"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Cabaret Voltaire in concert tonight – live at Amsterdam Paradiso and recorded by Dutch Radio VPRO/3VOOR12 in 1980. Although they came to larger audience popularity during the post-Punk period, they actually had their roots back much further. Having started in…
– Echo & The Bunnymen- Live from Liverpool Empire – January 11, 1988 – BBC Radio 1 – In Concert Echo & The Bunnymen in concert tonight. Recorded live at the Liverpool Empire in 1988 by BBC Radio 1 for…
Cornelius in concert at Royal Festival Hall tonight. Staying off the beaten path and diving into (potentially) lesser-known territory (although fans would beg to differ, and rightly so). Cornelius, or Keigo Oyamada is a dyed-in-the-wool practitioner of Shabuya-kei, that genre…
Missing Presumed Dead – in session for John Peel – January 6, 1981 – BBC Radio 1 – Leaving Ukraine this week for an excursion around the lesser-known bands and artists the past few decades. Missing Presumed Dead, like so…
April 26, 1980 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 26, 1980 – Aftermath and morning after for the failed hostage rescue attempt. No shortage of outrage, recriminations and wagging fingers. The blasts from Capitol…
Become a Patron! For all intents and purposes, it was a risky attempt from the get-go. On this April 25th, 1980 an attempt to rescue the 53 American hostages, held at the American Embassy in Tehran took place. Admittedly, it…
Jeff Porcaro of Toto – interviewed by Phil Harvey – April 1982 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The more you look at the 80s, as a decade of music and innovation, the more L.A. shows up as Ground Zero…
New Order – in concert at City Gardens, Trenton – July 9, 1983 – band soundboard – New Order in concert this weekend. Recorded at City Gardens in Trenton, New Jersey during their U.S. tour on July 9, 1983. Power,…
– Depeche Mode – in concert at The Paris Theatre, London – February 10, 1982 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert series – Depeche Mode tonight. Hot on the heels of their debut album Speak & Spell, which was issued…
Conversation – Collecting – Clifton Fadiman-moderator, Vincent Price, Frederick Adams – NBC Radio – April 29, 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you’re a collector of one sort or another. If…