"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– Oscar Peterson Trio with Coleman Hawkins – Live at Funkhaus, Hannover – October 1967 – NDR – A visit to North German Radio’s Funkhaus in Hannover for a radio concert by the Oscar Peterson trio with special guest star…
– The Who – Live At Fillmore East – April 6, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – It occurred to me I haven’t run a Who concert in a very long time. One of my favorite bands, which I…
– Reba Crawford – Commentary – KMTR-Los Angeles – Dec. 6, 1937 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Rheba Crawford, a name all but forgotten about in recent decades, but in the 1920s and 1930s she made national headlines, was…
– KHJ – Johnny Williams/Tommy Vance – November 23, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In retrospect, you were a moron. The physical possibilities were zilch at best. She was two years older than you – she was a…
1. I Just Want To Go Home – John Douglas, from the album “I’m Not The Fella” – Reveal Records 2. Leave Me Alone – John Douglas, from the album “I’m Not The Fella” – Reveal Records Two by Singer-songwriter…
– F. Scott Fitzgerald – Biography In Sound – June 28, 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – F. Scott Fitzgerald – a name which conjures up images of The Jazz Age, the “Era of Wonderful Nonsense”, the “Lost Generation”…
– CBS Radio – The Washington Week – November 24, 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – No shortage of Big Ticket crises this week, the one ending on this day in 1973. There was Watergate and the seemingly endless…
Diving into the Holiday weekend with a concert by The Jam, from the legendary CBGBs in New York, recorded on October 15, 1977. Proclaimed by many to be Britain’s Greatest Band, The Jam came on the scene and sparked the…
– Billy Williams guests on The Howard Miller Show – CBS Radio – June 17, 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Billy Williams – probably not a name that rings bells these days – but if you were around…
– Post-Thanksgiving – Mike Roy’s Cooking Thing – November 28, 1967 – KNX-AM/FM Los Angeles – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – One of the few sure things in life: The clatter of hungry plates – the animated conversation, up a…