January 20, 1989 – CBS Radio News on the Hour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 20, 1989 – inauguration day, and the swearing in of the 41st President. Former vice-President George H.W. Bush was poised to take over the Oval Office, the one being vacated this day by
Morrissey – live at Glastonbury 2004 – recorded for BBC 6 Music. Morrissey this Lunch hour. I’m at a loss to figure out why, but in going through my past concert/session posts, the last time I posted anything on Morrissey, it was 2012. No good reason, but I hope this
Portishead – live at Route du Rock, St. Malo France – August 15, 1998 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Portishead this weekend. Continuing with pivotal and influential bands the past few decades this week. Portishead have been considered pioneers in Trip-Hop, as well as having a firm base in
January 2, 1998 – BBC World Service – Newshour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 2, 1998 – What the world was looking like, 28 years ago. In Kenya, elections were over and it appeared the incumbent President Daniel Moi won re-election for a third and last term. However,
– NPR: Weekend Edition – January 1, 1995 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The longer you look at it, the more apparent it becomes that this is a planet in an almost perpetual state of turmoil. This New Years Day in 1995 saw fighting erupt in Chechnya, a cautious ceasefire
December 30, 1999 – CBS World News Roundup; Late Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 30, 1999 – lots going on, the day before the last day of 1999. Terrorists on the loose were generating a goodly amount of panic among law enforcement and causing many to consider
Lush – recorded live at The Wiltern Theatre on December 6, 1990 Lush for a Monday night. Recorded during their first American tour, opening for The Cocteau Twins and welcomed with open arms. In the late 1980s, if you kept your ears to the ground and took some time to
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December 16, 1992 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 16, 1992 – The view from Somalia. As US troops landed in the war-torn town of Baidoa, and together with UN Peacekeepers began the process of delivering food supplies to starving locals. Fears of resistance
December 11, 1996 -CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 11, 1996 – This busy news day in 1996 started with news of a possible break in the Olympic Park Bombing case – the terrorist bombing that killed one and injured over 100 others in Atlanta
