"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– Clinic – Live At Sound City Liverpool ’99 – October 25, 1999 – John Peel – BBC Radio 1 – Another entry from the Sound City Liverpool ’99 Festival. Hosted by John Peel and preserved for posterity by the…
– News from BBC World Service – Mutual Correspondent John Steele – Radio Paris English Service – September 4, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – No sooner had war been declared than news of the sinking of an unarmed…
– BBC World Service – London Column – July 18, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – While the war continued in the Pacific, only weeks away from its final end, Europe was slowly putting the shattered pieces back together,…
– Wire – in session for John Peel – September 17, 2002 – BBC Radio 1 – Wire to head to the end of the week. Inspired by the burgeoning UK punk scene in 1976, Wire are often cited as…
– Chapterhouse in session for John Peel – Sept. 23, 1990 – BBC Radio 1 – Chapterhouse for a Wednesday night. Chapterhouse were a British shoegaze/alternative rock band from Reading, Berkshire, England. Formed in 1987 by Andrew Sherriff and Stephen…
– Ida Haendel, Violin – New York Philharmonic cond. by Zubin Mehta – In Concert – April 25, 1985 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another historic concert this week. The legendary violinist Ida Haendel joins Zubin Mehta and The…
– Theatre Of Hate – In session for John Peel – Recorded August 15, 1981 – Broadcast August 24 – BBC Radio 1 – Theatre Of Hate in session to drag us up to Hump Day. Originally known as The…
– News From Radio Berlin – News From EIAR, Rome – August 29, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the war of nerves intensified on this day in 1939, a last ditch effort at negotiations was still going…
The Move – Live at Radiohusset, Stockholm – 1967 – Sveriges Radio – Sweden – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Move to end one week and to get ready for another. Recorded in concert for Swedish Radio in 1967…
– News for August 25, 1944 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A momentous day in history with a lot going on seemingly everywhere, this August 25th in 1944. Word on the liberation of Paris, with a crazy mixture of…