Coming as a surprise to almost no one, Germany launched one of the largest and most deadly invasions of the war – one which was committed to toppling the Communist regime of Josef Stalin and turn all of Eastern Europe into a Nazi satellite. Operation Barbarossa was the invasion of
– Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow – Korea – June 24, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Depending on where you were at the time, the events which rapidly spiraled into the Korean War started either on the afternoon of June 24th, or the morning of the 25th in 1950.
It occurred to me that I haven’t been playing nearly enough Funk on the Morning Soundbooth (perfect wakeup music, if you ask me). So I’m hoping to remedy that with a taste of New Orleans this morning, by way of the legendary Ivan Neville and his band Dumpstaphunk, recorded in
Switching it up a bit this weekend and diving into Pop Culture of the 1950s – this informal interview with Dean Martin via telephone on the Howard Miller program for CBS Radio on April 25, 1957. One of the most popular entertainers of the mid-20th century, he was nicknamed “The
The late-great Lester Bowie this weekend in concert along with the Brazz Brothers (Jarle, Jan and Helge Førde (trumpets) – Runna and Stein Tafjord (French Horn and Tuba) and Egil Johansen, drums) at Jazzbaltica Festival on June 13,1993 in Salzau Germany. Lester Bowie started studying the trumpet with his father,
Hopefully lunch is over and you may be finding it hard to stay awake. Well . . . Punk Rock Theory ran a great article on the band in late May of this year. If you aren’t already familiar, you might want to take a peek at this before you
By all accounts, June 21, 1978 was a normal newsday. Nothing from Earth-shattering, unless you were living in Salonika. An earthquake struck Salonika Tuesday night (June 20) “with a great noise like the coming of hell,” sending thousands of residents fleeing the city where St. Paul once preached the gospel
Early Hip-Hop to end the week with Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy. A session for Andy Kershaw at BBC Radio 1 on May 19, 1992. Really together for a relatively short period of time, but in that time released two albums that were critically acclaimed but didn’t sell well (ahead of
Leading up to a celebration of massive proportions, this June 20th in 1997. The much anticipated and discussed hand over of the former British Crown Colony of Hong Kong to The People’s Republic of China, scheduled to take place on midnight June 30th (July 1st). The handover of Hong Kong
– President Truman – Radio Address on the Taft-Hartley Bill- June 20, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 20, 1947 – on this day President Harry Truman was handed a bill, the Taft-Hartley Labor Management Relations Act of 1947, authored by Senator Robert Taft and Representative Fred Hartley
