CBS World News Roundup + President’s Weekly Radio Address – December 13, 1997 – KNX, Los Angeles – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With all the current talk about impeachment on Capitol Hill, realizing history very often repeats itself and very often repeats itself frequently, news of another impeachment, this
– Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain – Foreign Press Association Dinner – Dec. 13, 1938 With the Munich Crisis on hold and much of Europe breathing a sigh of relief, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain addressed a gather of the Foreign Press at a function at Grosvenor House in London on December
Ike & Tina Turner – In Session – 1975-01-19 – Soul Train – A slight cheat this morning. This Ike & Tina Turner session is actually via the Soul Train! TV show. But since it is a broadcast and not a concert and it is being done for a specific
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
