Author: gordonskene
Hollywood Gossip And A Word From Binnie Barnes – 1944 – Past Daily Weekend Pop Chronicles
Hollywood Preview – sponsored by Koret Of California – October 1944 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Hollywood in wartime – despite shortages in the labor force, with many actors joining up for service, there was still a thriving industry, cranking out a wide range of films for sheer entertainment
Kid Ory – Live At The Beverly Cavern, Los Angeles – 1949 – Past Daily Downbeat
Kid Ory and his Band – live At The Beverly Cavern, Los Angeles – KGFJ-Armed Forces Radio – June 28, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Kid Ory – live at The Beverly Cavern in Los Angeles and broadcast live over KGFJ and Armed Forces Radio in 1949. A
Spandau Ballet – Madrid – 1981 – Past Daily Lunchroom
Spandau Ballet in concert from Madrid this week – Recorded by Radio Nacional España on July 12, 1981. Spandau Ballet formed in Islington, London, in 1979. Emerging from new wave, they became one of the most successful groups of the New Romantic era of British pop, and were influenced
It’s 1972 – You Live In L.A. – You Go To College – Your College Has A Radio Station – You Dream Of Free Records And Concert Tickets
KUSC – Air-Bag with Jay Cee – September 13, 1972 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – College Radio – it’s slick, highly produced with considerable thought going into focus groups marketing and raising money. That’s the way it is now. But in the 1950s and 1960s College Radio was background
When Hearings Go Public – Army-McCarthy – 1954 – Past Daily Weekend Reference Room
Army-McCarthy Hearings – June 4, 1954 – CBS Radio Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Army-McCarthy Hearings. Before Trump-Russia, before Whitewater and The Ken Starr Report, before Iran-Contra, before Watergate we had the Army-McCarthy hearings. For the goodly part of 1954 America was glued to their TVs and
The Cure – Live In Glasgow – 1984 – Past Daily Soundbooth – RIP: Andy Anderson
The Cure – Live at The Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow – August 25, 1984 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Cure, in concert from The Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow in 1984 to end the week. Two Cure concerts in one week? Well . . .yeah. Last night I ran a Cure
March 1, 2006 – FEMA Knew – Bush Goes To Bagram – Tunnels To America
March 1, 2006 – CBS World News Roundup; Late Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 1, 2006 Starting off with a bang. First, with revelations that FEMA (the government disaster relief agency) knew how bad Hurricane Katrina might be. FEMA officials, including President Bush were briefed about how
The Cure – Live At NEC, Birmingham – 1985 – Past Daily Soundbooth: Tribute Edition (RIP: Andy Anderson)
The Cure – In Concert at NEC, Birmingham – September 20, 1985 – In Concert Series – BBC Radio 1 – The Cure in concert tonight. Live at NEC, Birmingham and recorded live in September 20,1985 by BBC Radio 1. With all the sad news of so many passings this
February 28, 2001 – Seattle Gets The Shakes – The Hoof And Mouth Dilemma In France – Alan Greenspan And The Pall Of Doom
February 28, 2001 – CBS World News Roundup – NPR News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 28, 2001 – Big news if you lived in Seattle this day – an earthquake measuring 6.8 rattled through the Northwest cutting a wide swath of destruction, particularly in Downtown Seattle, the