– CBS Hourly News – November 2, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The big news for this November 2nd in 1979 was the death of Jacques Mesrine; France’s John Dillinger – Public Enemy Number 1 in both France and Quebec, gunned down by police as he sat in
– 4 by The Baronets – from the Unissued Vee-Jay album – Recorded March 13, 1965 – The well-known and very popular Quebec vocal group Les Baronets (featuring future Celine Dion husband Renè Angèlil) were looking to expand their horizons. It was 1965 and the group had already gotten
Post-Mortem – The Fundraiser’s over – the hysteria, hoopla and begging are done. My gratitude and heartfelt thanks to the 33 backers, and those who told your friends and posted on your own sites and Facebook pages, I cannot thank you enough. You’ve given me renewed hope and encouragement that
– The Pretenders – In Concert From Montreux 1987 – RTS-Swiss Radio July 7, 1987 – Keeping up the festive weekend with a concert by The Pretenders from Montreux in 1987. In the middle of the then-controversial Get Close Tour, this version of the Pretenders featured a different lineup than
– Alice Cooper – Live At The Forum – June 17, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Since Halloween has come on a Saturday this year – and since we do concerts on Saturdays, what would be better that having an Alice Cooper concert from 1975 to go with
– Dr. John Live At Mardis Gras 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Heading into the weekend, and Halloween to boot – sounds like a good time to get into some Dr. John. Maybe not Halloween, but a rockin’ good time at Mardis Gras in New Orleans – with
Day #29 – 35 hours left to go before we call it quits. If you’ve been waiting for the last minute, now is the time to come in and save the day – we are quickly running out of time. Still, I am convinced we offer things you can’t
– BBC World Service – World Briefing – October 29, 2000 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The good news for this October 29th, 15 years ago, was word from The World Health Organization that the Polio Virus had been eradicated from the entire Western Pacific region. The virus, responsible
– Eric Clapton – In Concert from Belfast 2004 – BBC 6 Music – Legends of another kind today. Earlier we had legends from the world of Classical Music – so tonight it’s a nod to a legend of Rock; Eric Clapton. From a concert recorded in Belfast in 2004,
– CBS World News Roundup – October 28, 1988 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With the election only a few days away, this October 28th in 1988, Democratic Presidential hopeful Michael Dukakis admitted during an interview with Dan Rather that he may have started a bit late with negative
