– Catherine Wheel – live at Peabody’s Down Under – WMMS-FM – Dec. 12, 1993 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Catherine Wheel in concert this morning. Forgive the repetition if you’ve heard this from me before, but Catherine Wheel were one of the game-changer bands for me in the
– September 19, 1979 -CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 19, 1979 – A day which made many people nervous. On Capitol Hill, Congress was finally in a position to act on legislation giving President Carter standby authority to ration gas in the event of
Gang of Four – live at Second Chance, Ann Arbor, Michigan – June 30, 1981. Diving into the early 80s this morning with a set by Gang of Four, recorded live at The Second Chance in Ann Arbor, Michigan on June 30, 1981. Considered one of the leading bands of
Them Crooked Vultures – live at Canal Plus Studios, Paris – December 4, 2009 – RFI – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Them Crooked Vultures this morning. Variously referred to as The Millennium’s first supergroup, this get-together between Foo Fighters Dave Grohl, Queens of The New Stone Age‘s Josh Homme
The Bangles – in concert from The Ritz, New York – WLIR-FM- September 28, 1984 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Bangles this morning. Live, in concert from The Ritz in New York and broadcast live over WLIR-FM on September 28, 1984. One of those groups synonymous with the
– President Ford – Amnesty Proposal for Vietnam era Deserters and resisters – September 16, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The War in Southeast Asia; the seemingly endless conflict that consumed Vietnam, as well as Cambodia and Laos and left them countries enveloped in widespread destruction for almost
– Steve Winwood – In concert at Manchester Opera House – 1997 – BBC 6 Music – Perennial favorites this weekend. Steve Winwood has been one of the cornerstones of Rock since he first appeared as frontman for The Spencer Davis Group and later as founder of Traffic. In those
Billy Joel – in concert at Nassau Coliseum – December 11, 1977 – WLIR-FM – Heading into much less frantic territory this weekend with a concert from Billy Joel, recorded at the Nassau Coliseum in New York on December 11, 1977. I ran across this one the other day, and
September 13, 1983 – A world in conflict. In Beirut, Marines were given authority to call for air support in case artillery attacks from Lebanese rebel groups. Earlier in the day, President Reagan extended the Marines authority to defend themselves by allowing them to call for airstrikes against any units
– September 12, 1988 – CBS Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 12, 1988 -depending on where you were, the news was either about fires sweeping across California or Hurricanes bearing down on Jamaica and heading for points west. The news this day began with reports of
