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Become a Patron! October 29, 2007 – The Boston Red Sox win the World Series for the second year in a row. With a 4-3 win over the Colorado Rockies, it was the second time in four seasons that it was a four game sweep. The Red Sox dominated the...
KMPC-FM – Spring 1989 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! You have to admit, the 80s were just a little strange. Big hair, padded shoulders, mom-jeans – it was the decade people most often cringe when seeing family photos, or looking at high school year books or...
KFVD – CLiffie Stone’s Wakeup Ranch – April 29, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Subscribers can download Become a Patron! You wouldn’t know it now – but L.A.’s sudden shift to gentrification and antiseptic atmosphere is a relatively new thing. The town prided itself on a certain degree...
Los Angeles Philharmonic. Lawrence Foster, conductor – Pierre Amoyal, violin – Nathaniel Rosen, cello – Mona Golabek, piano – George Shirley, Tenor – Yvette Mimieux, Narrator – Pacifica Singers, Paul Vorwerk, conductor – Hollywood Bowl – August 13, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Something historic, long-lost and never-before-heard...
KRLA – Bob Dayton – August 14, 1969 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Become a Patron! It’s August 14, 1969 – in a few weeks school will be starting. Summer will be over – well . . . until the Santa Ana winds start blowing in October, and then it’s...
Become a Patron! You don’t hear about them much anymore, but Cooking shows on radio were practically a staple in the American diet all the way from the 1920 until somewhere around the 90s. It was only after TV became the predominant medium (and later on as Cable allowed narrow-casting...
Jubilee – Armed Forces Radio Service – June 11, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Here is a prime example of just how diverse and all-inclusive Jazz was (and still is). Jubilee was one of the most popular programs aired to service personnel during and just after World War...
Jail Weddings for Saturday night. Not that they’re a “best kept secret”, but are considered to be one of the best bands on the current Los Angeles Music scene, and have been for a few years now. That’s L.A., and probably the West Coast – but I am not so...
KRTH-Los Angeles – October 1979 – London & Engelman Show – Rob Frankel Collection – Become a Patron! Uh-oh – you’re getting to that point where you’re starting to miss things. Some people call it nostalgia. You just wonder where it all went. The 70s were your decade – even...
The Clash – Live At The Palladium – September 21, 1979 – Radio Broadcast – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Clash to end the week. The legendary New York Palladium concert, the one in which the cover photo for London Calling was taken. Yeah, that one. Remember? London Calling...
