Something unusual this weekend – a sweep of the radio dial during a typical, unassuming day in 1936. Some of it is May and some of it is December and there’s one snippet from November 11th 1936 on the occasion of Armistice Day. When local radio was the life’s blood
Doing Saturday Brunch with At The Drive-In this weekend – recorded at the 2012 Lollapalooza Festival and recorded on August 5, 2012. At the Drive-In was an American post-hardcore band from El Paso, Texas, formed in 1994. The band’s most recent line-up consisted of Cedric Bixler-Zavala (vocals), Omar Rodríguez-López (guitar, vocals), Paul Hinojos (bass), Tony Hajjar (drums) and Keeley Davis (guitar, vocals). After several
Calibre to end the week – recorded at the 2014 Life Festival in Westmeath, Ireland on May 23, 2014 and preserved for posterity by RTÉ2 FM in Dublin. Dominick Martin, better known by his stage name Calibre, is a Northern Irish drum and bass music producer and DJ from Belfast. He is highly regarded
H.W. van Loon Commentary – Reigns Of Terror – March 18, 1938 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Reigns of Terror. In March of 1938 it was the annexation of Austria to Nazi Germany – it led us to the brink of war, but was avoided by allowing Hitler the
Raspberries, recorded at The Agora Theatre in Cleveland on July 10, 1974 and broadcast by WMMS-FM. Diving into the era of swagger, power-pop and wide-lapels for this Friday Lunch compliments of Raspberries. When Eric Carmen died in 2024, many obits concentrated on his solo career while giving a few scant
January 30, 2003 – BBC Radio 4 News- Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 30, 2003 – days closer to War with Iraq. This time, the enthusiasm to assemble a “coalition of the willing” was considerably less than before. Despite President Bush’s almost non-stop mantra of Weapons Of Mass Destruction
Department S – In Concert – Dec. 19, 1981 – BBC Radio 1 – Department S in concert tonight, recorded by BBC Radio 1 for their In Concert series on December 19, 1981. Department S are a British post-punk/new wave band formed in 1980, who took their name from the
UN General Assembly – Caught up in the Cold War And Wonders about relevance. In January 1955, Washington’s view of the United Nations was defined by cautious endorsement tempered by deep strategic anxiety, a balance brought into sharp relief by Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld’s visit to Beijing (then Peiping). While the
Lunch with New Order today – recorded at The Manhattan Club in Leuven, Belgium on December 17, 1985 via a band soundboard. Originating from Manchester, England, New Order pioneered a fusion of electronic dance music becoming one of the most influential bands of the 1980s. The band has released a
– CBS Radio News – January 29, 2000 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection 26 years ago, on January 29, 2000 the news was about protestors disrupting the Economic Summit in Davos Switzerland, where President Clinton was scheduled to make an address and where questions regarding the U.S. government’s acknowledgement that
