You’d think. After graduating High School – after graduating College – after applying for a hundred jobs – after buying your first honest-to-god business suit, you would calm down. You would mellow. You would fit. Nope. Always have – always will have a problem with authority figures. In elementary school,
Big Maybelle, The Moonglows, Sam “The Man” Taylor – Alan Freed – Camel Rock n’Roll Dance Party – September 4, 1956 – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A Thanksgiving installment of this iconic and historic document of early Rock n’ Roll. This one features one of the
You’ve done dumb things – more dumb things than you want to admit. Blame it on your youth – everybody does. But this one was particularly dumb. Here was the guy you’ve been going with since 10th grade – you got it in your head that when time came for
What was it about you? You seemed normal, just like everybody else. Nobody special – average student – B average. Never got picked – not you – baseball, football, basketball; even hall monitor – never got first choice or even fourth choice. You gargled – you used deodorant – changed
In 1964 the Civil Rights movement was gaining momentum. In California a measure was introduced in the 1964 election over the issue of Civil Rights and Segregation in housing. It was a ballot measure many in California were against. It proposed the notion of not selling or renting to anyone
You’re a dog person – you’ve always had dogs – you had a dog before you could walk – Motley was a dog – Motley didn’t like you. Never quite sure why, but your girlfriend had this dog who judged people – he could stare holes through you – he
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She thought you were wonderful. You thought she was nuts. You had a brain – you never used it. All the important parts froze. Senior year – September – getting to that age where you look at things different – imagine things. See possibilities. Unless you’re you. Ask anybody –
– January 10, 1950 – KCBS – This Is San Francisco – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 10, 1950 – if you were living in San Francisco, this day in 1950 fell on a Tuesday. It was a typical day – mostly uneventful. It was raining (as usual), it
– KRHM-FM – November 1958 – Paul Werth – Werth Listening To – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – 1958. It’s a Sunday night in November – you’re not in High School anymore. Maybe you’re going to UCLA, and your first car is either a Volkswagen or an MG, because Detroit
