CBS Radio Weekend Roundup – December 4, 1999 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection- Twenty-five years ago this week, the streets of Seattle were awash in teargas and protestors as the WTO Ministerial Summit met to discuss trade negotiations which began on November 30. Instead, the WTO goings-on were eclipsed by
Wire – Live in Paris – May 2011 – RFI-FIP A repost from 9 years ago, with better sound this time. A concert by the timeless and legendary Wire, live in Paris (not sure the venue, but I think L’Olympia) and faithfully recorded and preserved by the venerable RFI and
– NBC Radio News Of The World – December 3, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News about the Cold War overseas and discontent over Price Controls at home, for this December 3rd in 1947. Secretary of Agriculture Anderson predicted a dramatic rise in Meat prices for 1948 unless
ELO this morning. One of the most popular bands of the early 1970s, and certainly one of the most successful from that decade. The Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) began life from the wreckage of The Move, which featured ELO founding members Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne and drummer Bev Bevan. Roy
– The Shins – live at Enmore Theatre, Sydney – August 9, 2007 – Triple J Radio – Over to Australia this morning for a 2007 concert by The Shins, playing to a sold out (and pretty jazzed) audience as Enmore Theatre in Sydney and recorded for posterity by the
Mark Twain 100th Birthday Dinner – November 19, 1935 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In case you forgot, November 19th was Mark Twain’s birthday. In 1935, it was a very big deal as that year was the centenary of his birth. So on November 19th, 1935 the Mark Twain
– FDR – Taxes and Budget – Nov. 29, 1935 – This day in 1935, President Roosevelt delivered an address to a huge gathering near his “Warm Springs White House“, where he spent the Thanksgiving holiday. The address was straightforward and simple – it was about the state of the
– Elton John In Concert – Live At Hammersmith Odeon – December 22, 1973 – BBC In Concert Series – BBC Radio 1 – The inimitable Elton John this morning. In concert at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, and recorded by the venerable BBC Radio 1 as part of their
– NBC Radio – News Bulletin on President Eisenhower – November 26, 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – When President Eisenhower suffered his first heart attack in 1955, concerns mounted over the health of the President; would he step down due to health reasons, would his vice-President Richard Nixon
– A Flock Of Seagulls – live at Paris Theatre, London – 1982 – BBC Radio 1 = Certainly one of that crop of bands aligning themselves with New Wave, A Flock Of Seagulls were possibly more well-known for lead-singer/keyboard player Mike Score‘s bizarre hair configuration than for their actual
