During the constitutional upheaval of 1974, as the Watergate scandal reached its climax, Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia emerged as one of the most measured and principled voices in the United States Senate. His reaction to President Richard Nixon’s impending impeachment and ultimate resignation was shaped by a
The Dandy Warhols – live At Bristol Academy 2003 – BBC 6 Music – The Dandy Warhols this lunch hour. Recorded live at Bristol Academy in 2003 by the venerable BBC. With ten albums to their credit and no end in sight, The Dandy Warhols have been swinging away and
– NBC Nightly News – October 15, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this October 15th, 50 years ago was about yet another mishap/near catastrophe President Ford was involved in. This time the blame was placed squarely on the Police Department in Hartford Connecticut where they failed
The Clause tonight – in session for John Kennedy’s X-Posure from Radio X on October 9th. Full band, but a stripped down version with improvised drums. The Clause have been on something of a roll lately – a lot of touring all over the UK from now until December in
October 14, 1991 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 14, 1991 – The melodrama of the Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill hearings was over, but the dilemma stuck around. To millions of Americans, the final judgement over whether or not Clarence Thomas did harass Anita Hill
In 1974, the United States’ foreign policy toward the Soviet Union was guided by the policy of détente—a deliberate effort to ease Cold War tensions through diplomacy, negotiation, and limited cooperation. Initiated under President Richard Nixon and his National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger, détente sought to stabilize the volatile superpower
Bryan Ferry – Live At Belfast Castle, Belfast – 2002 – BBC 6 Music – Bryan Ferry in concert for a Tuesday. One of the most enduring artists, whose music and style have set him several notches above most singers. Ever since his days with Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry has
– CBS Radio News – October 14, 1990 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Sad news for this October 14th in 1990. The passing of Music Icon Leonard Bernstein at 72, from Cardiac Arrest. The conductor, guiding light for the New York Philharmonic for years, was also one of the
Cuban Missile Crisis re-cap Oct. 22, 1962 Today marks the 63rd anniversary of the beginning of the Cuban Missile crisis. Undoubtedly one of the scarier periods in history because the threat of all-out nuclear war loomed very close over everyone’s heads, and the possibility of going up in Atomic smoke
Ultravox to get the Monday lunch hour up and rolling – recorded at Jaap Edenhal in Amsterdam on June 16, 1981 by VPRO. The earlier incarnation of Ultravox, with John Foxx as frontman, was a harder edge, more experimental group. With production by the German electronics wiz Conny Plank they
