Warren Zevon – Often referred to as “The Soul Of Los Angeles”. Warren Zevon for today’s installment of The Lunchroom. Recorded and broadcast live from The Roxy in West Hollywood on April 24, 1978 by KMET-FM. In 1978, Warren Zevon released Excitable Boy (produced by Jackson Browne and guitarist Waddy Wachtel) to critical
May 14, 1996 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 14, 1996 – a day of endless waiting with little reward. The mystery of Valujet Flight 592, which plunged into the Everglades, turned up more questions than answers. The almost accidental recovery of the Black
Much as most people like to think of Michael Nesmith as one of The Monkees, they are doing themselves a big disfavor by failing to realize Nesmith has been a wildly talented writer, producer and solo artist for a number of years, and the Monkees only constituted a small part
May 13, 1981 – Reports and reactions to news of Pope John Paul II – NPR News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 13, 1981 – The first news bulletins were met with perplexity. As the reports continued and elaborated, the news was unsettling and seemed abstract. Why attempt
The Auteurs – in session for John Peel – Feb. 20, 1996 – BBC Radio 1 – The Auteurs for a Tuesday night. Not all that well known on this side of the Atlantic, The Auteurs were highly praised by the British music press when their debut single, Show Girl
CBS Radio: Mexican-Americans – The People Act – January 27, 1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Given the highly-charged nature of this years election – the question of Immigration and Immigrants in general seems to have taken center-stage – or at least vying for center stage, amidst the flood of
– CBS Radio – The World This Week – May 11, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. May 11th came on a Sunday in 1975. And as is always the case, Sunday is reserved for recapping the main news stories of the week. The week ending May 11th in
You’re a nervous wreck. Can’t hold a pencil. You have places to go – people to see – things to do. Big things – important things – life altering things. But you’re stuck in class – last period – listening to a cure for insomnia. Not today – today you
I suppose you could look at this as a stinging indictment of a system gone broken for too long – or just another adventure in Urban America – or a semi-humorous look at “yets” for many of us. This episode of the CBS Radio series The CBS Radio Workshop from
In the years just before the explosion of Rock ’n’ Roll and the rise of Top 40 radio in the mid-1950s, the American youth market was still emerging as a distinct cultural force. Teenagers had begun to acquire spending power and social influence after World War II, but the entertainment
