were becoming fewer and farther between. But LaGuardia, ever the optimist and
History making concerts for Brunch this weekend – Audioslave in concert from Havana, Cuba and recorded on May 6, 2005 before an audience of some 70,000. This was a first – An American band, Audioslave, no less – giving a free concert before some 70,000 Cubans at the Karl Marx
