"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– Eurythmics live in Berlin – June 7, 1987 – RBB Berlin – Certainly, of all the bands qualifying as the one it wouldn’t have been the 80s without, Eurythmics has to go high on that list. Darlings of MTV…
– Traffic – In Concert at The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium – February 21, 1972 – Perennial favorites Traffic this morning. One of those bands I saw countless times, since they first formed in 1967, through their second incarnation and…
– Chic with Nile Rodgers – Glastonbury 2013 – BBC 6 Music – June 28, 2013 – It’s hard to say who was more blown away by this concert – the band or the audience. Clearly it was a love-fest…
Become a Patron! Something classic and historic, although probably not all that rare or unusual this week. Just about everyone who has a passing interest in the music of Jimi Hendrix has probably heard this or the hundreds of other…
– Faces in Concert at The Paris Theatre, London – February 8, 1973 – BBC In Concert Series – BBC Radio 1 – As legend has it, this concert, featuring Faces with Rod Stewart was recorded on February 8, 1973…
– Nirvana – Live in Rome – Nov. 19, 1991 – RAI Radio 2 – Historic Nirvana this Holiday Hump-Day. From a concert in Rome, recorded by the Italian Radio network RAI on November 19, 1991, the inimitable Kurt Cobain…
– Jack Benny Christmas – December 20, 1953 – CBS Radio – It wouldn’t be Christmas without at least one appearance from the legendary Jack Benny. Most people know Benny via his TV series that ran from the 1950’s well…
– PJ Harvey – In concert at Gdynia,Poland – June 26, 2016 – Polski Radio – PJ Harvey this morning. Never predictable, always an adventure and coming to Los Angeles next week. Variously referred to as one of the 500…
– George Harrison – In concert from Baton Rouge – Nov. 26, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The legendary and much missed George Harrison, live from Baton Rouge, recorded on November 26, 1974. Beyond his role as a…
– The Who – Live At Fillmore East – April 6, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – It occurred to me I haven’t run a Who concert in a very long time. One of my favorite bands, which I…