Click on the link here for Audio Player – The Patti Smith Group – Live At The Cellar Door, Washington D.C. – 1976 The inimitable Patti Smith this weekend – during the formative and explosive years of the New York Punk movement. Few could be considered as iconic during this
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Killing Joke – In Session For John Peel – July 4, 1983 – BBC Radio 1 Killing Joke tonight. In session for John Peel from July 4th 1983. Extending the Experimental/Alternative mantle a bit, Killing Joke were one of those bands
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Chicago University Roundtable – Feelings, Emotions and World Problems – October 31, 1948 Strange to consider now, but in 1948 the second International Symposium on Feelings and Emotions was being held in Chicago. The purpose of the symposium was to try
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup + Newsbreak + 9:00 am News – October 31, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Starting off the day with a tragedy, this October 31st in 1979. Beginning with news of a Western Airlines DC-10 from Los
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Blaudzun – live at Lowlands 2014 – VPRO/3VOOR12 Continuing our look at Summer Festivals from Europe this year with a set from Blaudzun at the 2014 Lowlands Festival. Blaudzun is a Dutch singer-songwriter (real name: Johannes Sigmond) who spent a number
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Elephant Stone – Live At Best Kept Secret 2014 – VPRO/3VOOR12 – Netherlands Continued our look back at Summer Festival season for 2014. On the radar as Band To Watch for 2014 (and probably 2015,2016 and beyond), Montreal-based Elephant Stone brought
Click on the link here for Audio Player – The 1935 Mobilization for Human Needs – October 24, 1935 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Slowly digging out from a devastating depression, America was still a long ways off from prosperity. Cities were still reeling under the effects of unemployment and
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – October 29, 1981 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection October 29, 1981 – a day where Baseball and Politics had more than a few things in common. After much 11th hour arm-twisting, President Reagan managed to get
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Nick Mulvey – In Concert At Into The Great Wide Open 2014 – VPRO/3VOOR12 Staying in Summer Festival mode this week for a set by Nick Mulvey, recorded live by the venerable VPRO radio outlet in the The Netherlands at Into
Click on the link here for Audio Player – NPR: National Town Meeting – Equality and Excellence – October 23, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The 70s were an interesting year in the history of the Civil Rights Movement. Many felt the strides made in the early 1960s had
