Hiding Place in session for John Peel at BBC Radio 1 – recorded on December 19, 1977 and broadcast on January 5, 1978. Not every band that appeared in session for John Peel was destined for greatness or was the proverbial diamond-in-the-rough. Some bands suffered from bad ideas, bad musicianship
– Fight For Freedom Committee – Oct. 10, 1941 – As a counter-movement to the much publicized, isolationist and German-leaning America First Committee, the Fight For Freedom Committee was organized to end America’s neutrality in the War and to involve us militarily in the fighting then-currently going on. Viewing America’s
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– News for September 18, 1939 – NBC Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Today was not a good day to be in Poland, or Europe for that matter. September 18, 1939 was about the swift demise of Poland and the abrupt and baffling partnership struck between Russia
Ride in session at Sveriges Radio P3 in Stockholm from November 13, 1990. Probably one of the most, if not the most influential bands to be part of the Shoegaze movement which started in the late 1980s. Ride’s first two albums, Nowhere (1990) and Going Blank Again (1992), have been
Over to Tokyo this week, for a change of scenery. The celebrated NHK Symphony, guest conducted by Vaclav Neumann and featuring Naoko Ihara (Alto) in a performance of Mahler’s Symphony Number 3 – recorded at NHK Hall in Tokyo on December 12, 1984 and broadcast live. Naoko Ihara made her
A busy week, the one that ended on the 13th of September in 1964. We were right in the middle of Election ’64 – the race between the incumbent Lyndon Johnson and Senator Barry Goldwater. President Lyndon B. Johnson and Senator Barry Goldwater each has crossed a great divide in
– Trashcan Sinatras – Live At The Casbah, San Diego – May 14, 2005 – Trashcan Sinatras Website – Trashcan Sinatras this afternoon. From a concert they did at The Casbah in San Diego on May 14, 2005. Going through a quick research on my site I noticed that, of
Starting with word that Gold hit a new record high in trading, at $351.50 an ounce, up $7.00 from Friday, this September 17th in 1979 was loaded with uncertainty over the future. Some of it could be seen, while other events wouldn’t make their affects known for some time. The
Digging through the vault tonight, unearthing gems I missed the past years. I came across this session by Cloud Control, recorded for Lauren Laverne’s BBC 6 Music program on September 17, 2013. No excuse why I didn’t run it twelve years ago – sometimes the onslaught of new sessions and
