Skip Weshner’s Accent On Sound – One Sheridan Square – Peter and Isabel Gardner – 1959 – KRHM-FM, Los Angeles – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Folk Music of the 50s tonight with a sample of FM radio in Los Angeles from 1959. Folk Music, Jazz and Classical were staples
– NBC World News Roundup + News Of The World – December 12, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Seemingly no end to trouble, discontent, upheaval and strife on this particular December 12th. 1947 was a year of change throughout the world, and much of it was painful. The countries
– Sugarcubes – John Peel BBC Session – Dec. 9, 1987 – BBC Radio 1 – Together for a comparatively short period of time, The Sugarcubes managed to, not only put Iceland on the map as a potential hotbed of musical activity, but also turned everyone on to Bjork, the
– The Earthquake Story – KNX/CBS Radio – July 27, 1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Midwest has tornadoes, the East Coast has hurricanes and the West Coast has earthquakes – there’s something everywhere you go. With Tornadoes and Hurricanes at least you get some warning – maybe
The Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal which started on November 20, 1945, continued this December 11th in 1945. As evidence continued to pile up, and revolting revelation after revolting revelation turned this investigation of War Crimes into a ghastly exposé of the sickness that was Nazi Germany during World War 2,
NBC News on The Hour + Eisenhower visits India News Special – Dec. 11, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Arriving in India as part of his whirlwind tour of 11 countries in 11 days, President Eisenhower landed in India and was greeted by an overwhelming crowd in New
Perennial favorites Portishead to start the week. In concert at Sudoeste Festival in Portugal on August 8, 1998. My first encounter with Portishead was via their debut album Dummy – Sour Times stopped me dead in my tracks. I was listening to new music – I was listening to music
It just wouldn’t be Christmas without something loud, fast and out of control – and what better way to celebrate than by this brand new remix (and video) by Goldblade featuring the inimitable Poly Styrene and Lora Logic and their collaboration (remixed and released just in time for the holidays);
Rarities this week that haven’t, as far as I’ve researched, been issued commercially. From the Swiss Radio Archives, the legendary Henryk Szeryng in concert with Orchestre de la Suisse Romande under the direction of Ernest Ansermet in a performance of the Bach Violin Concerto BWV 1041, recorded on 10 September
Films of the 1950s this week with the legendary Jimmy Stewart interviewed by Howard Miller for his CBS Radio series The Howard Miller Show on March 25, 1957. Stewart is on a promotional tour for his latest feature, The Spirit Of St. Louis, directed by Billy Wilder. The Spirit of
