Being a kid – worse, being an adolescent. Didn’t’ matter if it was the 40’s, 50’s, 60’s or last year. The perennial jumble of feelings, impulses and social pressure is just part of growing up – the uncomfortable part. Although a far cry from being young in the 21st century
Orchestre National de l’ORTF, conducted by Jean Martinon with Vlado Perlemuter, piano – Recorded March 22, 1956 – Radio France/INA Archives – Even though this year has been filled with great festivals and great artists, the real gems several summers ago of radio listening had to be the series which
Jerome Hines – epitomized American Opera in the last half of the20th century. Seventy-one years ago yesterday, on August 15, 1955, NBC Radio via their then-new weekend service Monitor dedicated part of their evening programming to a blast of culture. The Bell Telephone Hour. Initially running from April l29, 1940
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Frank Sinatra, in concert for The United Nations Refugee Fund – Monte Carlo – June 14, 1958 Something special, classic and rarely heard this weekend. Frank Sinatra performing at a benefit for the United Nations Refugee Fund in Monte Carlo, hosted by friend Princess Grace of Monaco. The concert also
– News on the death of William Randolph Hearst – WISN Radio – August 14, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As much as we would like to think the current state of Journalism is a product of Rupert Murdoch and Newscorp, and that the tabloid mentality, sensationalism, making-news-up-if-there-isn’t-any
Lev Oborin, piano with The Czech Radio Symphony – Alois Klima, cond. – Prague Spring Festival 1961 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Lev Oborin, a highly respected and much admired Russian pianist of the Soviet era performs with the Czech Radio Symphony conducted by Alois Klima in this historic
In the summer of 1959, Vienna became the unlikely meeting place for thousands of young people from around the world. From July 26 through August 4, approximately 18,000 young people representing more than 100 countries gathered for the Seventh World Festival of Youth and Students for Peace and Friendship. There
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August 3, 1951 – CBS: Edward R. Murrow News With Don Hollenbeck – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 3, 1951 – Scandal was the word this day. News broke that some 90 Cadets at the prestigious West Point Military Academy had been given General Discharges over cheating on exams
