The B-52’s in concert for lunch today – recorded on November 17, 1979 at The Amsterdam Paradiso by VPRO in The Netherlands. In the midst of all the seriousness and high-octane rage the mid-70s signaled, the 70s also gave us a healthy dose of quirk, parody and downright goofiness. Thinking
– Cairo Conference – NBC Special News Report – December 1, 1943 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – On this December 1st in 1943, word reached newsrooms that the Conference in Cairo had just concluded. The meeting between China’s Gen. Chiang kai-Shek, President Roosevelt and Britain’s Winston Churchill took place
Richard Flury (L) – Paul Burkhard (R) – The rarities continue. Back over to less familiar territory from the Swiss Radio Archives with a composer we’ve run before – Richard Flury with the Radio Beromünster Orchestra led by Paul Burkhard in a performance of Flury’s Im Altisberg, Sinfonische Suite für
(Top) Tom Stoppard – (Bottom) Tim Roth (r) – Gary Oldman (l) – 1990 Film Adaptation. With the sad news of the passing of playwright Tom Stoppard, one more vestige in the creative revolution that pretty much started in the 1950s and flourished in the 1960s is gone. From a
Bill Evans – sublime impressionist Bill Evans Trio this week – recorded at the BBC – March 19, 1965 for the Jazz 625 Program. Bill Evans for this holiday weekend. Putting the Sunday after Thanksgiving in a mellow and serene place with this session, part of the BBC’s Jazz 625
KYA – San Francisco – November 26, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection You will never get tired of calling yourself the Crown Prince of Poor Timing – it’s in your genes, can’t get rid of them – can’t ask them nicely to fuck off – can’t go out and
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Nobody Weird Like Us”. Red Hot Chili Peppers live in Tokyo for Weekend Brunch – recorded on January 26, 1990 at the Club Citta Kawasaki. It occurred to me that in the twelve years Past Daily has been around, we’ve never run a RHCP concert
Call Of The Range – Cliffie Stone With The Plainsmen – CBS Radio/KNX Los Angeles – October 21, 1946- Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Since we’re still in Holiday Mode and most likely working on Thanksgiving leftovers, here is something you absolutely don’t hear anymore. Not unless you already know
Blind Faith – in concert at Hyde Park – June 7, 1969. Blind Faith were considered by many at the time to be the world’s first Supergroup – it would be a term used to distraction over the years ever since. It was also the world’s shortest lived Supergroup; last
November 28, 1997 – BBC World Service: Newshour – BBC World Service – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 28, 1997 – No end of drama, this November 28th. Starting with rioting taking place in Pakistan. As former President Nawaz Sharif was getting ready to stand trial, mobs broke through
