. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Gengahr – Live at PIAS Nites, Paris – March 10, 2015 Gengahr are one of the most talked-about bands currently on the Indie/Psych roster of up-and-comers for 2015. Around (officially) since 2012, Gengahr (who called themselves RES
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC Radio: Second Sunday – Oct. 10, 1971 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Even before his memorable Military-Industrial Complex Farewell address in 1961, President Eisenhower was all too aware of just how out-of-control military spending would become.
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – March 30, 1995 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Another busy news day, this March 30th, 20 years ago. With word from Capitol Hill of the defeat of a Term Limits amendment, the
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – First Aid Kit – Live at Bern Hotel, Stockholm – 2014 – Sveriges Radio P3 I think I’ve said this before, but there must be something in the water supply in Sweden the past few years, because
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Vaughan-Williams: Variations on a Theme by Thomas Tallis – NY Phil. – Bruno Walter – Approx. Feb. 15, 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Very familiar territory this weekend, played by one of the world’s great orchestras,
One of the interesting things about listening to actual history, as opposed to the recreation of it, is how much gets glossed over in the reconstruction and re-telling. Music and Popular Culture is often relegated to those key moments or top-10 songs to get some idea of the feel for
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Interview with Mamie Van Doren for The Beat Generation – June 6, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. A staple of the American cultural diet since Cinema began; the Exploitation Film. Certainly during the Cold War, the
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – March 27, 1995 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A lot of news this day, 20 years ago. Starting off with the ongoing saga of two detained Americans in Iraq. An Iraqi Parliament
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – John Renbourn with Bert Jansch and Jacqui McShee – April 10, 1992 More sad news this month with the passing of Folk legend and guitar virtuoso John Renbourn earlier today at age 70. One of the guiding
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Youth Wants To Know – Interview with Dr. Farid Zeineddine – Dec. 3, 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Further evidence that the Cold War took on many different forms, a crisis in the Middle had developed
