Although, as always is the case, much was going on in rest of the world, the news for this January 4th in 2005 was about relief and rescue efforts by governments worldwide in the wake of a devastating 9.5 magnitude earthquake and subsequent Tsunami in the Indian Ocean. The Earthquake,
– Eurythmics live in Berlin – June 7, 1987 – RBB Berlin – Certainly, of all the bands qualifying as the one it wouldn’t have been the 80s without, Eurythmics has to go high on that list. Darlings of MTV at a time when MTV was getting started, massively popular
– Paul Badura-Skoda – in recital at Xavier University – February 5, 1978 – NPR Recital Hall – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Historic recitals this week. The legendary Paul Badura-Skoda, in concert at Xavier University on February 5, 1978 and captured for posterity by National Public Radio for the
Consider this – the people talked about in this discussion program are anywhere from 15-21. They constitute probably the largest single block of people at almost any given time in our culture. Somewhere in the early 1960s, this vast tsunami of Youth was going to overrun just about every institution
– January 3, 1948 – News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 3,1948 – An icy day all around the world – but for different reasons. In the U.S. it was record cold. From the Texas panhandle to the East Coast, the country was slammed with
– Traffic – In Concert at The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium – February 21, 1972 – Perennial favorites Traffic this morning. One of those bands I saw countless times, since they first formed in 1967, through their second incarnation and on in to the 70s. A great band, with absolutely
– Sophie Tucker Story – October 16, 1953 – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Sophie Tucker – a name completely unfamiliar to most people. She was one of the biggest stars of the Vaudeville stage in the early years of the last century. And later became a
News for this day in 2003 you may not have heard if you weren’t interested what the rest of the world was doing. But if you were, this was a busy day for you. Beginning with South Korea asking China to intervene on their behalf over the issue of North
– January 2, 1945 – News Of The World – NBC – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 2, 1945 – Two days into the new year and word from Belgium was one of advancing, pulling back and advancing again. Allied relief was pouring into the Bastogne area, with news
– Chic with Nile Rodgers – Glastonbury 2013 – BBC 6 Music – June 28, 2013 – It’s hard to say who was more blown away by this concert – the band or the audience. Clearly it was a love-fest and an energy feed, with the venerable and legendary Nile
