Various news outlets – News for October 6, 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With the current series of horror and uncertainties in the Middle East, many have compared what went on 50 years ago (to the day) with what is currently going on in 2023. Others have said
– October 9, 1997 – BBC World Service – News Desk – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 9, 1997 – what was going on in the world, this day 26 years ago. Rwanda was in the news, as it had been for much of the year. With the mass
– The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Alfred Wallenstein, Cond. – Artur Schnabel, Piano – The Standard Hour – March 4, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! Something historic for a Sunday night. A performance by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by then-Music Director Alfred Wallenstein and featuring
– Gertrude Stein reads Gertrude Stein – 1934 recordings – Gordon Skene Sound Collection.- Realizing this was recorded almost 90 years ago, and wondering what the reaction was at the time to the poetry of Gertrude Stein, it’s impossible not to imagine how the world felt about this new and
– Eddie Harris – live at Four Queens Hotel – February 4, 1985 – First set – The Electrifying Eddie Harris in Las Vegas this weekend. Recorded at the Four Queens Hotel on February 4, 1985. This is the first set which was not broadcast. Steve Huey from AllMusic put
– KIMN-AM Denver – Paul Anderson – 8:00 – 9:00 am – October 9, 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – There’s no feeling quite like it. New town, new neighborhood, new school – first day in that new school. You walk down the hall to your homeroom, and you
Kevin Ayers And The Whole World – Drijbregen, Holland – July 30, 1970 – VPRO, Hilversum – Running one of my favorites tonight. Kevin Ayers and The Whole World, recorded at Gemeendecentrum in The Netherlands on July 30, 1970. Although it’s been available in various forms and incarnations, it never
– NPR – National Town Meeting – September 1, 1976 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Depending on who you talked to, Human Behavior has either vastly improved since the Dark Ages, when atrocities towards fellow human beings ran to the despicable. Or – if you go further along in
– CBS Radio News – Bulletins, reports, newscasts – October 6, 1981 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This day in 1981, the news was filled with reports that Egyptian President Anwar Sadat had been the victim of an assassination. During a military review, Sadat, along with several dignitaries and
– Stereolab – in concert at Reading Festival ‘ 97 – August 22, 1997 – BBC Radio 1 – Stereolab in concert to take us into the direction of the weekend. In case you don’t already know: Stereolab were an English-French avant-pop band from London, formed in 1990 by Tim
