Ikara Colt – live at Lowlands 2002 – Recorded by VPRO/3VOOR12 – August 23, 2002 – VPRO, Netherlands – Ikara Colt to end the week. A short-lived band, but intentionally so. The members were all Art-School students, naming their band after a fictional race horse, and it was pre-determined that
James McCord on Face The Nation – June 3, 1973 – CBS News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – James McCord, one of the many figures involved in the Watergate break-in and subsequent coverup. A former CIA agent, who also worked for the FBI, he was an electronics expert and
The Beat – in session for John Peel – September 3, 1980 – BBC Radio 1 – The Beat (or English Beat, depending on where you’re listening to this from) in session for John Peel, recorded on September 3, 1980 for BBC Radio 1. The Beat, along with Two-Tone label
Helen Love – in session for Steve Lamacq – June 22, 1998 – BBC Radio 1 – Eleven minutes of haywire, compliments of Helen Love, in a session for Steve Lamacq at BBC Radio 1 on June 22, 1998. Love, who claims she listens to nothing but Ramones records, has
Nelson Goerner – in recital – Concert given on November 13, 2016 at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris – France Musique – Over to Paris again this week for a recital by Argentinian pianist Nelson Goerner in a program of music of Bach, Beethoven and an encore by Debussy.
Magazine in session for John Peel – May 8, 1979 – BBC Radio 1 – Magazine tonight. Their third session for John Peel, recorded at the BBC on May 8, 1979. One of the seminal bands of the early New Wave movement, they were founded and fronted by ex-Buzzcocks founder
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger Press Conference – March 26, 1975 – National Public Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, in a press conference carried on radio and TV on March 26, 1975, told a room filled with reporters that the Middle East Peace
March 28, 1958 – MBS – Cedric Foster News and Commentary – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 28, 1958 – The day before, the politburo in Moscow voted unanimously for Nikita Khrushchev as Prime Minister. Reaction on the day after was swift. According to news reports in the West
The Futureheads – In Concert at Glastonbury 2006 – June 25, 2006 – BBC 6 Music – With every good intention of running this last night, but falling dead asleep at the keyboard before I could post it, we’re running tonight’s episode of the Soundbooth rather early today. And just
March 27, 1990 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 27, 1990 – the continuing story of breakaway republics from the Soviet Union. This time it was Lithuania – and this time Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev decided to play hardball. He sent his troops after
