"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Wire in Session for John Peel – BBC – January 18, 1978 One of those bands who made a lasting impression on me during the halcyon days of the late 1970s. Wire had an uncanny knack of forcing your attention…
Back to the 80s this week. A set tonight from the highly influential Punk/Post-Punk Buzzcocks, in a set recorded by the venerable Westdeutscher Rundfunk in 1981. Buzzcocks have reformed several times since 1989, featuring Shelley and Diggle with other musicians;…
Magazine – In Concert at Fox Warfield – August 15, 1980 – ©Terry Hammer Archives Over to San Francisco for a set by Post-Punk/New Wave conglomerate extraordinaire Magazine, in concert at The Fox Warfield and diligently and thankfully recorded by…
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy Press Conference – July 7, 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A Press Conference by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, from July 7, 1964. Given during the White House Seminar for Students employed in Washington…
Freddie Snakeskin – KROQ – July 2, 1981 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The endless quest for Saturday night – the night above all nights, when all the planets align and everything is possible. You’re in your last semester…
Concrete Blonde – live at Central Club, Richmond – Melbourne Australia – March 2, 1988 – Band Soundboard – Concrete Blonde in concert tonight. Recorded at the Central Club in Richmond – Melbourne Australia on March 2, 1988, and preserved…
Although they were together for a comparatively short period of time (1978-1984), and really had only one hit, The Waitresses were one of those early 80s bands which had a lot more going for them than they were credited for.…
Wreckless Eric – live on French TV – unknown exact date, but 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Wreckless Eric to end the week. Unintentional, but following Elvis Costello last night, who was a label mate of Wreckless Eric…
One of the perennial favorites of the late 70s/early 80s for Friday. Magazine, in concert at The Metropol in Berlin, on October 30, 1980. Having remembered Howard Devoto as the early frontman for Buzzcocks, his transition over to Magazine in…
Most everyone remembers The Vapors for their sole hit, Turning Japanese, which soared to #3 on the UK charts and #36 on the Billboard Hot 100. And I suppose there are worse fates than to be forever known as the…