You hate mimes. Ever since Junior high when it was a class assignment to be a mime for a day. You had to slap on white greasepaint that you had an allergic reaction to. Your skin turned the color of a tomato for a month and you broke out in
The Turtles in concert tonight – recorded at Chicagofest on August 19, 1983 – recorded and preserved by one of many Chicago area stations at the time. This has been an amazing year for loss, and we’re not even over. Tonight, it’s a tribute to The Turtles and their co-founder
Part of American culture; forever the voyeur. Being the perennial fly on the wall, the eavesdropper, the casual leering bystander. Before the days when Reality TV took over and rendered the Soap Opera somewhat obsolete, it had a long and healthy life – celebrating the chaste and the prurient –
– NET: Newsfront – Discussion on potential Chromosome damage with LSD use – Sept. 6, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As 1967 took alternate turns between violent and paisley, the groundswell of the Drug Culture began taking over headlines. LSD, popularized by advocates such as Timothy Leary and claimed
– Steve Allen Show – farewell to L.A. – KNX-CBS Radio – Dec. 6-7, 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Steve Allen, before his pioneering days as host of the very first Tonight Show on Television, was one of the mainstays of local radio in Southern California in the
Imagine it’s November 21, 1938 – World on the eve of war – war already starting in some places. Still – very far from home, in places you knew nothing about. Life as usual. You look at the above photo – kids in High School – maybe Sophomore or Senior.
– Gena Rowlands – John Cassavetes Interview – Arthur Knight – Feb. 20, 1975 – With the heartbreaking news that Gena Rowlands died earlier today, I am at a loss for words – so the only thing I can do under the circumstances is bring out this interview done with
You’ve been avoiding these things ever since the 10 year reunion. Ten years wasn’t enough time to miss anybody, especially people you didn’t like – running at 90%. But it’s Number 50 now and you’re curious. Two years of COVID lockdown and you’ve turned into God’s own flotation device –
A few weeks ago I ran a home tape recording of a band, getting together at a friends house and rehearsing – didn’t know who – didn’t know for what. All I knew is that it was an interesting glimpse of the all-too-familiar teenage ritual of being a garageband and
As the war in Europe intensified and as German military strength seemed unstoppable, simple reporting of it seemed inadequate. And so the “experts” those people who either knew the situation first hand or who had “a pretty good idea” were called upon to give impressions, give assessments and offer plausible
