XTC – Got the 80s ready for a wild ride. XTC for a Tuesday Lunch break – recorded at the legendary Hammersmith Palais in London on December 22, 1980 and broadcast by BBC Radio 1 Can’t imagine what the 80s would have sounded like had XTC not shown up. Punk
– NBC Radio – Launch of Gemini 12 – November 11, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Gemini 12 was the last of the Gemini space flights and the 18th manned American spaceflight since the X-15 spaceflights until Apollo 7 made its debut almost 2 years later. Its objective
Pale Blue Eyes – A marriage of two stylistic perspectives. And they weren’t kidding. Pale Blue Eyes tonight – recorded September 14, 2024 in the studios of VPRO 3voor12 in Amsterdam. From their website: Born of a cross-pollination between Totnes and Sheffield, Pale Blue Eyes have been steadily grafting over
What’s Happening To America: Education – Aug. 16, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The American classroom. In the 1960s it was a place of growing discontent. The school was ground zero for protest; about the war, about racial inequality, about the quality of education, about the growing gap
4th Greatest Dance Band of all time – and that says a lot. Faithless in concert from earlier this year at Concerts At Sea in Zeeland, Netherlands on June 25th. Faithless formed in 1995, with its core original members being Rollo, Sister Bliss and Maxi Jazz. During the band’s initial period of success, Sister Bliss
November 10, 2000 – CBS News On The Hour – Special Reports – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 10, 2000 – Election 2000 – not that long ago that people have forgotten, but long enough ago to serve as a reminder that our electoral system has been prone to
John Sebastian – Cambridge Folk Festival 1981 Since the archives is fairly bulging with posts we’ve done 10-15 years ago, I thought it might be a good idea to stop having them collect dust and reissue some of them in case you missed them the first time. So this one
The Race Track at Santa Anita, circa 1949. Horse racing this weekend – four races as called by Joe Hernandez. Three of the races were at Santa Anita, while the fourth race took place at Del Mar – All the races took place between June and August of 1949. Santa
Allison (L), Cardenas (C), Nash (R) – The Swingin’ Summit. Ben Allison, Steve Cardenas and the legendary Ted Nash putting it all together at the Piedmont Piano Company in Oakland on March 29, 2024. From The Litchfield Jazz Festival 2025 notes: With over 25 years of creative collaboration, bassist Ben
Thrifty Drug Stores in-store announcements – circa 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Difficult to imagine there was a time when going to a drugstore meant a whole lot more than cold pills aspirin and razors. But aside from the customary bill-of-fare, Drug Stores were places you could buy jewelry,
