Day #18 – 13 days left and still only 6% of our goal reached. Yesterday was a pretty popular day on the website. A lot of you were responding to a post I put up last week featuring a sweep of Top-40 radio in Los Angeles on October 15, 1965.
– Caravan – Live On Top of The Pops – August 19, 1970 – BBC Radio 1 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the evolution of Psychedelia in the late 1960s turned its head towards Progressive Rock, bands like Caravan stood out as leading the way into this new,
– Aldo Minella – In Recital at KPFA Studios, Berkeley – 1964 – Pacifica – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A Guitar recital this week, recorded during the American debut of Italian Guitar virtuoso Aldo Minella in 1963. Minella, who had studied with Andre Segovia and maintained a close relationship
Day #17 – 14 days left and only 6% of our goal reached. Two weeks for miracles to happen – well, they’ve happened before – most people like cliff-hanger endings; the final dash to the finish line, victory plucked from the jaws of defeat – that sort of thing.
Day #16 – 16 days, 16 backers, 6% and a little over $600 – that’s a lot of 6’s. Someone out there who knows a thing or two about numerology can probably read all kinds of messages into that. But I see it as hopeful for the moment – even
– Jimi Hendrix Experience – John Peel Program – BBC Radio 1 – December 15, 1967 – BBC Radio 1 – I originally posted this several years ago, but it’s no longer available, and a reader asked if I still had it, so I thought I would re-post it
– CBS World News Roundup – October 16, 1986 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this October 16th in 1986 was hopeful at the outset, troubling in perspective. The hopeful part came as feelers for the upcoming Summit conference in Reykjavik, Iceland sounded more and more upbeat. Two
Day #15 – We’re at the mid point, and still a long way to go before getting anywhere near our goal for this Fundraiser. Another week has gone quickly by and another weekend is rapidly approaching. Don’t know about you, but time is speeding up. I thought as you
– Lou Doillon – In Session at Studio Kerwax – October 8, 2015 – Studio Kerwax, France – Lou Doillon is one of those multi-talents the French seem to be so good at finding and cultivating. The daughter of film Director Jacques Doillon and British actress and singer Jane Birkin,
– NBC Radio – Report On America: Toledo – October 15, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In sharp contrast to the nature of America cities in 2015, looking at the average American city in 1949 offers up a huge difference between the city of the past and the
