Discovering there are people with big-big problems. As Christmas seasons went, this one made the top 10 list. You made it through your entire two week job at May Company Wilshire without having one kid piss his pants all over you – not one kid toss their cookies and most
Bill Evans – sublime impressionist Bill Evans Trio this week – recorded at the BBC – March 19, 1965 for the Jazz 625 Program. Bill Evans for this holiday weekend. Putting the Sunday after Thanksgiving in a mellow and serene place with this session, part of the BBC’s Jazz 625
Taking a short side trip from our ongoing survey of the Swiss Radio Archives and heading over to Poland for a sampling of what’s in the archives of Radio Poland. This weekend it’s a performance of Musica Sinfonica in Three Movements by composer/violinist Grazyna Bacewicz, performed by the Polish Radio
What was it about you? You seemed normal, just like everybody else. Nobody special – average student – B average. Never got picked – not you – baseball, football, basketball; even hall monitor – never got first choice or even fourth choice. You gargled – you used deodorant – changed
The Civil Rights Movement in America, although simmering since the Reconstruction days after the Civil War was taking center stage, almost one hundred years later. Throughout the 1950s, the movement grew as did the backlash. By the 1960s it was an unstoppable revolution, led by an increasing number of dedicated
Medicare and Vietnam: 60 years ago this week. Medicare became a reality for millions of Americans, By an overwhelming majority on July 28, the Medicare bill passed Congress and headed to President Johnson for signature. On July 30 it was signed into law and would be effective on September
– News for July 18, 1965 – WOR-AM, New York – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News reports on the war in Vietnam were coming with such regularity in 1965 as to almost make the news humdrum and monotonous. So the news for this July 18th in 1965 focused primarily
– CBS Radio News – Johnson Addresses United Nations – June 25, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In what is shaping up to being a very busy week in history, June 26th marks the anniversary of the first meeting of the United Nations in San Francisco. June 26th
George Szell conducts the Cleveland Orchestra in music of Wagner, Barber and Schubert – In concert at The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, June 24, 1965. A classic concert this week, featuring one of the greatest conductors of the 20th Century; George Szell, leading the orchestra that was his from 1946 until
– ABC Radio: Voices In The Headlines – week ending November 14, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A harbinger of things to come? Maybe. But at the time, the week ending this November 14th in 1965 was no small feat no matter how you looked at it. Starting
