Robert Kennedy Assassination – KFWB/Group W – Los Angeles 7:45-8:45 am – June 5, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 5, 1968 – 58 years ago today. Most people woke up on this morning to the horrifying news that Robert Kennedy had been shot shortly after delivering a
Boygenius to put us in the direction of the weekend – recorded at the BBC’s fabled Maida Vale studios on November 2023. Boygenius is an American indie rock supergroup consisting of American singer-songwriters Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus. They debuted with their self-titled EP in 2018, and then returned
– NPR – National Town Meeting – Investigating The CIA – December 5, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Seems National Security, Surveillance, The CIA and overdoing it have been matters of concern for a long time. In the 1970s there was that matter of involvement in overthrowing elected governments
Lunch with The Cars, this Friday Junior – recorded on June 18, 1978 at the Agora Ballroom in Cleveland and broadcast by WMMS-FM. The Cars were at the forefront of the merger of 1970s guitar-oriented rock with the new synthesizer-oriented pop that became popular in the early 1980s. Music critic Robert Palmer of The
– United Nations San Francisco Conference – Report #34 – June 4, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection While the war was still raging in the Pacific, steps were being taken to establish the United Nations – a governing body which would address and resolve conflict in the hopes the
Another classic concert. This week it’s the 1959 Salzburg Festival, with the ORTF Orchestra, Paris conducted by Joseph Keilberth and featuring the legendary Wolfgang Schneiderhan, violin. This was the fifth Orchestra concert from the festival and it features a varied program, running from The Hebrides Overture by Mendelssohn, a
The Bangles in the Lunchroom today – recorded at The Syria Mosque Aren in Pittsburgh on December 13, 1986. Hard to imagine it’s been almost 40 years since this concert. The Bangles have always been a quintessential 80s band to me. Probably because my fondest memory of the period was
Youth Wants To Know – Sen. Wayne Morse – 1957 Never one to shy away from controversy or taking a stand, Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Oregon) was interviewed on the NBC Radio Program Youth Wants To Know, regarding the Middle-East in general and the Suez Canal in particular, which was undergoing
June 3, 1981 – CBS Radio – 9:00 am Network News – 11:00 am Network News – Gordon Skene June 3, 1981 – Wobbly seemed an apt description for the world this day. A wobbly economy was sending shock waves throughout the world and caused major concerns here at home.
Senator McCarthy – even telephones were dragged into the proceedings. Another day of drama on Capitol Hil, this June 2, 1954. Roy M. Cohn said today that Attorney General Herbert Brownell or his assistant “instigated” the Army-McCarthy hearings and that this constituted a “stacked deck” against the McCarthy side if
