CBS World News Roundup – October 24, 1978 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – If the world wasn’t complicated enough on this October 24th in 1978, parts of it were catching on fire. Almost like clockwork, Southern California went through the ritual; a dry Santa Ana wind combined with lots
Teenage Fanclub, live at La Cigale, Paris – via RAI Radio 2 – April 11, 1993 – Jumping into the 90s this morning for a concert featuring Teenage Fanclub, recorded live in Paris and run on RAI Radio 2 in Rome on April 11, 1993. Taking the decade into consideration,
– Orchestre National de France – Live broadcast – Nov. 27, 2014 – Radio France Musique. Over to Paris this week for a concert by Orchestre National de France, guest conducted by Stèphane Denéve and featuring Pianists Frank Braley and Eric Le Sage in music of Mendelssohn, Poulenc and Roussel.
Forty-one years ago today we were hearing the shocking news of a truck bomb exploded outside a U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut. And moments later another truck bomb going off outside a French military compound a short distance away. It was a new and horrifying glimpse of what was to
– Get Well Soon at Berlin Trafo – Jan. 13, 2013 Heading into the middle of the week with a band (artist) we’re not hearing a whole lot about lately. Get Well Soon is the brainchild of Konstantin Gropper who started it in 2003 and, according to Wikipedia, still appears
– Voices And Events – For Week Ending -October 22, 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This week, 74 years ago the world seemed a different place. Celebrated Poets were leaving, celebrated writers were lecturing. Wars were raging out of control, off-year elections were being fought over and compared
[/caption] – The Cinematics – Live at London Calling – May 2, 2009 Over to the London Calling festival in 2009 with a short set by The Cinematics. A somewhat short-lived (8 years) band beset with problems not-in-their-control, but rather getting involved with labels in financial difficulties. Still, they were
– CBS World News Roundup – October 21, 1999 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A day full of protests, this October 21st in 1999. Starting with a lockdown on Federal Prisons, who were seeing a spike in disturbances the previous few days. Seems much of it had to do
– Thelonious Monk Nonet – Live In Paris – ORTF, Paris – Nov. 3, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A few notes from the legendary and inimitable Thelonious Monk this morning. Recorded live in Paris by the ORTF (Radio France before the big change) on November 3rd of
Getting the weekend rolling with a concert by Kings Of Leon, recorded in Amsterdam by the ever-amazing VPRO. Kings of Leon got started in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, in 1999. The band includes brothers Caleb, Nathan, and Jared Followill and their cousin Matthew Followill. The band’s early music was a blend
