Parquet Courts – Live At Fuji Rock Festival 2018 – July 27, 2018 – NHK-FM, Tokyo – Parquet Courts in concert for a Friday Jr. Lunchroom. Parquet Courts are an American Indie band from New York. Together since 2010 and have 7 albums out. Band members Andrew Savage and Austin
February 12, 1976 – The World Tonight – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 12, 1976 and another day where secret documents found their way into mass circulation. This time, it was the findings by the Pike Committee on Capitol Hill, investigating the CIA. The documents revealing
February 11, 1990 – ABC Radio News On The Hour – CBS Radio Special Report – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 11, 1990 – The day Nelson Mandela was released unconditionally from prison prison after 27 years. Accompanied by his then-wife Winnie, he left the Victor Verster prison (later
Works wonders: Become a Patron! Dropping in on the 80s this afternoon with an early concert by Culture Club, fronted by the inimitable Boy George. A further reminder how diverse the 80s were, Culture Club were a successful mashup of New Wave, Pop and Northern Soul, with the extra added
Perception of the Swinging Lifestyle – destined to fade with time. – KCBH-FM, Beverly Hills – “Stereo At 6” and The London Phase-4 Stereo Hour – January 26, 1969 – A 90 minute peek at the waning days of FM Radio devoted to all things stereo and all things easy
Lightning Seeds – Glastonbury 1998 – BBC Radio 1 – For Friday Jr. Lunch, it’s Lightning Seeds, recorded during their appearance at the 1998 festival. The Lightning Seeds are Liverpool, they formed in 1989 by Ian Broudie (vocals, guitar, producer), formerly of the band Big in Japan. Originally a studio-based
February 5, 1977 – CBS Radio – The World This Week – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 5, 1977 – The week was full of new about the Energy Crisis that wasn’t going to go away. America was asked to curb excess, starting with turning down thermostats, while Buffalo
– CBS Radio – Reagan Press Conference Birthday surprise – News On The Hour – February 4, 1983 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection This February 4th in 1983 started off with a surprise birthday party in the midst of a Presidential Press conference. Two days ahead of schedule (President
Crashland – Live at Cardiff University – 2000 – BBC In Concert Series – BBC Crashland to put Tuesday to bed. In concert from Cardiff University and recorded by the venerable BBC in 2000. Only together a relatively short time, they have achieved that somewhat cynical assessment of being Criminally
When the findings of the Johnson Administration’s Commission On Crime In America was released in 1967, it didn’t come as much surprise to most people. In 1967, America was becoming an increasingly violent country. With a dramatic rise in Urban violence, the anti-War protests, the Civil Rights struggle,
