May 19, 1997 – BBC World Service: News Desk – Gordon Skene Sound Collection- May 19, 1997 – News of the World this day. Rebel troops, loyal to General Laurent Kabila, took over the Zaire capital of Kinshasa, amid pockets of fighting and the swift exit of deposed leader Mobutu
Chris Cornell – live at Personal Festival, Buenos Aires, Argentina – December 8, 2007 – Argentina TV – Such strange days. Coming from seemingly nowhere and shocking as a lightning jolt, the news of the death of Chris Cornell Wednesday night in Detroit after what was to be his very
May 18, 1951 – MBS: Fulton Lewis Jr. News and Commentary – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 18, 1951 and the controversy surrounding the abrupt dismissal and relieving of duties of General Douglas MacArthur by President Truman back in April was still having repercussions around Capitol Hill. And depending
The Futureheads – in session for Steve Lamacq – March 7, 2003 – BBC 6 Music – The Futureheads tonight. One of the more turbo-charged bands of the Post-Punk Revival era, The Futureheads got started in 2000 and went on a solid non-stop run for 13 years before heading into
The Revillos – in session for John Peel – April 29, 1981 – broadcast May 13, 1981 – BBC Radio 1 – The Revillos tonight. Formerly The Rezillos, but through a proviso that, to get out of their contract, Sire Records stipulated they couldn’t use the name Rezillos. And so
May 16, 1946 – MBS: Frazier Hunt News And Commentary – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 16, 1946 – on this day, 71 years ago, the country was feeling the affects of a crippling Coal Strike, as called by Union President John L. Lewis. And even though negotiations were
Guided By Voices – in session for John Peel – October 19, 1999 – BBC Radio 1 – Guided By Voices to kick off the week. Purveyors of lo-fi, portastudio and eccentricities, the Dayton Ohio band were a welcome addition to the pantheon of Peel. Plagued by a decidedly cold
May 15, 1941 – News report direct from Singapore – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 15, 1941. As the world became engulfed in war and as new fronts opened up, troops from Britain and the Commonwealth arrived in Singapore to bolster defenses in Southeast Asia after the threat of
Charles Koechlin – Memorial Concert – 1952 – ORTF – Radio Paris – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Over to Paris this week for a portion of the Memorial Concert for Charles Koechlin, who died in December of 1950 and whose memorial concert was a virtual who’s who of French
Buddy DeFranco Quartet with Helen Forrest – The Navy Swings session – Los Angeles, May 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Buddy DeFranco this week. His Quartet and singer Helen Forrest in one of several sessions DeFranco did for the Navy Recruiting radio show The Navy Swings, and recorded
