October 18, 1975 – CBS Radio – The World This Week – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – It was a lot about New York this week. In what would best be described as a cliffhanger ending, coming an hour before deadline, New York City escaped its narrowest, brush with default
– Magazine – Live at The Roundhouse – Electric Proms 2009 – BBC 6 Music – Magazine. One of the cornerstone bands of the Post-Punk/New Wave genre from the late 1970s until disbanding in 1981. In that relatively short period of time they were a substantial influence on bands all
– Julius Katchen, Piano – Los Angeles Philharmonic – Alfred Wallenstein, cond – Hollywood Bowl – August 10, 1965 – Part 1- – Julius Katchen, Piano – Los Angeles Philharmonic – Alfred Wallenstein, cond. – Hollywood Bowl – August 10, 1965 – Part 2 – A classic and rare concert
– Sen. Ernest Lundeen Discusses Future of Television and The FCC – April 6, 1940 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – When Television was in the experimental stage – when it was just at the dawn of being realized as a communication medium, there were grave doubts over its future.
October 18, 1999 – BBC World News – All eyes were on Pakistan, this October 18th – The head of Pakistan’s military regime announced a unilateral reduction of troops on the Indian border, the establishment of a military-technocrat ruling council and an eventual return to civilian rule. In a speech
Blue Orchids in session tonight. Recorded October 16th for Marc Riley at BBC 6 Music. Blue Orchids formed in Manchester in 1979, when Martin Bramah left the Fall, after playing on the band’s debut album Live at the Witch Trials. Christened by Salford-based punk poet John Cooper Clarke the band
– Little Rock – Integration – Oct. 17, 1957 – Sixty-Six years ago, starting in September, the controversy and the battle began over Integration in public schools. Nowhere was it more contentious than in the South, where Federal troops were sent in to insure School Integration legislation was carried out.
Noah and The Loners – In session for John Kennedy, Radio X – London – October 13, 2023. Starting off the week with a bang by way of Noah and The Loners, in session for John Kennedy at Radio X just this past weekend. Punk teens Noah and the Loners
– NBC Radio – Second Sunday: Payday Blues – June 7, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Yes, even fifty years ago, America was knee-deep in a recession and our economy in impending turmoil. The cost of living skyrocketed, wages stagnated, businesses went bust and the middle class was
– October 16, 1978 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day in 1978: The princes of the Roman Catholic Church today failed in their fifth and sixth ballots to choose a successor to the late Pope John Paul I Cries of disappointment
