In 1948 work was underway to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the legendary Great Exhibition of 1851, which was to have taken place in 1951. But in 1948, the idea of celebrating seemed remote in many ways – celebrating England of 1851 seemed more the celebration of a fantasy
– President Roosevelt Address + News Reports and Commentary – September 3, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As events unfolded and as it became more and more apparent there was no turning back, the news on this particular September 3rd, 87 years ago was of pained resignation that
The Futureheads In Session 2010 I first discovered The Futureheads on Myspace around the time their second album had come out. They were gathering a good word of mouth and gigging pretty consistently. That was almost 18 years ago and a lot has happened in all that time. A
– News for July 8, 1941 – NBC Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this July 8th in 1941 had much to do with what was going on with the Allies and how much closer the U.S. was getting to engaging in a shooting war. Starting off
Margaret Thatcher – AKA: Attila The Hen. News for this day in 1983 started off in Britain and the election. Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, strongly favored to win a second term, asked for a landslide victory in British national elections today to “banish forever’ extreme left-wing socialism Mrs Thatcher
Our Foreign Policy – Question of China – May 25, 1946 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Post-war Far East. The long process of rebuilding and negotiating. The question in 1946 had much to do with China. Under attack and at war since 1937 – overrun by Japanese troops and
Much as most people like to think of Michael Nesmith as one of The Monkees, they are doing themselves a big disfavor by failing to realize Nesmith has been a wildly talented writer, producer and solo artist for a number of years, and the Monkees only constituted a small part
– MBS – Paul Manning News and Comment – May 6, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As the world waited for news that Germany had finally, unconditionally surrendered, news was filtering in of mass surrenders, and how pockets of resistance were only going on in two places. How it
The Orb featuring Steve Hillage – live at The Fridge, Brixton – 1991 – BBC Radio 1 Space merchants The Orb tonight, featuring former Gong founding member and all-around leading light of the Canterbury scene, Steve Hillage as guest in what promises to be a 25 minute sonic adventure, and it
News for April 9, 1940 News for this day in April, 1940 was wall-to-wall bulletins regarding the German invasion of Norway and Denmark. Starting in the early morning hours, news reports came filtering in via shortwave of “something going on at the Danish and Norwegian borders”. At first they were
