Every generation, it seems, lays claim to those writers who put into words what the world at the time was thinking. The 60’s generation appears to have an embarrassment of riches in that department, simply because it was a generation caught up in so much turmoil and change that it
– Gerry Mulligan Quartet – live in Rome – recorded June 19, 1959 – RAI – Rome – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Gerry Mulligan Quartet this weekend, recorded live at the Teatro Adriano in Rome by the venerable Italian Radio/TV network RAI on june 19, 1959. This is the
– The Nightmare – Alphonso Trent’s Orchestra – December 5, 1928 – Taking a mini-break and diving into some 20’s Hot Jazz, via Alphonso Trent’s Orchestra in a 1928 recording The Nightmare. Although probably not well known today, in the 1920s Trent was responsible for a number of firsts. His
Those hours of midnight to six, where cities are relatively dead – very little going on except graveyard shifts and all night coffee shops. Before World War 2 even radio stations shut down until dawn. After the war, and because of the war staying up all night radio became part
It hit you – like a ton of bricks, it hit you. The morning – the mirror – the face on the other side. It’s staring back at you and it doesn’t look the same as it did the day before. Lines – baggy eyes – bloodshot – aged a
Temples: Live at Best Kept Secret Festival 2013 – Rapidly becoming no best kept secret at all, the Best Kept Secret festival has been attracting a lot of attention and promised to be yet another in the seemingly endless parade of well-attended festivals going on throughout the world during the
Jubilant U S space experts today began sifting a treasure of scientific data relayed to earth by a man-made robot during a historic 42-minute rendezvous with Venus. The spectacular feat which climaxed a near-flawless 109-day voyage from Cape Canaveral Fla. clinched a major U S victory over Russia in the
– The Real People – In Concert – May 25, 1992 – Diving headfirst into the weekend with The Real People; a band that was extremely influential in establishing the Britpop scene in the early 90s, but who had somehow been overlooked and sadly underrated in the bigger picture. The
– December 14, 1945 – Nuremberg Trial reports – Arthur Gaith – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 14, 1945 – And the word from Nuremberg was pessimistic. The War Crimes Tribunal was forging ahead, and with each new day came more fresh horror to listen to and digest. During
