March 14,1983 – CBS World News Roundup – Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 14,1983 – Busy news day. In London, OPEC Ministers were gathering in the hopes of coming up with a benchmark oil price of $29.00 a barrel and new production quotas. Of the 13
Whipping Boy – In Session for Steve Lamacq – Aug. 17, 1995 – BBC Radio 1 – Irish indie tonight in the form of Whipping Boy, a critically acclaimed band whose initial run went from 1988-1998. Originally playing cover versions of songs by Velvet Underground and The Fall, they were
March 1968 – The Gold Rush – What it means to you – NBC Radio – March 15, 1968 – March 1968 – as if the year wasn’t destined for more upheaval, word from Europe came that a Gold Rush of sorts was on; a Gold Rush aimed at
The Zones – in session for John Peel – May 17, 1978 – BBC Radio 1 The Zones – short-lived Scottish PunkPost/Punk/Power Pop band formerly known as PVC2 and incarnated from the Soft Pop Band Silk. As PVC2 they were fronted by future Ultravox singer Midge Ure. After he left
Jacques Ibert – Trio for Harp, Violin and Cello – ORTF Broadcast session – circa 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The music of Jacques Ibert this weekend – a performance of the Trio for Harp, violin and cello, featuring the legendary Lily Laskine, harp as well as Roland Charmy
Coleman Hawkins Quartet – Metropol Restaurant, Oslo Norway – 1963 – NRK (Norwegian Radio-TV) – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Coleman Hawkins for this first day of Daylight Savings Time. A short, but extremely sweet set as recorded by the Norwegian Radio-TV network NRK at The Metropol Restaurant/club in Oslo
KMPC – Dick Whittinghill Show – July 30, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Midway through the last year of the 70s. July 30, 1979. Smog is bad. Traffic is bad. Buses are never on time. Things just seem a little off – you can’t really describe it –
John Houseman – interviewed by Caspar Citron – March 30, 1972 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – John Houseman is a name probably most people draw blanks over these days. And those who do, mostly likely remember him in the 1970s from a TV series based on the Academy
– Romeo Void – Recorded in concert at The Mubuhay Gardens, San Francisco – DEc. 3, 1980 – KALX-FM Berkeley. Romeo Void – Live At Mabuhay Gardens, San Francisco – Dec.3, 1980 – KALX–FM, Berkeley Romeo Void to end up the week. A bit of American Punk to remind you
March 9, 1990 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 9, 1990 – a hopeful day; a day spent working on putting the pieces back together towards a reunified Germany. Leaders of East and West Germany were meeting in East Berlin on this day,
