KFWB – Gene Weed – March 27, 1959 – All Summer, when you weren’t at the beach you were at Ted Raden’s Dance School. It wasn’t your idea – your mom said something about you being well-rounded and sociable so she enrolled you. Since it meant a boost in your
– Ash – live at Glastonbury – 1997 – BBC Radio 1 – Ash in concert to end out the working week, in concert at Glastonbury 1997 and faithfully preserved for posterity by BBC Radio 1 on June 29, 1997. Ash officially formed in 1992, reportedly having taken the name
News Of The World – March 31, 1940 – NBC Red Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Word from Germany this day was a much-publicized pointing of fingers. According to most of the German newspapers and Berlin Radio, the war was everyone’s fault but theirs, and it ran the
– Galaxie 500 – In Session for John Peel – recorded September 24, 1989 – broadcast October 17, 1989 – BBC Radio 1 – Galaxie 500 to drag us kicking and screaming into Friday. An American Indie band who were together a relatively short period of time (1987-1991) but in
– March 30, 1954 – Frank Hemingway News and Comment – Mutual Broadcasting – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 30, 1954. Word from French Indochina (Vietnam) that a desperate battle was taking place at Dien Bien Phu, a strategic French military base which had come under full-scale assault by
Blanks – In Session at NPO2 – March 11, 2023 – NPO, Netherlands – Over to Amsterdam tonight for a short set by Blanks, recorded live at Music Cafe for NPO2 On March 11, 2023. Blanks is the stage name for Simon de Wit, a singer-songwriter who fairly burst onto
Orchestra of The French Radio – Mikko Franck, Conductor – March 18, 2016 – Radio France Musique via RNE, Madrid – Over to Paris via Madrid this week for a concert the Orchestra of Radio France, led by Mikko Franck and featuring music of Jodlowski, Messiaen and Debussy. After some
March 29, 1953 – ABC Radio – Drew Pearson News and Commentary – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 29, 1953 – An otherwise typical Cold War day in March – news regarding surprise moves from the Kremlin regarding the U.S. situation in Korea and the political implications of such
The Institutes – in session for John Kennedy – Radio X – March 25, 2023 – John Kennedy X-Posure Program – The Institutes in session, recorded just last week for John Kennedy’s X-Posure program at Radio X. Lots of positive feedback on this group. Just a sample of the enthusiasm
The true seriousness of the day wasn’t really known for almost 24 hours after the initial event occurred. The Nuclear Power Plant accident at 3-Mile Island on March 28, 1979 began at 4:00 in the morning and almost instantly there was a scramble to pretend nothing was wrong. So the
