– Lew Irwin Reports – KABC-TV Channel 7 – August 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for a typical August day in 1959. For Los Angeles it meant scandals, trials, execution dates and the dog in Divorce Court. Only in L.A., and with few exceptions, what the average
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Tin Machine – Live in Hamburg – Oct. 24, 1991 – WDR Early 90s David Bowie this morning. His short-lived group effort with the Sales Brothers, Tin Machine was a much-needed shot in the arm for Bowie, who was going through a phase of musical doldrums. The effort, which became
From a recital given in Vevy, Switzerland on December 31,1954 and recorded by RTS – Violinist Peter Rybar and pianist Clara Haskil in a performance of Sonata Number 2 – op. 36a for Violin and Piano by Feruccio Busoni. Feruccio Busoni began composing in his early years in a late
Reading reports on what the American Forces Radio service was like during the Vietnam War, and also reading reports of clandestine stations popping up playing what the troops really wanted to hear via taped letters from home containing music the Army had banned during the time, I was curious what
– Eric Dolphy Quartet – Live in Munich – December 1, 1961 – Deutsche Welle – Legendary Concerts this weekend. The Eric Dolphy Quartet, featuring McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman and Mel Lewis recorded in Munich on December 1st 1961. One of the pioneering figures in Jazz, Eric Dolphy’s influence on
The Bus – every day. Back and forth to school. Back and forth to the Beach – back and forth to your girlfriend’s house. Twelfth grade – you’re too old to ride the bus. Your friends make jokes. Everybody has a car – you don’t. Passed Driver’s Ed – aced
The Charlatans (UK) – to get the weekend rolling. Recorded at King George’s Hall in Blackburn on November 2, 1990 and preserved for posterity by BBC Radio 1. Certainly one of the bands that ushered in the 90s on a hopeful note, The Charlatans demonstrated that, without a doubt, referencing
By the looks of it, 1951 was a very popular year (or a very alarming year) for America to examine its drug problem. All the major networks were devoting some amount of time to the subject, by way of either documentaries or discussion programs or new reports – the end
– September 6, 1945 – President Truman Post-War Peace proposals and Policies Discussion – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 6, 1945 – With the War over a little less than a month, the road back to Peace and life-before-War was foremost on everyone’s minds. On this day, the new
