– Jack Benny Christmas – December 20, 1953 – CBS Radio – It wouldn’t be Christmas without at least one appearance from the legendary Jack Benny. Most people know Benny via his TV series that ran from the 1950’s well into the 1960’s. But he was also a fixture in
James Simon Kunen – Interview from On Screen – WBAI-FM – June 26, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Some things age well – some things age not at all and some things age poorly. In the Arts it’s a matter of subjectivity. Music we’ve heard and books we’ve
– December 22, 1988 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 22, 1988 – Pan Am flight 103 bound for New York, exploded and rained burning debris down on the Scottish village of Lockerbee, killing all 258 people aboard and some 15 on the ground.
– A Night Out – By Harold Pinter – World Premiere – March 1, 1960 – BBC Transcription Service – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The arrival of Harold Pinter on the Theatrical scene in the late 1950s caused a stir, a sensation and a harbinger of things to come
-Radio Peking (Beijing) – English language broadcast for December 21, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Radio Peking, before it was known as Radio Beijing, the Voice of The People’s Republic of China, who broadcast daily in English, and unless you had a powerful shortwave radio, you do doubt
– Stone Roses – Live at Town & Country – 1995 – BBC In Concert – BBC6 Music – Taking a brief stop in the 90s this morning with a concert by The Stone Roses, recorded live at the Town & Country in 1995, by the venerable and always there
– ASCAP Protest program Number 2 – 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A star-studded protest – all in the name of music and rights and royalties. This one happened in 1941 and was about the three major radio networks refusing to air music licensed by ASCAP because of
– CBS World News Roundup – December 18, 1995 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – It seems this news happen every few years. Another stalemate on Capitol Hill over a budget, another shutdown, another wave of hysteria. News for this December 18th in 1995 wasn’t any different. Congress failed to
– Gerry Mulligan Quartet – live in Rome – recorded June 19, 1959 – RAI – Rome – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Gerry Mulligan Quartet this weekend, recorded live at the Teatro Adriano in Rome by the venerable Italian Radio/TV network RAI on june 19, 1959. This is the
– The Real People – In Concert – May 25, 1992 – Diving headfirst into the weekend with The Real People; a band that was extremely influential in establishing the Britpop scene in the early 90s, but who had somehow been overlooked and sadly underrated in the bigger picture. The
