"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Marble Arch – 1. Moonstruck – 2. Your Song – 3. Reminiscence – From Children Of The Slump released March 22, 2019 – Géographie Records – 2019 Marble Arch this Saturday night/Sunday Morning – new tracks from their second album, Children Of The Slump released just yesterday (March 22)....
Sunset Strip Riots – The Cool Rebellion – Second Sunday – NBC Radio – 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Sunset Strip – November 1966. It was bound to happen, sooner or later. One of the largest if not the largest generations in history was suddenly coming of age....
Depeche Mode – Live At Dodger Stadium – Aug.4, 1990 + Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountainview, S.F. – july 21, 1990 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Depeche Mode this weekend, from their World Violation Tour, supporting their seventh album release, Violator which came out on March 19,1990. In a contemporary review...
Shannon Lay – In session/mini-concert from The Box Shop, San Francisco – Dec, 13, 2016 – Pressure Drop.tv – Shannon Lay tonight – continuing our survey of all things L.A. this week. Shannon Lay leads a double life – as lead guitarist for The Feels, a rather high-voltage All-Female Punk...
Gary Burton Quartet – Live In Utrecht – Dec. 30, 1976 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Gary Burton Quartet this weekend. Trying to inject some calm (or at least sanity) into the weekend, adding a generous dollop of mellow and simmering with a side of serene. Forgive the food...
Portishead – live at Empress Ballroom, Blackpool – May 25, 1995 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – I wanted to end the week with something intense and profound – and nothing quite fills that bill better that Portishead; a band I have had a deep affection for over many years....
Woody Herman and his Orchestra – Sequence In Jazz – Columbia Records 78 rpm set C-177 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – I admit; Desert Island listening this weekend. The legendary Woody Herman and his Orchestra with a set of discs recorded on September 18, 1946, first issued in 1948-1949...
Pierre Sancan – Symphony No. 2 For Strings – ORTF Symphony – Pierre-Michel LeConte – Circa 1961 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Pierre Sancan: A name virtually unknown outside his native France, but a major figure in mid-twentieth century music in France who, along with Henri Dutilleux and Olivier...
Concrete Knives – Live at Route du Rock; Winter – February 2018 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – After a few days of having the site down owing to some technical glitches guaranteed to drive you up the wall, we’re back and picking up where we left off. Last week...
Michel Perrault: Quebec Folk Sketches – CBC Toronto Chamber Orch. Cond. Michel Perrault – CBC 1958 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The music of Michel Perrault this weekend, performed by the CBC Toronto Chamber Orchestra, led by the composer. This comes by way of a broadcast transcription made...
