Avril Lavigne – Former MVP in Ice Hockey . . .honest! Brunch with Avril Lavigne today – in concert from Rock In Rio on September 9, 2022. In case you don’t already know what she’s been up to, the past few years: Avril Lavigne’s sound went softer and poppier on
– Television Personalities – In Session for John Peel – September 1, 1980 – BBC Radio 1 – Television Personalities, despite a constantly changing lineup, are still (reportedly) together since their initial formation in 1978. Founded and headed by Dan Treacy, Television Personalities has weathered much controversy, including extended jail
President Eisenhower – Knowledge and an Education were key to America’s leadership in the world. President Eisenhower – Address to Students and Faculty at Columbia University on the occasion of the college’s Bicentennial anniversary – May 31, 1954. A reminder that we lived in different times in 1954 and we
Todd Rundgren for this Friday Lunch. Recorded live at The Roxy, West Hollywood – May 23, 1978. A rather raspy concert from Todd Rundgren at The Roxy in L.A. – part of a promotion from Warners/Bearsville for his latest album Hermit Of Mink Hollow. For those of you who don’t
December 19, 1988 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 19, 1988 – A day of diplomacy, olive branches and back-slapping. PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat met with Austrian leaders in his first trip to a Western country since UN decision to open a dialogue with
– Telegram – Live at Best Kept Secret – 2014 – VPRO/3VOOR12 Playing deep-dive with a set by Telegram at the 2014 Best Kept Secret Festival. According to UK music paper NME, Telegram were one of the essential and unmissable bands of 2014. I would go along with them
News for this day was full of implications for the future. From Tehran – Tehran and several provincial centers shut down today in response to a general strike call by the shah’s chief opponent, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Armed troops riding in army trucks patrolled Tehran and took positions on strategic
Missing Persons – The era of Tenax hair gel was upon us. Missing Persons for this Friday Junior -recorded at My Father’s Place in Roslyn, New York on August 25, 1981 – WLIR-FM. As the 70s slid into the 80s Punk, which came to define the second half of that
December 18, 1968 – Newsfront – Eastern Educational Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 18, 1968 – news from Brazil this day – much of it not good. In Rio de Janiero, a spokesman for the Brazilian government said a plot organized by former Governor Lacerda and former
– O Holy Night – Dec. 25, 2013 – Vatican Concert Only fitting to go into Christmas with an unforgettable rendition of O Holy Night, part of a concert given at the Vatican in 2013 featuring Patti Smith and a host of other artists. The song speaks for itself. The
