"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Rush – In Concert from Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis – February 14, 1980 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A buck a month, that’s all we ask: Become a Patron! Less than two weeks into it and I am already not liking 2020 very much. Too much loss too quickly....
The Go-Betweens – In Session for John Peel – Broadcast December 10, 1983 – BBC Radio 1- Become a Patron! The Go-Betweens tonight.In session for John Peel and broadcast on December 10, 1983 – the second of three sessions the band did for Peel during their tenure. The Go-Betweens were...
Magazine – Live in Berlin – October 30, 1980 – WDR – Berlin – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! Magazine live in Berlin this weekend. Recorded on October 30, 1980 by German radio-TV network WDR. Singer and founding member Howard Devoto formed Magazine in Manchester, shortly after...
KMPC – Geoff Edwards Show – December 7, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Not to bug you, but . . .Become a Patron! December 1979 – You still haven’t gotten over 1969 – but here you are, ten years later and you have another decade to get used...
Eden – the 80s, like the 70s, like the 60’s, like the 50’s, were decades overflowing with bands that appeared from seemingly nowhere. Eden – In Concert from The Paris Theatre – London – 1985 – BBC Radio 1 We could use a little support from those of you who...
Become a Patron! December 4, 1988 – Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev, promising surprises and a “gift to the American People” was preparing to leave Moscow for a visit to Washington and upcoming talks with President Reagan and President-Elect Bush at what was being billed as a “SuperPower Lunch”. The Soviet...
A little goes a long way: December 3, 1980 – A busy day for Poland and new word for the rest of the world to learn: Solidarity. Begun as a trade union movement in September, Solidarity had gained very much in stature as a movement towards democracy, starting with the...
Level 42 – Live at The Fulcrum Centre, Slough – 1983 – In Concert – BBC Radio 1 – If you haven’t yet, consider it? Become a Patron! Level 42 to start the new week of a new month. One of the pioneers of the budding UK Jazz-Funk scene, Level...
KJLH – December 11, 1980 – Rob Frankel Sound Collection Become a Patron! Maybe it’s a new decade and even though it’s December, you’re still getting used to it – maybe hearing about John Lennon a few days earlier has you wondering. Maybe its what you’re listening to isn’t like...
Become a Patron! November 6, 1980 – With the election now past and the day to day business still at hand, the 1980 Presidential election was watched just as closely abroad as it was at home. Particularly in the Soviet Union, where Premier Leonid Brezhnev lost little time sending congratulations...
