Lunch with The Walkmen this Tuesday – recorded at the legendary La Route du Rock Festival on August 11, 2012. The Walkmen formed in New York City in 2000. The band consists of Hamilton Leithauser (vocals), Paul Maroon (guitar, keyboards), Walter Martin (bass, organ), Peter Matthew Bauer (organ, bass) and Matt Barrick (drums). Leithauser and Bauer are former
Clinton Impeachment Trial – the odor of faux piety was overwhelming. A day full of contrasts on January 13, 1999. Starting with news from Wall Street that after some breathtaking sessions resulting in new highs sop far in 1999, stock markets took a big dip yesterday as investors gleaned profits
The Organ in concert, kicking off yet another insane week. Recorded during the 2005 La Route du Rock Festival on August 13, 2005 and broadcast either on RTL or Radio France Le Mouv. The Organ were a short-lived but deeply loved band from Canada. Mint Records (the band’s label) gives
California in 1975. A considerably different state then. But then, as now, it was governed by Edmund G. Brown jr.; Jerry Brown. Son of Pat Brown who presided over California in the 1960s, who was succeeded by Ronald Reagan and then succeeded by Jerry Brown. Jerry Brown during his first
Busy news day for January 12, 1979. Starting with – Negotiators reaching an agreement calling for an 8 percent wage increase that will serve as a contract pattern for Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers locals and apparently avert strikes throughout the oil industry. The OCAW agreement with Gulf Oil Corp.,
Beach House – live at Pitchfork Festival 2015 – October 29, 2015 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Beach House – a band who have been almost constantly touring the past few years, has been getting huge attention all over the world. Further evidence, the work you put into something,
January 12, 1980 – CBS Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 12, 1980 – news from Tabriz, Iran was loud and violent. Anti-Khomeni demonstrations in the streets of that Iranian city took a turn for the rock-throwing and sacking of offices on this day. An absolute melee
Tribute to the late and much lamented Bob Weir, who left us a few days ago after fighting complications from lung cancer – he was 80. Founding member and guiding light Bob Weir was one of the founding members of The Grateful Dead and further back, The Warlocks – with
Back over to the Swiss Radio Archives this week for music of Swiss Romantic composer Othmar Schoeck in a performance of his Festlicher Hymnus. Für Orchester op. 64 (1950) with the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra conducted by Erich Schmid – recorded in performance on June 3, 1951. Othmar Schoeck studied at
Novelist/biographer/journalist/filmmaker Norman Mailer, discussing his latest film project Maidstone at a screening in London in 1971 and broadcast by the CBC in Canada. One of the more visible literary figures of the 1950s and 1960s, Norman Mailer’s reputation and creative output scanned several decades during his life. As a novelist
