Bottle Rockets to end the week – recorded in session at BBC Scotland on July 5th as part of their winning Scottish Act Of The Year at BBC Introducing in April of this year – beating out 500 other bands for the honor. Since Bottle Rockets have only been together
It’s interesting to note that, sixty years ago, Congress passed a piece of legislation, first brought about by President Kennedy and then completed by President Johnson, that called for Equal Pay in the Workplace. Well . . .not exactly. The bill, passed in 1963 and enacted on June 11, 1964,
CBS News – Firstline Report – World News Roundup – Newsbreak – July 11, 1980 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection An interesting news day, this July 11th in 1980. It started off with a look at the upcoming Moscow Olympics, which we weren’t going to and doing our best “sour
Beth Gibbons this morning – in concert at Salle Pleyel in Paris, July 7th of this year – recorded by Radio France and relayed to Radio Nacional España (with Spanish announcements which, thankfully, don’t step on the music). There is no one like Beth Gibbons – on a stage fairly
Had there not been a My Space in the early 2000’s, with its far reaching and arcane search engine, it may have taken me much longer to discover what a vibrant and exciting Indie-Experimental scene was going on in Argentina. As it stood, by the time I got there (in
Back to basics this week with a concert by the venerable Orchestre National de France under the direction of Manlio Benzi, recorded by the equally venerable Radio France at l’Theatre de Champs Elyseés on May 26, 2011. Pretty straight-forward with a performance of Schubert’s Symphony Number 3 – The Fantasia
– News Of The World – July 10, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. The World this day in 1947 had much to do with the ending of the Coal Strike and the threat of new ones looming. The recently enacted Taft-Hartley Labor law raised many questions about the Union
– Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – Live At Town & Country – 1991 – BBC6 Music – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – 70s,80s and 90s favorite Robyn Hitchcock this morning – in concert with former Soft Boys members The Egyptians, live at Town & Country and recorded for posterity
It’s always about the economy and on July 9th 1999 it was STILL about the economy and the weather. Owing to a Census Bureau report, newly revised figures about just how bad things were in the otherwise great economy discovered some 49 million Americans couldn’t afford food or a even
– July 9, 1951 – Edward Murrow and The News – This day in 1951 started off optimistically with the arrival of a UN negotiation team to Kaesong in Korea to begin Peace Talks aimed at ending the war. No easy feat, it seemed. As the road to Kaesong was
