January 2, 1998 – BBC World Service – Newshour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 2, 1998 – What the world was looking like, 28 years ago. In Kenya, elections were over and it appeared the incumbent President Daniel Moi won re-election for a third and last term. However,
Football this New Year’s Day – it’s the season and in answer to all the requests for historic Sports material, I managed to dig out this one: A Rose Bowl Game between Stanford University and Illinois University – New Years Day 1952. Apparently it didn’t go down as one of
Getting into an Americana frame of mind, this New Years day 2026 with a set from Willie Nelson as he appeared on the pilot episode of Austin City Limits from October 17, 1974. Aside from being an American institution; one that transcends time and genres, Willie Nelson has been one
– NPR: Weekend Edition – January 1, 1995 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The longer you look at it, the more apparent it becomes that this is a planet in an almost perpetual state of turmoil. This New Years Day in 1995 saw fighting erupt in Chechnya, a cautious ceasefire
Sometimes you run across things that are so crazy and all-over-the-place that you have to share them. Earlier in the day, right in the middle of looking for what would normally be the Mid-Week concert post, I ran across this three and a half hour extravaganza from Radio Nacional de
December 31, 1955 – The Year: 1955 – CBS Radio Network – Year-end wrapup of News Events – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – 1955; a year that, on its face looked pretty much uneventful on the surface was actually loaded with events and issues which had reverberations and consequences for
The Tubes, getting a jump on New Year’s Eve, with a set recorded at Winterland by KSAN-FM in San Francisco on December 31, 1975. Described by The San Francisco Chronicle as “The Weirdest Band In Rock n’ Roll” – not sure if “weird” is an apt description but “surreal and
– CBS World News Roundup + Newsbreak – December 31, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. As 1979 came to a close, the world was once again facing The Big Question Mark. The Soviets were setting up shop in Afghanistan, the United Nations was condemning the action with China leading
The Rapture – Going through a few incarnations. The Rapture in session tonight – recorded at Radio France International for The Black Sessions in 2003. The Rapture, from New York City, formed in 1998. During their first incarnation, the band consisted of Luke Jenner (lead vocals, guitar), Vito Roccoforte (drums, percussion),
Armies Of the Unemployed – Descending on Capitol Hill American Forum of The Air – The WPA – June 25, 1939. By the summer of 1939, the future of the Works Progress Administration’s cultural programs had become a national controversy, debated not only in Congress but also on radio programs
