Pond at Primavera Sound to end the week – recorded during the 2017 festival on June 3rd 2017 and preserved live and for posterity by RNE. Pond is often heavily associated with fellow Perth-based psychedelic rock/pop band Tame Impala, as members of both groups are longtime close friends and collaborators.
For everyone who thinks the current situation over Medicare is something new, you’re wrong. The issue of Medicare has been raging since the days long before the FDR administration. The arguments for it are the same – the arguments against it are the same. On May 20, 1962, President Kennedy
– September 12, 1988 – CBS Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 12, 1988 -depending on where you were, the news was either about fires sweeping across California or Hurricanes bearing down on Jamaica and heading for points west. The news this day began with reports of
Pavement in session at Radio France International (Black Session) from May 10, 1999 – mostly likely the last before their split. Pavement formed in Stockton, California, in 1989. For most of their career, the group consisted of Stephen Malkmus (vocals and guitar), Scott Kannberg (guitar and vocals), Mark Ibold (bass),
Over to Amsterdam via Geneva this week for a concert by The Netherlands Radio Symphony conducted by Vassily Sinaisky and featuring Pekka Kuusisto, violin in music by Elgar, Sibelius and Tchaikovsky. It was recorded on June 29, 2012 as part of the Robeco Summer Series. Starting the concert with Elgar’s
September 10th and 11th the tide of the war was quickly turning. Allied forces had liberated Luxembourg and were now on German soil for the first time. Patton’s troops were moving so quickly that the technical difficulties encountered made it almost impossible for reports to be delivered to anxious listeners
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Coldplay for a Wednesday morning. Recorded and broadcast live from the Pyramid Stage on June 29, 2024 by BBC Radio 2. I’ve been remiss in not diving into the avalanche of festivals this year. There’s a lot of listening and sifting to do and I promise to get into the
September 10, 1973 – busy day in this era of Watergate. The first day of hearings on Dr Henry A Kissinger’s nomination for secretary of state showed how the “good guys” and “bad guys” syndrome operate in this town. Most members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee muttered or howled
– Voices and Events for week ending September 10, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A week where the vagaries of Human Nature went haywire, this Septmeber 10th in 1949. Starting with news of a deadly mass shooting in Camden New Jersey. The lone gunman, Howard Unruh, claiming people
