How you managed to get through this life in one piece is a mystery – even you can’t figure it out. You were there – you should know – blank wall. Friday night – The Hullabaloo on Sunset – Moby Grape – sold out – people everywhere. Sunset Strip was
Hands Off Gretel to wind up the week – recorded on the occasion of their 2nd album release party on March of 2019 and preserved for posterity in the form of a video (available for download from the band). It’s always sad when you read about a band, who you
The Great Challenge – Individual Relationships In A Mass Society -April 22, 1956 By 1956 it would be pretty safe to say America was headed well into nervous breakdown territory. Everything was on the rise – divorce, alcohol abuse, prescription medications, fear, paranoia and irrevocable change. And it wasn’t being
Alvvays to get Friday lunch rolling. From their 2023 appearance at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago, July 21, 2023. Alvvays are a Toronto-based band who have been building up a steady fanbase and word-of-mouth these past several years, ever since getting started in 2011. Alvvays (pronounced “always”) originated in
March 6, 1942 – News Of The World – NBC Red Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 6, 1942 – On top of news about the War abroad, the war at home was gearing up to fever pitch. With the situation in the Far East came news
March 5, 1941 – News Of The World – NBC Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 5, 1941 – Word from Bulgaria this day was the flood of German troops and military equipment, crossing the Danube in a specially constructed bridge in one of the biggest displays
London Forum – The Middle East Question – April 16, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In the years immediately after World War 2, it was inevitable those countries who fought alongside the allies, as colonies or protectorates were now seeking independence from what had been Colonial rule for
March 4, 1997 – National Public Radio – Morning Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 4, 1997 – Interesting news day with a lot going on. On the eve of preliminary peace talks between North and South Korea, news of shakeups in North Korea, with observers wondering if
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– CBS Radio – Eric Sevareid commentary – November 1958 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Seemingly, the situations never change. In November of 1958 the big concern was the Cold War – the “control of outer space”, the situation in Berlin and the situation in the Middle East. The grumblings
