Children Of The Revolution – Part 1 and 2 – October 1-8, 2008 – BBC World Service – With all the news in 2015 regarding pending negotiations with Iran, I stumbled across this series of documentaries produced by the BBC World Service in October of 2008, which sheds some light
And there’s always coffee: – Franz Ferdinand-Sparks (FSS) – Live At Boa Goa Festival, Genoa – July 7, 2015 – RAI Radio 2 – According to reports, the collaboration between Scottish Indie band Franz Ferdinand and L.A. Electro-Pop/Indie/Art-Rock band Sparks has been in the works around 8 years. Since initially
We need you: Become a Patron! – Netherlands Radio Symphony – Carlos Miguel Prieto, cond. December 4, 2005 – VPRO – Over to Hilversum this week for a 2005 concert by the Netherlands Radio Symphony, conducted by Carlos Miguel Prieto in music by Alphons Diepenbrock and Tchaikovsky. Alphons Diepenbrock isn’t
– BBC In Concert – The Fabulous Poodles – May 26, 1979 – BBC Radio 1 – Heading over to the dawn of New Wave tonight with a concert by The Fabulous Poodles, recorded for the venerable BBC In Concert series on May 26, 1979. Hard to pin down just
Coffee works and it works real good: – Open Mind: Should Abortion Be Legal- 1964 – The controversy over the issue of Abortion has been raging, certainly since the landmark SCOTUS Roe v. Wade in 1971, but much-much earlier than that. The question was always “should they be legal?”, but
Coffee is great any time: – Slowdive – Live At Paredes de Coura Festival, Portugal – August 19, 2015 – When Shoegaze legends Slowdive announced in January 2014 that they were reuniting it was cause for excitement and relief – mixed with a sense of apprehension that the band so
You can do a lot with coffee: Schmitt: La Tragèdie de Salomè – Paris Conservatory Orchestra, Andrè Cluytens, cond. 1950 Besancon Festival – ORTF – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The music of Florent Schmitt this weekend. A popular figure during the first four decades of the 20th Century, Florent Schmitt
Caffeine we can seriously use: – NBC Radio – Stars In Jazz – Illinois Jacquet-Wild Bill Davis – August 12, 1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A few notes from two pioneers out of Birdland this week. The legendary Illinois Jacquet, along with an appearance by Hammond-extraordinaire Wild Bill
A little love – a little support – a lot of history : – Red Network News Of The World – January 19, 1942 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – No shortage of grim news, this world at war on January 19th in 1942. The Far East was in a
Coffee, Subscription – everything works: – James – In Concert at Brixton Academy – December 9, 1993 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert series – Jumping into the 90s this morning with a set from James, a band very much in the Madchester mold of the 90s. Even though James
