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KMPC – Geoff Edwards Show – December 7, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Not to bug you, but . . .Become a Patron! December 1979 – You still haven’t gotten over 1969 – but here you are, ten years later and you have another decade to get used...
Become a Patron! September 14, 1957. This is L.A. This is your town. This is your town in 1957. This is what your town sounded like. A sweep of the radio dial and an aural snapshot of a town on an average Saturday in an average year. No earth-shattering events,...
KRLA – Russ O’Hara – 7-8:00 pm – February 23, 1969 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! Yep. There you are – you and your friends; Bummer Bob, Phantom Wallwasher, Steve, Captain Nemo and the new kid, Arnold. You’re behind the cafeteria – it’s Nutrition. The air...
The Deadbeats – Live At The Masque, Hollywood – 1977 Patrons get freebies galore: Become a Patron! Ending up our tour of the L.A.Punk/post-Punk/Experimental scene of the 1970s and 1980s with a set by The Deadbeats, in a performance at The Masque in Hollywood in 1977. David Brown has a...
100 Flowers – In Session at KPFK-FM, Los Angeles – January 22, 1983 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! Continuing our informal week of looking at the L.A. Punk/post-punk/Alternative/New-Wave/Lo-Fi scene of the 1970s and 80s with 100 Flowers, in session at KPFK and broadcast live on the...
Subscribers get cool perks (hint-hint): Become a Patron! Mid-way through our tour of 70s and 80s L.A. bands during the Punk/Post-Punk/New Wave/Experimental/Alternative period. Tonight it’s a set from Shadow Minstrels, in session at KPFK-FM on November 20,1982. A few choice words via their bio at Last.FM: “The shadow minstrels were...
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...
