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
KMPC – Dick Whittinghill – Ira Cook – October 20, 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Los Angeles in 1953. You may or may not remember it – maybe you weren’t born yet, maybe you were too young to remember – maybe you were old enough to be in
Beach House in concert at Paleo Festival 2013 – Nyon, Switzerland – July 24, 2013 – RSR Heading over to The Paleo Festival 2013 tonight for a set by Baltimore Dream Pop/Space Merchants Beach House (actually, one half of the band, Victoria Legrand is from Paris . . .but the
January 14, 1942 – Radio Tokyo News and Letters from Prisoners of War – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 14, 1942 – As a direct contrast to the same days news that I ran earlier today from NBC, Radio Tokyo ran their own version of events, careful to point
January 14, 1942 – News Of The World – NBC Red Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 14, 1942 – Very little news coming from Batavia regarding the situation in Malaya and Singapore. And what news there was only went from bad to worse. Even the British press,
