The Quack – that person or group of people who make big claims – big promises and offer nothing in return, except to empty bank accounts. It sure isn’t new – I suspect there are most likely drawings on pre-historic caves extolling the virtues of magic cures and potions. Now
– Eric Sevareid et al. – March 27, 1973 – NPR – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The First Amendment and Broadcasting – in 1973, a hot button topic and one which further drove wedges between already fractured elements of our society. In 1973 we had reporting on the Vietnam
– Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop – Newport Jazz Festival 1959 – July 4, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The word Visionary is one of those sadly over-abused characterizations that has lately come to apply to anyone who thinks past midnight. But in the case of Charles Mingus, the
Sea Girls to go along with your Saturday – in concert from the 2018 BBC Biggest Weekend Introducing Stage – recorded on May 26, 2018. Sea Girls are from Kent, Rutland and Leicestershire, England. The group is comprised of Henry Camamile (lead vocals, rhythm), Oliver Khan (drums), Rory Young (lead
Must be the water. Last night you went to bed feeling like everybody else on the planet. This morning you woke up and the planet became different. That’s a good thing – a good thing for you. It means you finally like yourself – it took you all life to
– NBC Radio – Second Sunday – Marriage In The 70’s – July 8, 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the sexual revolution of the 1960s settled in, the concept of Marriage in the 1970s took a big hit. Marriage, it was felt, was an antiquated institution that
Lebanon was in the news again – so was Secretary Of State Cyrus Vance’s trip to China and news on Jimmy Carter’s upcoming presser – all for August 23, 1977. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance conferred with Foreign Minister Huang, Hua for A second time today but mentioned only in
– Echo & The Bunnymen – Live At Glastonbury 1997 – BBC 6 Music – Getting ready for the weekend with a dive back to 1997 and a memorable appearance of Echo & The Bunnymen from Glastonbury 1997. This concert, from Glastonbury during the Summer of ’97 features that newly
A lot of crime, or seeming that way, this August 22nd in 1993 – Shackled in a 14-foot pit, abandoned by his kidnappers for up to four days at a time, tuxedo manufacturer Harvey Weinstein was convinced he would never make it out alive and “prayed they would shoot me.”
– XTC – Live In Amsterdam – Paradiso – March 8, 1982 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – XTC in concert from Amsterdam in 1982 this morning. One of the truly best and most innovative bands to come out of the 80s, XTC have always signified that uncanny ability to
