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May 9, 1990 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 9, 1990. Much as there was celebration and a massive military parade in Moscow, celebrating Russia’s defeat of Nazism on this day in 1945, there were riots in the streets of Seoul South Korea. One...
Cornershop – In Session – May 5, 1998 – BBC Radio 1 – Cornershop for a Tuesday night/Hump Day morning. Formed in 1991 and with music that’s a fusion of Indian, Britpop, Electronic Dance and Alernative, they’ve been a staple in the British underground/club music scene ever since. Tjinder Singh...
May 4, 1995 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 4, 1995 – 15 days after the Oklahoma City Bombing, Police, FBI and ATF agents were still sifting through rubble, still looking for bodies and still looking for suspects. On this day a sketch emerged...
May 2, 1999 – NPR Weekend Edition News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 2, 1999 – Sighs of relief, this day in 1999. Three U.S. servicemen, captured by the Yugoslav Army in Kosovo, were released after negotiations between Yugoslav officials and Jesse Jackson were successful. The three servicemen;...
The Verve – In session for Mark Radcliffe – June 19, 1995 – BBC Radio 1 – The Verve this Tuesday – Recorded on June 19, 1995 for Mark Radcliffe at BBC Radio 1. A brief rundown on where the band was, emotionally and musically during this particular phase in...
May 1, 1995 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 1, 1995 – A busy news day, this First of May. Beginning with news that a settlement had been reached in the trial of Malcolm X’s granddaughter Qubilah Shabazz, who was accused of a murder-for-hire...
April 30, 1992 – News from KNX-AM Newsradio – 7:00 am – 7:50 am – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 30, 1992 -I’m sure there was a lot going on in the world, but on this April 30 in 1992, the only news that seemed to matter was coming...
Codeine – in session for John Peel – recorded December 22, 1992 – broadcast Feb. 26, 1993 – BBC Radio 1 – Heading back to the States (at least as far as bands are concerned) for a session by New York Slowcore maestros Codeine to finish up the week. Recorded...
April 26, 1994 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 26, 1994 – A historic day for South Africa. For the first time ever, South African Blacks were voting in the country’s general election. After decades of apartheid and brutal oppression, it was a new...
Shed Seven – In Session at BBC Radio 1 – 1994 – BBC Radio 1 – Shed Seven to kick off the week. One of the criminally overlooked and underrated bands of the Post-Smiths/Britpop era, Shed Seven never got the mainstream attention peers like Oasis and Blur got, but they...
