In Conversation With Sir John Gielgud – 1961 – Past Daily Weekend Gallimaufry
A 1961 BBC conversation with Stage and Screen legend Sir John Gielgud.
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Woody Herman – Live At Cafe Rouge – 1945 – Past Daily Downbeat –
Woody Herman – Live at Cafe Rouge, New York – July 23, 1945 – AFRS One Night Stand Series – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! Woody Herman this weekend, jumping into some Big Band of the 1940s. Herman was a child prodigy who sang and danced in
João Gilberto – Live At Umbria 1996 – Past Daily Soundbooth – Tribute Edition
João Gilberto – Live At Umbria Jazz Festival 1996 – Recorded July 21, 1996 – RAI Radio – João Gilberto (1931-2019) – With the sad news on the passing of one of the most legendary and pioneering figures in Brazilian music, João Gilberto, at the age of 88, left a
In Working Towards The Common Good – And The Speed Bumps
Become a Patron! After almost a month of being down from a crashed server and attempting to put back some 7,000 posts, we’re finally back up and running. What the downtime did was put a huge dent in our Fundraiser, as the outage happened right as we were getting underway.
Radiohead – Live At Best Kept Secret – 2017 – Past Daily Soundbooth: Soothing Rattled Nerves Edition
Radiohead – In Concert At Best Kept Secret – 2017 – June 18, 2017 – VPRO, Hilversum Holland – Just a reminder . . . Radiohead in concert at Best Kept Secret Festival in 2017, and recorded by the venerable VPRO (Dutch Radio Network) on June 18, 2017. A little
July 5, 1951 – Korean War – Amid Rubble, Olive Branches And Hopeful Signs.
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It’s Summer 1966 – You Live In L.A. – You Bought Your First Car – It Has An FM Radio – You Notice Smog – And Not All The Stations Are Cool.
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”45221″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”KADS – Summer 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Life in L.A. had a few drawbacks in the 1960s. A: being the first kid on your block to buy a foreign car with an FM radio in 1966 and B: driving around L.A. with
Before You Head Out Of Town, This July 4th – A Tiny Favor.
Become a Patron! Or: As you know, we were in the middle of our annual Fundraiser last week when disaster struck, taking down our server and wiping out posts going to back to when we first got started in 2012. After a little over a week of yelling, cajoling, searching