"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– Backstage Press interviews – 1990 Grammy© Awards – Feb. 22, 1990 -Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Since tonight is a big night in the Music Business (or it used to be), I thought it might be good to take…
Asking for a friend: Become a Patron! – KCBS- This Is San Francisco – Jan. 11, 1950 – The thing about history is that it’s not always about the sweeping gestures and defining moments over a period of time. Those…
– WOR – Martha Deane Program – Deborah Kerr Interview – March 3, 1969 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Continuing our occasional series of interviews with Hollywood notables of the past featuring Deborah Kerr, one of the screen’s most…
– 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…
– NPR Special Program – Island of Dreams – Coney Island – Nov. 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Iconic place, Coney Island. Long history. A place where seemingly half the world showed up on a Summer weekend to…
– Post-Thanksgiving – Mike Roy’s Cooking Thing – November 28, 1967 – KNX-AM/FM Los Angeles – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – One of the few sure things in life: The clatter of hungry plates – the animated conversation, up a…
A Night At The Ash Grove with Les Claypool – KRHM-FM – October 24, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Anybody living in Los Angeles from the 1950s through the 1970s will instantly recognize The Ash Grove. It was one…
– Joni Mitchell – Live at The Second Fret – November 1966 Since it’s Joni Mitchell’s Birthday Week . . . It’s always been fascinating (and instructive) to have the opportunity to hear an artist at the threshold of their…
– Sparklehorse – Live at La Cigale, Paris – October 15, 2001 – Radio France – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Sparklehorse, in concert at La Cigale in Paris and recorded by Radio France on October 15, 2001. A tragic…
– KHJ – Machine Gun Kelly – December 29, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Two days left of 1975. New Years eve is just around the corner – so is 1976. 1975 was okay, it could have…