Mickey Mantle – Hero on the field. Off the field, not so much.[/caption August 12, 1995 – ABC Radio News on the Hour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 12, 1995 – Mickey Mantle lost his battle with Cancer at the age of 63. Nicknamed The Commerce Comet and
Taking Lunch down several notches today with a performance by Tsar B at the latest installment of Ancienne Belgique in Brussels on April 14th of this year. In case you didn’t already know: Tsar B (pseudonym of Justine Bourgeus) is a Belgian musician, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and singer-songwriter and performance artist. Her music is known
August 12, 1985 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 12, 1985 – Not a good news day. Word from Tokyo of the crash of Japan Airlines Boeing 747 Flight 123, into what was later identified as Mount Osutaka, some 100 miles northwest of
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– Special Report by Morgan Beatty, State Department – August 11, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – More suspense, this August 11th in 1945. Following a day of premature celebration came a day of waiting. Diplomatic cables passing back and forth between legations in Switzerland – relayed to the
Curtis Harding at this year’s Best Kept Secret – recorded on June 13th by the venerable VPRO in the Netherlands. And who better to tell you all about Curtis Harding than Curtis Harding himself, right? One of the most visionary artists in soul music today, Curtis Harding is proof of
Tomorrow – The Future -The Jet-Age – Eternal optimism and the 30 hour work week (or less). America was in the midst of great prosperity and technological leaps. We were a nation on the cutting edge; we were innovators – we were dipping our toes in bold waters and
Twenty One Pilots in concert at this year’s PinkPop festival, recorded on July 9, 2026 of this year. Twenty One Pilots was formed in 2009 by Joseph, bassist Nick Thomas, and drummer Chris Salih. After independently releasing their first album, Twenty One Pilots (2009), Salih was replaced by Dun in May 2011
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Oasis in concert. A compilation of bits from each of the gigs they did comprising the 2025 Reunion tour. After so many false starts – rumors that weren’t true and speculation, an Oasis reunion finally happened. After years of back and forth and denials along with olive branches, the Gallagher
