Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia sits down and gives a 15 minute rundown on where you can go for the Labor Day holiday. Needless to say, with America now hot in the grips of War, finding those “places to escape” were becoming fewer and farther between. But LaGuardia, ever the optimist and
KHJ – Bill Wade – September 1, 1968 – Bill Frankel Collection – You forgot – you forget every year. School starts and you’re too busy being pissed off that Summer is over – too busy rushing for classes – too busy getting new clothes for Winter. It happens, just
Porridge Radio – in session for Marc Riley – BBC 6 Music – September 1, 2022 – BBC Radio – Porridge Radio to end out the week (and get ready for the holiday weekend). One of the pleasant surprises from the DIY movement and further evidence when you take things
– Second Sunday – The American Scene – A Re- Assessment – 1971 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Since it’s a holiday weekend I just had to put up another documentary – 1971 seems apropos and what we were up to, particularly relevant. No getting around it, the 70s
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With Europe at War and America becoming increasingly involved, Labor Day in 1941 (which came on September 1st that year) found the U.S. geared for war production – the labor force turned to building a military arsenal, the factories and shipyards churning out supplies to aid Britain and our own
– BBC World Service reports – September 1, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the final negotiations ended, and the last letter of appeal delivered, precautions were underway for what was going to be a long and deadly war. On this September 1st in 1939, the British Ambassador
The Velvet Hands – in session for John Kennedy – Radio X – August 26, 2022 – Radio X – London – The Velvet Hands in session for John Kennedy at Radio X and broadcast live on August 26, 2022. Lots of great word of mouth is surrounding this band,
CBS Radio – We Take You Back – March 13, 1958 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Ending our month-long series of Radio Documentaries, offering the best, but by all means not all, those pivotal pieces of broadcast journalism which shed light, offered solutions, exposed problems, presented life as it
Truls Mørk, cello – North German Radio Symphony – Eivind Gullberg Jensen, cond. 2012 Bergen Festival – May 28, 2012 – An all-Tchaikovsky concert this week featuring the North German Radio Symphony, led by Eivind Gullberg Jensen during the 2012 Bergen Festival – recorded at Grieg Hall on May 28,
