Horace X in session for a Friday night – recorded for Andy Kershaw at BBC Radio 1 on January 8, 2006. Producer, composer and drummer, Mark A Russell, formed Horace X with ethnomusicologist and fiddle player Hazel Fairbairn in 1994 with the original intention of combining Russell’s contemporary dance rhythms with
January 5, 1942 – a very busy day in war. Starting with Japanese forces have been streaming southward through that southernmost state of Malaya, taking up assault around Johore Bahru, defenders last Fripositions, day night and early Saturday finally pulled back into their strategic island, blasting the causeway behind them,
The Legendary Pink Dots – it’s never too late to have your mind blown. Depending on your epicurean leanings, this could be a great lunch time accompaniment or a truly bizarre one. In either case, it won’t leave you guessing. The Legendary Pink Dots – in concert at Dolce Vita
February 6, 1995 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 6, 1995 – Baseball Strike news this day. Ironically, February 6, 1995 would have been Baseball legend Babe Ruth‘s 100th birthday. But instead, one would have imagined him spinning in his grave, as it was
Echo & The Bunnymen – In session for Marc Riley – October 8, 2018 – BBC 6 Music – One of the seminal bands of the Post-Punk/Indie movement of the early 80s, Echo & The Bunnymen are still with us (after a layoff of several years) and still making wonderful
No end of apprehension, pessimism and downright paranoia in the 1950s – with a little cautious optimism thrown in. In their radio conversation, Harrison Brown and Peter Drucker approach the future not as science-fiction dreamers but as sober analysts standing at the edge of a rapidly accelerating world. Speaking from
Lightning Seeds – Glastonbury 1998 – BBC Radio 1 – For Friday Jr. Lunch, it’s Lightning Seeds, recorded during their appearance at the 1998 festival. The Lightning Seeds are Liverpool, they formed in 1989 by Ian Broudie (vocals, guitar, producer), formerly of the band Big in Japan. Originally a studio-based
February 5, 1977 – CBS Radio – The World This Week – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 5, 1977 – The week was full of new about the Energy Crisis that wasn’t going to go away. America was asked to curb excess, starting with turning down thermostats, while Buffalo
Christoph Eschenbach (L) – Tzimon Barto (R) – in the service of Brahms this week. Over to NHK Hall in Tokyko for a performance by the NHK Symphony, guest conducted by Christoph Eschenbach and featuring Tzimon Barto, piano. Two works this week, both by Brahms – beginning with the 2nd
News that allied forces had taken Manila became the primary topic of conversation, this day in 1945. American troops reached the heart of Manila yesterday and raised the Stars and Stripes over the Philippine capital for the first time in more than three great years. Yanks of the hard-hitting First
