"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
The Exurbanities – CBS Radio Workshop – March 30, 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As far back as post-World War 2 America, the idea of leaving the city, living the bucolic life in the country – getting as…
– Clifford Odets – Interview for Sum & Substance – Feb. 3, 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The name Clifford Odets may not ring any bells, unless you have spent time going through the history of Theatre and…
Become a Patron! Something classic and historic, although probably not all that rare or unusual this week. Just about everyone who has a passing interest in the music of Jimi Hendrix has probably heard this or the hundreds of other…
– Faces in Concert at The Paris Theatre, London – February 8, 1973 – BBC In Concert Series – BBC Radio 1 – As legend has it, this concert, featuring Faces with Rod Stewart was recorded on February 8, 1973…
– Nirvana – Live in Rome – Nov. 19, 1991 – RAI Radio 2 – Historic Nirvana this Holiday Hump-Day. From a concert in Rome, recorded by the Italian Radio network RAI on November 19, 1991, the inimitable Kurt Cobain…
– Los Lobos Christmas Party – December 24, 1992 – NPR – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Los Lobos Christmas Party at Capitol Records, 1992. A star-studded affair, featuring L.A.’s own and some of the best and brightest dropping by…
– Jack Benny Christmas – December 20, 1953 – CBS Radio – It wouldn’t be Christmas without at least one appearance from the legendary Jack Benny. Most people know Benny via his TV series that ran from the 1950’s well…
James Simon Kunen – Interview from On Screen – WBAI-FM – June 26, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Some things age well – some things age not at all and some things age poorly. In the Arts it’s…
– NBC Radio – Conversation: Christmas 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Christmas Eve 1956. Certainly a different time – different sets of values, different communication skills, different world all together. But then, as now, the times were nervous…
– A Night Out – By Harold Pinter – World Premiere – March 1, 1960 – BBC Transcription Service – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The arrival of Harold Pinter on the Theatrical scene in the late 1950s caused a…