Air – Live at Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London – 1998 – Recorded by BBC 6 Music – Lunch for a Thursday this week with Air, the Psych/Electronic/Downtempo band from Versailles, recorded shortly after the release of their debut album Moon Safari, which went on to become their most critically acclaimed
Juliana Hatfield – in session – BBC Radio 1 – Dec. 4, 1993 – BBC Radio 1 – Juliana Hatfield tonight. An artist I have always enjoyed, whose music has always been profound and whose shows have always left me feeling “all-is-okay-with-the-world”. She’s often said that happy lyrics don’t come
Gigolo Aunts – Going to Spain to hear a band from Boston – go figure. Gigolo Aunts for Monday lunch – recorded at Lococlub in Valencia, Spain on August 10, 2016 by Carlos Bartual (who did a great job). It only makes sense that you have to go to Spain
The Wedding Present – live at Reading Festival 1996 – John Peel – August 25, 1996 – BBC Radio 1 – The Wedding Present, live at the 1996 Reading Festival, as announced by John Peel on August 25th for BBC Radio 1. The Wedding Present had been around since 1984
Shed Seven – In Concert from Brighton – 1994 – BBC Radio 1 – In Concert – Shed Seven in concert this afternoon. A band who were very popular in the mid-1990s, but somehow didn’t get the mainstream credit they deserved for being one of the bands who helped put
Tears For Fears for Thursday lunch – recorded February 12, 1990 at The Public Hall in Cleveland. In the odd event you’re not either familiar with the band or their history, here’s a reminder or a refresher course: Tears for Fears formed in Bath in 1981 by Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal. Founded after the dissolution
Elastica – in session for John Peel – September 18, 1993 – BBC Radio 1 – Elastica in session tonight. One of the up-and-comers of 1993, Elastica first got started in 1992, as ex-Suede members Justine Frischmann and Justin Welch left to form their own group. Joined by Guitarist Donna
News for this day in 1999 had a lot to do with a Columbine High School-type plot uncovered in Cleveland, where a group of High School students were planning on staging a mass killing spree around the upcoming holidays. Arrests were made and expressions of shock were registered. Today also
In a World Series studded with gems, some brilliant, some flawed, the Minnesota Twins pulled one of the oldest fakes in baseball to beat the Atlanta Braves. A phony relay throw by a fielder without the ball fooled Atlanta’s most experienced World Series player and wrecked the Braves’ best chance
October 27, 1995 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 27, 1995 – this day was marked by another mass shooting – this one on an Army base at Ft. Bragg North Carolina, killing one and wounding some 18, with three listed in critical condition.
