– Will Rogers – Wiley Post – Memorial Program – August 16, 1935 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Will Rogers was one of early 20th Century Americas greatest personalities. He was a stage and motion picture actor, vaudeville performer, American cowboy, humorist, newspaper columnist, and social commentator from Oklahoma.
The Cars – In Concert at Old Waldorf, San Francisco – August 19, 1978 – KSAN-FM – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Cars for a Friday. Via their Wikipedia page: The Cars are an American rock band that emerged from the new wave scene in the late 1970s. The
Hollywood Bowl – Film Composer’s Night – Hollywood Bowl Orchestra – Sept. 25, 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Part 1 Hollywood Bowl – Film Composer’s Night – Hollywood Bowl Orchestra – Sept. 25, 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Part 2 In what was the first of
Become a Patron! While the much-fabled Woodstock Festival was getting underway for its first day, the world was spinning wildly away as usual on this August 15th in 1969. From Northern Ireland, Catholic and Protestant rioting was raging on. British troops were being reinforced and rioting was spreading rapidly. It
– The Rolling Stones – in concert at International Center, Honolulu Hawaii – July 28, 1966 – KPOI Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Not to be the dispenser of Reality checks, but this concert from the Rolling Stones 1966 tour took place 58 years ago. And no doubt,
Over to Madrid this week for a concert by Orquesta Nacional de España conducted by Ernest Martinez-Izquierdo and featuring the Spanish cellist Lluis Claret in music of Ravel, Guinjoan and Stravinsky. Beginning with Ravel’s Alborada del Gracioso. Lluis Claret joins the orchestra in a performance of Music for Cello and
– Gena Rowlands – John Cassavetes Interview – Arthur Knight – Feb. 20, 1975 – With the heartbreaking news that Gena Rowlands died earlier today, I am at a loss for words – so the only thing I can do under the circumstances is bring out this interview done with
– August 14, 1951 – Don Hollenbeck for Edward R. Murrow and The News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 14, 1951 – 73 years ago we were in the middle of the Red Scare, but we were also in the middle of something more dark and sinister than
– Elton John – In Concert from Fillmore West – Nov. 12, 1970 – Something historic this week. Elton John before things got massive. His first U.S. tour, supporting The Kinks. Not a household name yet – no hits. Starting pretty much at the ground floor. So this concert may
I’ve been thinking about Radio lately, probably because of the recent news that yet another iconic symbol of radio-as-communicator is going away. If you live in New York you have no doubt heard that WCBS, which was an important all-news outlet for Manhattan and, to some degree most of the
