Author: gordonskene
Film Music Of Toru Takemitsu – Kwaidan – 1964 – Past Daily Night At The Round Table
Toru Takemitsu – Soundtrack score to Masaki Kobayashi’s Kwaidan (1964) – Film Music Of Toru Takemitsu (JVC-Japan) Another installment in the occasional series of milestone film scores by the Japanese Avant-Garde composer Toru Takemitsu. This one from 1964. The Horror anthology was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign
Martial Solal Big Band – Live In Paris – 1984 – Past Daily Downbeat
Martial Solal Big Band – featuring Jacques DiDonatto, Clarinet – Live from Maison de la Radio, Paris – 1984 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Lest you think Jazz is seldom seen and heard and has all but vanished from the musical landscape – not so in Europe, or throughout
Suarez – A Collection Of A-Sides And B-Sides – 2005 – Past Daily Nights At The Round Table: Rock Without Borders
Suarez – A-Sides and B-Sides – Compilation album – 2005 One of the more important bands during the 1990s in Argentina. Suarez epitomized Indie and the spirit of experimental Pop Music in South America. Fronted by Rosario Blefari, Suarez probably had more in common with the Prog and Psych bands
May 18, 2001 – The Tit-For-Tat Of Terrorism – Israeli Retaliation-Palestinian Suicide Bombings. A Scandal In California.
May 18, 2001 – National Public Radio All Things Considered – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 18, 2001 – A day all too familiar in recent years. From Jerusalem came reports of Israeli F-16’s targeting Hamas positions and training camps in retaliation for a suicide bombing outside a busy
Malaria! In Session – 1981 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Malaria! In session for John Peel – July 25, 1981 – BBC Radio 1 A breath of agitated air from Wester Berlin comes via Malaria! tonight. Malaria! was an experimental electronic band from West Berlin formed in 1981 by Gudrun Gut and Bettina Köster following the dissolution of Mania D with
May 16, 1940 – President Roosevelt: Message To Congress
May 16, 1940 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt – Address To Joint Session Of Congress – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 16, 1940 – An ominous address, made more ominous by news that, just two days before, it was announced Holland had surrendered to German forces and the
May 17, 2006 – Enron: The Jury Gets The Case – The Border Gets Another Fence – Bush Signs Another Tax Cut
May 17, 2006 – NPR Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 17, 2006 – Twelve years, and you’d think the world would have changed forever. No. This day, like many other days, the same news was happening – different people, different places and maybe different circumstances. But
May 16, 2005 – Violence In Uzbekistan – Celebration In Kuwait
May 16, 2005 – BBC World Service – Newshour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 16, 2005 – a day of contrasts. The violence over protests in Uzbekistan raged on, forcing thousands to flee the country. The unconfirmed death toll in Uzbekistan from a suspected crackdown by security forces
May 15, 1998 – Frank Sinatra: Another Icon Leaves The Building.
May 15, 1998 – News on the passing of Frank Sinatra – NPR: All Things Considered tribute – Gordon Skene Sound Collection- May 15, 1998. Hard to imagine, but it’s been 20 years since news of the passing of Frank Sinatra shocked and saddened the music world, bringing with it