Category: 1980’s
The Comsat Angels – In Concert 1983 – Past Daily Soundbooth
The Comsat Angels – Live In Concert at The Paris Theatre – 1983 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert series – Diving into the early 80s tonight with a concert featuring The Comsat Angels – live at the BBC’s Paris Theatre in 1983. The Comsat Angels were an English post-punk
May 28, 1989 – Memorial Day –
May 28, 1989 – Newsmark – Memorial Day at Arlington – Homeless Women – other stories – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 28, 1989 – Today is Memorial Day. And even though you are no doubt firing up the grill, laying out the picnic table, opening
Erasure In Session – 1985 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Erasure – in session for Janice Long – BBC Radio 1 – Nov. 15, 1985 – BBC Radio 1 – Legends of Synthpop Erasure for a Thursday night. Erasure formed in London in 1985 as part of the club scene. Their debut was single “Who Needs Love Like That“. With
May 8, 1982 – Falklands Crisis: Heading For A Showdown – Hoping For A Solution
May 8, 1982 – ABC World News This Morning – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 8, 1982. News of impending war and last minute attempts at reaching a peaceful settlement in the Falklands crisis. All eyes were on UN Secretary General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar to come up
May 7, 1989 – Oliver North Trial: Not A Pleasure Cruise. Space Shuttle Atlantis: Second Time; A Go. Exxon Valdes: The Gift That Keeps Giving.
May 7, 1989 – ABC World News This Week – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 7, 1989 – A week full of wonderment. Starting with the verdict in the Col. Oliver North trial. North was on trial for his participation in the Iran–Contra affair, a political scandal during
If You Were A Teenager, And You Lived In New Orleans, And It Was May 1981, This Is What It Sounded Like
WNNR-AM – The Black Pope – May 1981 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Just a hunch, but I would bet even money that, if you were born and raised in New Orleans and they did a DNA test, they would find musical notes mixed up in there. Music is