– Don Hollenbeck And the News – CBS Radio – July 23, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With news for this July 23rd in 1951 focused on President Truman‘s upbeat assessment of the country mid-way through 1951 and cautious reports on negotiations in Korea toward an armistice, news
Getting the middle of the week straightened out with a set by Woomb, recorded at this year’s Eurosonic Festival in Groningen on March 10. The newly formed duo Woomb, based between London and Sofia Bulgaria, features singer-songwriter Hristo Yordanov and composer/producer Gueorgui Linev, founder of Billboard-charting project Kan Wakan. The
You’d think after all the loss we’ve been experiencing this year (which is only half-way over), we would be used to all this by now. No – you don’t. They are all different and they hit you in all different ways. The end result is the same; loss – feeling
After the war, the BBC World Service increased it’s programming to America, partly because the number of American troops stationed in Britain during the war did feel a pang of nostalgia but also letting the English-speaking world know that Britain was doing okay with recovery and rapidly getting back
– CBS World News Roundup – July 22, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – On this July 22nd in 1965, news was about the escalating War in Vietnam and the escalating violence in Alabama. In Washington, talks were entering their third day over the future of the Vietnam War.
Getting Tuesday up and rolling in a calm direction with a set from Sparklehorse, recorded on November 6, 1996 at Bullet Sound Studios in the Netherlands for VPRO, Hilversum. There’s always a sense of poignancy, listening to one of these Sparklehorse concerts. Not knowing then, but knowing now the tragedy
Over to Sweden tonight for a set by Weeping Willows, recorded at The Tivoli in Helsingborg on March 12, 1999 and preserved for posterity by Sveriges Radio P3 in Stockholm. Weeping Willows formed in 1995. The group has become known for their thoughtful, emotional songs, strongly influenced by frontman
– NBC – Listen To Washington – The Subversive Activities Control Board – Sept. 21, 1954 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – At the height of the Red Scare in the 1950s, a little-known/barely publicized organization started up in Washington. The Subversive Activities Control Board was headed up by former
– July 21, 1980 – CBS Radio – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 21, 1980 – but if you closed your eyes and took a deep breath, it could be July 21, 1968. Plans were afoot to reactivate the Draft, with Selective Service offices opening
Lou Reed – in concert at l’Olympia, Paris – May 25, 1974 – Radio France International -Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Lou Reed this morning. One of the touchstones of the 70s, whose work with The Velvet Underground helped define the 60’s, Lou Reed was one of those forces
