What was going on, this day in 1993. Well . . .Starting in Washington: Seeking to forge an inspired new partnership between the civil rights and labor movements, about 75,000 marchers converged Saturday at the Lincoln Memorial on the 30th anniversary of the march led by Martin Luther King Jr.
August 17, 1977 – CBS News – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 17, 1977 – It was the day after the death of Elvis Presley. A wave of nostalgia hit the country as fans by the thousands gathered outside his Graceland home in Memphis to
Lunch with Gorillaz – recorded at this year’s Rock Werchter Festival on July 4th – and broadcast by RTL in Brussels. Gorillaz are an English virtual band formed in 1998 by the musician Damon Albarn and the artist Jamie Hewlett. The band primarily consists of four fictional members: 2-D (vocals, keyboards, melodica; vocals provided by Albarn), Murdoc Niccals (bass
Nirvana – Pop Culture having another one of those “right place – right time” moments. Leave it to the BBC to put together a radio documentary on something happening in our own backyard and give a much appreciated history lesson in the process. This four-part documentary “Oh The Road To
L.A. Phil – Steinberg-Ashkenazy – Hollywood Bowl – July 30 1968 – Another classic, lost concert this week. A never-before-heard Hollywood Bowl performance by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, guest conducted by William Steinberg and featuring the Russian sensation, Pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy in a performance of the Rachmaninoff Piano
Ben Webster (L) – Modern Jazz Quartet – (R) – High level Summit meeting. Historic summits this Sunday – the legendary Ben Webster with the equally legendary Modern Jazz Quartet gathering for a sit-down and exchange of ideas at Birdland in New York on February 21, 1953. Needless to say,
Daevid Allen of Gong – a special kind of madness Lunch with Gong this afternoon – recorded during the Manifestival in Los Angeles, held at The Embassy Concert in DTLA on May 12, 1979. I believe this was the only concert appearance by Gong on the West Coast. I don’t
Stanley Turrentine – The inimitable Mister T. Stanley Turrentine for a Summer Solstice Sunday – Recorded at Philharmonie Hall in Berlin on November 5, 1977 and broadcast by RBB Radio Berlin. Stanley Turrentine, The Inimitable Mister T holding forth on the Father’s Day. With his quartet consisting of John Miller
– CBS Radio – Newsmark – Arthur Ashe, Roberston Davies, Sen. John Tower – May 1989 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Two interesting and diverse interviews this weekend, and something political to keep it all strange and current. An episode from the weekly CBS Radio series Newsmark. This one,
In memory of Sonny Rollins, whose passing was reported earlier this evening – in concert from Stockholm on January 17, 1963 and recorded by Sveriges Radio. A life rich with legacy and well lived, it was still a shock to see the UPI Bulletin come over the desktop a few
