September 21, 1938 – Soviet Foreign Minister Maxim Litvinov address before the League of Nations – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 21, 1938 – as the crisis over the Sudetenland question between Nazi Germany and Czechoslovakia escalated to a dangerous level, The League Of Nations, forerunner to The United
– CBS World News Roundup – September 21, 1989 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Hurricane season – and no different for this September 21st in 1989 as it has been in other years. For this September 21st, it was all about Hurricane Hugo and the wide swath the death
“Dumb!” . . . “DUMB!!!” The only word that parrot knew – over and over – you tried teaching him other words – spent hours begging, pleading and cajoling. It was all you could get out of Kramer’s beak. He was an old bird – he was tired – he
Casadesus – Quintet for Piano And Strings Back to French Radio transcriptions this week with a work by legendary pianist Robert Casadesus, who was not as well known as a composer as he was a musician. His Piano Quintet in D Minor op. 16 for Piano and Strings featuring,
John Lewis Trio – live at Town Hall – Lenox, Massachusetts – July 13, 1996. Perennial favorite John Lewis this weekend – along with Marc Johnson, bass and Albert “Tootie” Heath on drums, in concert at Town Hall in Lenox Massachusetts on July 13, 1996. Probably best known as one
Steve Allen, the man who became a staple in the American diet of late night TV, who gave us The Tonight Show when it was still only available in New York, broadcasting to the Tri-State area because Network TV was in its infancy and hadn’t gotten the technology necessary to
Blancmange – Hammersmith Apollo, London – December 11, 1985. Blancmange for your Saturday brunch. Recorded at The Hammersmith Apollo in London on December 11, 1985. Since we seem to be spending a lot of time hovering around 1985, might as well include one of the bands who made it what
Jimi Hendrix – in concert from Stockholm – Konserthuset – January 9, 1969 – Sveriges Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Jimi Hendrix as a reminder who we lost, this day 56 years ago. A concert recorded by Sveriges Radio in Sweden, on January 9, 1969 from the Konserhuset
– NBC Nightly News – September 18, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – 56 years ago today, the music world suffered a devastating loss – it would be one of three to go that year, and their passings signified the end of an era, the party was over. But
NBC Radio – Meet The Press – Guest: Dr. Leonard . Scheele – June 5, 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Polio Epidemic of 1955 – During the early 1950s, polio rates in the U.S. were above 25,000 annually; in 1952 and 1953, the U.S. experienced an outbreak
