Still working on getting the bugs out of the translation of these foreign language broadcasts. Many of you have asked if this was going to be a regular feature. It most likely will be. AI is good for something. A reminder the world is a lot small than we think.
School Of Seven Bells for this Friday Lunch hour – recorded at the Kreuzberg Festival in Berlin on May 12, 2012 by RBB-Berlin. Sadly, a band that broke ground and was becoming an established voice in Dreamscape/Indie cut short by the death of its co-founder. School of Seven Bells (often stylized
November 14,1986 – CBS Radio News On The Hour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 14, 1986 – while the world reacted to the White House‘ further sanctions against Syria and the government of Hafaz Assad for fostering terrorism. The Reagan Administration tightened the screws on the Assad government,
Kid Galahad – Live At Minehead March 16, 2003 – The Furze – Live in Glasgow – Oct. 27, 2007 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Not a double bill tonight, but the same band in two venues at two different times. I first discovered Kid Galahad many years ago
Raising the Palestinian flag – cautious sighs of relief. Changes in the world, this November 13, 1995. Thousands of Palestinians lined the streets of this West Bank city this day, dancing, singing and firing shots into the air to welcome busloads of Palestinian police who moved in after Israeli troops
The Triffids – in Rock n’ Roll years, a short run. The Triffids in concert this afternoon – recorded at the Hot-Point Festival in Lausanne, Switzerland on September 3, 1988 The Triffids formed in Perth, Western Australia, in 1978, with David McComb as singer-songwriter, guitarist, bass guitarist and keyboardist. They achieved some success in Australia, but greater success
November 13, 1970 – NBC Nightly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 13, 1970 – On this day, news from Ft. Benning, Georgia was about picking a Jury for the trial of Lt. Calley, accused in the massacre of Vietnamese civilians at My Lai in 1968. Seems getting
Jain – spellbinding world sounds from Paris. Jain in session tonight – recorded for Huw Stephens at BBC 6 Music on April l26, 2017. Jeanne Louise Galice, better known by her stage name Jain was born on 7 February 1992, in Toulouse, France. Her mother is half French and half Malagasy. She has Malagasy
Claudio Arrau, Piano – Boston Symphony – Seiji Ozawa, Cond – Berkshire Music Festival – August 26, 1977 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Back to something historic this week. The Boston Symphony during the 1977 Berkshire Music Festival, with Music Director Seiji Ozawa leading the BSO with the legendary
In 1973 we were overloading and shorting out. By todays standards, the stress, the feeling of being overwhelmed, the anxiety, the day to day hassle of life in 1973 would be comparative bliss. 1973; fifty-two years ago, we were at a breaking point – particularly America. We were constantly bombarded
