– Killing Joke – In Session for John Peel – October 17, 1979 – BBC Radio 1 – In their first incarnation, Killing Joke were an early influence on the Industrial movement, with tendencies leaning towards metal, with a goodly amount of electronica added to the mix. Over the years
– San Cisco – Live At Splendour In The Grass Festival – July 24, 2015 – Triple J – Australia – Festival season continues. Tonight it comes from Australia, via Radio Station Triple J, who have an amazing site and an amazing station that you need to go to, bookmark
– ABC Information Network Hourly News – August 5, 1990 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Aside from the bigger news just looming to the east, the news regarding the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait and the nervous anticipation of further moves and wrangling, there was news of Civil War breaking
– Senseless Things – In Session for John Peel – May 14, 1990 – BBC Radio 1 – Since I ran brothers-in-rock Mega City 4 last night, it was only fitting I run Senseless Things tonight. Both starting out around the same time and both periodically touring with each other
– Mega City 4 – In Session for John Peel – July 17, 1988 – BBC Radio 1 – With a healthy catalog of some 8 albums and some 17 singles and ep’s to their credit, Mega City 4 gained a good reputation and following for their ten year run.
– Amadou et Mariam – live at Eurockénnes 2012 – December 8, 2012 – RFI-Inter – Amadou and Mariam, or “The Blind Couple From Mali” have been bringing the sound of Afro-Blues to audiences all over the world since 1974. Althought really getting started in 1985, Amadou Bagayoko had been
– 1944 Music Critics Circle Awards – NBC Symphony – Dr. Frank Black – May 11, 1944 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Award winners this weekend – from the 1944 Music Critics Circle Awards – two prize winners in Contemporary American composition; William Schuman and Norman Dello Joio –
– Smashing Pumpkins – In Session for John Peel – BBC Radio 1 – Sept. 8, 1991 – BBC Radio 1 – I know a lot of people who consider the music scene during the late 1980s/early 1990s as one of the most exciting and versatile since the 1960s. There
– Edward R. Murrow and The News with Larry Lasueur – July 31, 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – News for this day, 65 years ago, was about the ongoing war in Korea and the delicate maneuvering taking place at the United Nations at their temporary headquarters at Lake
– BBC World Service – London Column – July 25, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the war was going through its final phase in the Pacific, the War in Europe was now over and the herculean task of putting the broken pieces back together had begun. London
