A year before the Nixon White House came to a grinding halt, another scandal was brewing in Washington. Vice-President Spiro Agnew on widely publicized reports he accepted kickbacks during his time as Governor of Maryland. In an attempt to get ahead of the story, Agnew went before the press on
News of the Day – August 8, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Fifty-one years ago today, the Great National Nightmare, as Gerald Ford put it, was over. After months of investigations, hearings and discoveries, the end of an era had finally come to pass. Speculation had been
The Coral, live at Dingwalls, London – April 2002 – Somebody I haven’t played in a very long time. The Coral arrived on the scene in 1996, but really emerged in the early 2000s as forerunners of the Guitar Group Revival, as well as avid practitioners of neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Folk
A blast of Prog, this Thursday night with Mouth, recorded at the Freak Valley Festival on July 28, 2024 by the perennial West German Radio. MOUTH were formed in Cologne in 2000 as a trio, comprised of Christian Koller (vocals, guitars, keyboards), Jan Wendeler (bass, bass synth) and Nick Mavridis
News of war on all fronts this August 7th. A grave possibility that the left wing of the Russian Army of the Caucasus, which Moscow says 1s still battling Nazi invaders south of Kushchevka, has been trapped was indicated by Berlin versions of the South Russian battle, The Germans
– Paul Weller – in concert at The BBC Theatre – May 14, 2015 – BBC Radio 2 – Paul Weller this morning. Ever since his days as one-third of the Jam and one half of Style Council, Paul Weller as a solo performer has always been a favorite and
Alin Coen, live at the 2012 XRDS (Crossroads) Festival in Brussels, Belgium. Recorded January 30, 2012 by West German Radio. Making a racket in Europe, but very little on this side of the Atlantic, Alin Coen (and her band, sometimes referred to as The Alin Coen Band) have been primarily
Classic concert from Paris this week. The legendary Pierre Boulez leads Orchestre de Paris in a concert of music by Arnold Schönberg and Bela Bartok, with pianist Bertrand Chamayou in the Bartok 2nd Piano Concerto. Recorded at Salle Pleyel on December 21, 2011 by the veneral Radio France Musique.
– Meet The Press – guest: Dr. Linus Pauling – May 11, 1958 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – During the dark days of the 1950s, if you were concerned about the effects of nuclear testing on the atmosphere, were a peace activist and wanted to ban use of the
– CBS Morning News Roundup – August 6, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – – President Truman Announcement of Atomic Bomb drop – Hiroshima – August 6, 1945 – Truman Library-Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 6, 1945 – eighty years ago, the world changed forever. But you wouldn’t
