If you owned a car this May 9th in 1979, you were no doubt preoccupied with what number your license plate ended in. Because gas rationing was being enforced and was strictly limited to odd numbered or Personalized license plates on this day. And of course it was topic A
– CBS World News Roundup – May 5, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this May 5th in 1979 had a lot to do with Jimmy Carter‘s whirlwind visit to Southern California. Since it was Cinco de Mayo, what better photo op than to have Jimmy spend
– CBS World News Roundup – April 10, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another interesting news day, this April 10th in 1979. Starting with an investigation of Nuclear Power Plants, based on the recent disaster at Three Mile Island nuclear facility. Seems the potential for problems was a
KROQ – Jed The Fish – Iggy Pop Live From The Stardust Ballroom – Hollywood – November 30, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – There are times, important times, times where you made every plan and had it worked out, down to the second. But then there are
The true seriousness of the day wasn’t really known for almost 24 hours after the initial event occurred. The Nuclear Power Plant accident at 3-Mile Island on March 28, 1979 began at 4:00 in the morning and almost instantly there was a scramble to pretend nothing was wrong. So the
Part 1 – Part 2 Back to rarities this week. A concert by the San Francisco Symphony led by its then-Music Director Edo DeWaart and featuring the legendary Russian Cellist Mstislav Rostropovich in music of Mozart, Dvorak, Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky. No premiers or new works – pretty much meat-and-potatoes this
– Tuxedomoon – in concert at The Boarding House – December 1979 – Ralph Records Release party – KALX-FM – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – San Francisco post-Punk/experimental band Tuxedomoon, live at The Boarding House, and part of the Ralph Records release party from December, 1979. Tuxedomoon had been together
– February 9, 1979 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 9, 1979 – The ongoing situation in Love Canal, the Niagara Falls area of New York State was escalating on this particular day, 37 years ago. Now the area of evacuation was getting wider,
The Specials In Concert – 1979 – BBC Radio 1 – In Concert Series – BBC Radio 1 – Editors Note: I just heard the news about the passing of Terry Hall, who sang lead for The Specials in this concert from 1979 and which I posted three years ago.
