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
Carlo Maria Giulini, guest Conductor – Daniel Barenboim, Piano Chicago Symphony – Nov. 11, 1977 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another historic concert entry for Anti-Road Rage Wednesday. This week it’s The Chicago Symphony guest conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini and featuring pianist Daniel Barenboim in an all Brahms
From CBC 1 this December 17, 2007. The program Dispatches taking a look as how the world was fairing on this December day. Starting with news from Cape Town South Africa where the DNC, ruling party for the previous 16 years was, despite outwards signs all was well was showing
Belly – One of the bands who helped put the 90s on the map. Belly for lunch this Wednesday – recorded for WGBH in Boston at The Fraser Performance Studio on October 2, 2018. Certainly, one of those bands who put the 90s squarely on the map for me –
– CBS Radio Hourly News – December 17, 1981 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Forty-Four years ago on this day, the world was taking a wait-and-see with the goings-on in Poland. Fears of mass demonstrations on the anniversary of the Gdansk Food Riots in 1970 brought a swift preemptive crackdown
Hatfield And The North – BBC Session – John Peel – March 19, 1974 – BBC Radio 1 Further evidence the 70s produced a wide array of music which is still being discovered 40 years later. Tonight it’s another band from the legendary Canterbury scene of the late 1960s/early 1970s.
CBS Radio – Time Of Reason – August 31, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Europe in the midst of reconstruction and rejuvenation. Two years after the end of World War 2, a devastated Europe struggled to get back on its feet. Food was scarce, the infrastructure was
