September 2, 1995 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 2, 1995 – News from Oklahoma City to start this particular September day. Word that the government wanted to move the trial of bombing suspects Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols to another city and preferably
James Baldwin – Lecture at Castlemont High School – Oakland, California – Broadcast June 23, 1963 – KPFA – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This was not the first lecture James Baldwin gave to a group of high school students, nor was it the last. During the civil rights movement
The Cure this afternoon – in concert from Paris at Rock en Seine 2026, recorded on August 30th by Radio France International. To think The Cure got started in 1976 and are still going on strong (although, to be dead-honest, Robert Smith is the only original member of the band),
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Another look at the seemingly endless series of trails and rabbit holes that have made Los Angeles what it probably is today. I’ve run several broadcasts featuring activist and crusader (and restauranteur) Clifford Clinton – in this case, it’s from October 30, 1940 and the issue is over former Police
Kicking off lunch this week with Sparks, recorded just yesterday during the Rock en Seine Festival in Paris by RTF International. Sparks has been something of an institution, the past few decades certainly among fans here on the West Coast. You could call them West L.A.’s own, but they do
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Diving into something a bit different tonight – four songs off a Cuban ep featuring Hermanas Benitez, released in 1960. The songs: 1 – Pepito – 2. Moritat – 3. Corazón de melón 4. Llorarás – released by Zafiro records in Havana. Hermanas Benítez was a Cuban vocal group active
The Four Preps, appearing on Rocketing Rhythms for Armed Forces Radio in August 1961. Probably a fair guess that most people (of a certain age) won’t know who The Four Preps are (or were) – and also a fair guess that most people of a certain age before them will
You wrote it down, keeping a record – you need proof – 9:48, Saturday night – One day, when you’re ninety and they ask when you’re life changed, you’ll know. Talking to yourself in the bathroom mirror – you always talk to yourself – you never answer back. You ask
