A busy and manic news day, this July 8, 1983. An 11-year-old American girl who worried that the Soviet Union might «art a ‘nuclear war arrived in Moscow today with suitcases of souvenirs and a “secret” present for the man who invited her, Soviet President Yuri V. Andropov. If Samantha
– July 8, 1948 – News Of The World – Palestine Crisis and more – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day in 1948 had much to do with the crisis in Palestine, which had now blown up into full-scale war. UN mediators were scrambling for negotiations to
Pink Floyd In Session For Top Gear – December 19, 1967 – John Peel – BBC Radio 1 It’s hard to convey, some 57 years later, just how much of a revelation it was, listening to Pink Floyd for the first time. In 1967 they were bending ears and blowing
Another historic concert this weekend. The legendary French cellist Pierre Fournier with the Orchestra of Swiss Italian Radio conducted by the equally legendary Herman Scherchen in a performance of Dvorak’s Cello Concerto – recorded at Teatro Apollo in Lugano, Switzerland on April 25, 1962. Sasha Margolis of the magazine Strings
– Press Conference featuring Dimitri Shostakovich, Tikhon Khrenikov and Dimitri Kabalevsky – Philadelphia – November 6, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As part of the Cold War thaw, the Cultural Exchange Program was an idea brought about to bring understanding of all aspects of Soviet life to America
Confessions of A Rock n’ Roll Namedropper is part-memoir/part history-book by Radio producer/personality/writer/journalist Laurie Kaye. Against the backdrop of the last interview she conducted with John Lennon before his tragic murder, it paints a thoroughly delightful (as well as factual) picture of Rock and Radio in the 1970s as well
Mulgrew Miller this holiday weekend. Accompanied by bassist Rodney Whitaker and recorded in concert at the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse, Lincoln Center on April 21, 2001 by Jazz At Lincoln Center. *Ben Ratliff, writing for The New York Times, commented that, “As a composer, Mulgrew Miller is difficult to peg;
Your dad blew a gasket – he’s been doing that a lot lately. He squints at you across the dinner table – won’t look you in the eye – he hates your music – hates your hair – he’s starting to hate you. You don’t care – this is important
If there was anyone in danger of being overexposed on radio in the late 70s/early 80s, it had to have been Joe Jackson. You couldn’t walk past a radio playing anywhere and not hear any one of the virtual avalanche of hits Jackson generated during that period of time. Jackson
– The Starr Report – Commentary and review – November 19, 1998 – National Public Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Starr Report – in case you missed it the first time around, a cliff-notes version via Wikipedia: Originally dealing with the failed land deal years earlier known
