Cloud Nothings – in concert at London Calling 2012 – Nov. 2, 2012 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Cloud Nothings for Thursday lunch. In concert at the legendary London Calling Festival in 2012 and recorded on November 2nd of that year. In case you don’t know – Cloud Nothings
The Philadelphia Orchestra led by Eugene Ormandy this week. Recorded as part of the PBS Great Performances series, on April 4, 1979 and featuring three works: an Ormandy transcription of a work by Handel – Debussy’s La Mer and concluding with Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite. There was a time that, even
Dick Gregory – Interview from NET: Newsfront – April 26, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Dick Gregory – whose popularity in the late 1950s and early 1960s as a mainstream comedian was traded in for a career as a political activist, was one of the most outspoken and
The Jesus and March Chain for lunch this mid-week – opening for Nine Inch Nails at Calamity Jane’s in Las Vegas on February 6, 1990 The Jesus and Mary Chain formed in East Kilbride, Scotland in 1983. The band revolves around the songwriting partnership of brothers Jim and William Reid, who are the two founders and
– MBS – Bob Green News – January 21, 1958 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection On this January 21st in 1958, news was about the release from a 4 1/2 year jail sentence of former Prime Minister of Kashmir, Sheikh Abdullah, known as The Lion of Kashmir was arrested in
Cowz tonight – recorded in session for John Kennedy’s Exposure program on Radio X in London this past November. “COWZ are a Brighton-based queer alt-pop duo with music that can only be described as “girl’s girl music with violent and political undertones”. Blending elements of punk, pop and electronic sounds,
Henry Kissinger and Anwar Sadat – Turbo-charged Shuttle Diplomacy. Busy week in the world, the one ending on January 20, 1974. Starting with The Middle East. Henry Kissinger pulled it off. The Israeli-Egyptian agreement to separate their troops along the Suez Canal is a brilliant achievement of personal diplomacy, although
Lunch with Sonic Youth today – recorded in Dusseldorf on April 4, 1996 by WDR in Germany. Sonic Youth’s influence is widespread across the spectrum of alternative and underground music. The staff of Spin wrote, “It’s hard to imagine where we would be without Sonic Youth. It’s unlikely another smart post-punk band
January 20, 1989 – CBS Radio News on the Hour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 20, 1989 – inauguration day, and the swearing in of the 41st President. Former vice-President George H.W. Bush was poised to take over the Oval Office, the one being vacated this day by
Dry Cleaning tonight – recorded live for Steve Lamacq at BBC 6 Music on January 5th of this year. Mark Redfern over at The Radar has a few words about the Dry Cleaning in their October 2025 issue – if you missed it, here it is: South-London band Dry Cleaning are releasing
