President Carter ordered an immediate investigation Thursday into New York’s massive blackout, and a federal agent in charge of the probe suggested Consolidated Edison might be at fault. The Federal Power Commission directed its staff to report in two weeks on the causes of the power failure that plunged an
– CBS News – Continuous Convention Coverage – July 15, 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Election ’64: As the 1964 Republican Convention continued on this July 15th, sixty years ago, the day of Nominations wasn’t such a surprise or shock. Of the 635 delegate votes needed to cinch the
– Elbow In Concert At Glastonbury 2008 – BBC 6 Music Elbow this morning. An appearance at the 2008 Glastonbury Festival, recorded and preserved by BBC 6 Music and features the band during The Seldom Seen Kid (released in 2006) period. Since lead singer Guy Garvey has been a familiar
Over to Cologne this weekend for a historic performance by the West German Radio Symphony, conducted by Joseph Keilbert and featuring Ingrid Haebler, piano. They play Mozart’s Piano Concerto Number 18 K.456 – recorded October 30,1961 by WDR in Cologne. Haebler was born in Vienna. Her parents moved to Poland
In our continuing effort to drag you into your local library to go exploring, I ran across this interview with the notable American writer (who was born in the UK) Taylor Caldwell. Recorded in New York sometime in 1963. Taylor Caldwell may not be a name that sparks memories or
– NBC Radio – New World – Discussing George Bernard Shaw – July 29, 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – George Bernard Shaw – Irish Playwright, critic, activist, economist, essayist, novelist, was born on this day, July 26, 1856 in Dublin. He was co-founder of the London School of
Multi-faceted Reed player Charlie Mariano this weekend, with Jasper Van’t Hof on keyboards – Be Stief, bass and Freddy Studer on drums in concert at Technische Universitat on November 11, 1986 and captured for posterity by Austrian Radio. A big of background via All About Jazz: “Charlie Mariano was an
You’ve been planning this adventure forever; you and your buddies – you’ve never been – don’t know the first thing – neither do your friends. But you’re going because you’ve heard stories – campfires – millions of stars – sucking on the community jug of Red Mountain – free, independent,
With Glastonbury 2024 committed to the memory books, Festival season is forging ahead – but there’s always time to take a peek back at what we inevitably missed. Bar Italia making (I think) their debut at Glastonbury on June 29th and offering further proof of what UK Magazine The Face
On July 12, 1966 – With the Vietnam War pulling us deeper and deeper into the conflict-with-no-end, and Red China showing increasing antagonism toward the U.S. – and now that they had the Atomic Bomb – the balance of power in Southeast Asia was looking precarious, at least to our
