January 18, 1942 – News Of The World – NBC – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 18, 1942 – Today marked the 6th week since America entered the war and the news was grim yet determined. News from Batavia reported that fires were blazing in the Singapore oil depot
Peaness – In session for Marc Riley – BBC 6 Music – January 17, 2021 – BBC 6 Music – Peaness in session tonight. Recorded smack in the middle of lockdown/quarantine on January 17, 2021 – one entire year ago. Peaness are from Chester, UK and Formed in 2013. Their
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Today marks the Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King. And so to commemorate his birthday, and to honor his memory and his work, here is one of a series of lectures Dr. King gave for the CBC in Canada in 1967. This one is Lecture #3: Youth And Social Action.
January 17, 1948 – NBC News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 17, 1948 – major news from The Dutch East Indies to start the day. Word that a truce between the Dutch Military and Indonesian rebels was signed aboard an American Transport ship anchored off
A taste of West Coast Cool School by way of the inimitable Chico Hamilton Quintet, featuring Jim Hall on guitar, Buddy Collette on flute, clarinet, alto and tenor sax, Carson Smith on Bass and Fred Katz on cello. No doubt, this combination of instruments and players was taking Jazz into
Pedro-Humberto Allende – La Voz de las Calles (excerpt) – NBC Studio Orchestra – Henri Nosco, cond. – January 20, 1944 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The name may not ring many bells, but Pedro-Humberto Allende was one of the most influential and respected composers in Chile during the
Stan Getz Quartet – Live at Boston University – April 1, 1975 – WBUR-FM Boston – Stan Getz this weekend. Live at Boston University, along wth Albert Daily, Piano – Clint Houston, Bass and Billy Hart, Drums. Recorded on April 1, 1975 and broadcast by WBUR-FM in Boston. Returning to
Stereolab – In Concert At UCLA – All Tomorrow’s Parties Festival – March 17, 2002 – Band soundboard Stereolab in concert during the 2002 All Tomorrow’s Parties Festival taking place at UCLA’s Ackerman Grand Ballroom on March 17. Although many feel it’s a shame Stereolab haven’t achieved the level of
With the sad news earlier today of the passing of talk show host and personality Michael Jackson, who dominated in the airwaves in Los Angeles in the 1960’s and 70s I am running this post, which originally ran in 2014. He was the shining example of all the good things
