– News reports + CBS World News Roundup – February 25, 2000 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Twenty-six years ago, on February 25, 2000; after three days of deliberations, a jury of 8 whites and 4 blacks in Upstate New York delivered a verdict in the Amadou Diallo case. Diallo,
Four years of eternity. BBC World Service – Continuing Coverage – Invasion of Ukraine (3 Hours) – February 24, 2022 Echo Of Moscow – Vladimir Putin Address (in progress) – February 21, 2022 – In Russian. Four years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Russia’s advance has settled into a slow
– CBS – Eyewitness To History w/Walter Cronkite – Report On The Congo – February 24, 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As a reminder that independence movements are often bloody, endless and convoluted struggles, you only have to look at the Independence movements that went on in Africa, starting
Power lunch this Monday – Lambrini Girls, live at Kantine Club in Cologne, Germany and recorded on December 7, 2025 by the venerable West German Radio. In the odd event you don’t already know, Lambrini Girls formed in Brighton UK, the band currently consists of Phoebe Lunny and Selin Macieira-Boşgelmez. After releasing
Diving into a big vat of mid-century Pop Culture this weekend. Of all things Coca-Cola, this was one of the staples of American radio. Just about every Sunday from the War Years until the 1950s,The Pause That Refreshes flooded American living rooms as various Musical directions took place with Percy
– The Oscar Peterson Trio – live at the 1968 Montreal Jazz Festival – CBC Transcription Service – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. I first ran this concert about ten years ago via another site. At the time the sound quality on the player available to me wasn’t very good,
Nobody said being a cheerleader was dull work. You had the Basketball face to prove it. Blame Gwen, she had the bright idea to pep things up with a few well-sloshed Budweisers “just to take the edge off”. Never much of a drinker – no booze in the house. Had
Stereolab – live at the 1996 Phoenix Festival – July 20, 1996 – John Peel – BBC Radio 1 – Stereolab in concert this weekend. Recorded by the BBC at the 1996 Phoenix Festival. Sterolab began in 1994, as a sort of take-off on German electronica bands of the 1970s.
– Radio Reports on Coup in Venezuela – April 11-14, 2002 – NPR/BBC World Service Gordon Skene Sound Collection Amid conflicting reports from Caracas earlier this year, regarding protests, demonstrations-turned violent and mounting death tolls, I am reminded that the state of attempted overthrows in this South American country
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