"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
George Olsen And His Music – Sugar Plumb – 1925 – RCA Victor – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Since the Studio/Past Daily Nerve Center has been undergoing renovations, I’ve been stumbling over buried shelves of old 78’s this week –…
The Charioteers – Swing For Sale + – 1942 – Standard Transcription Library – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Since this nightly series of music posts goes under the title Nights At The Roundtable (night being that thing at the…
Boyd Raeburn – Two Spoos In An Igloo – 1944 – Lang-Worth Transcription Service – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Looks like the archeological dig for dusty shellac has a few fans. So I’m going to continue putting up these fast-moving…
– March 22, 1942 – News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 22, 1942 – The world still at war, the stakes getting higher – the threat of a Japanese invasion of Australia getting more likely…
Charles Bukowski – talks about his life and reads his poetry – KPFK – Sept. 7, 1971 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Charles Bukowski – probably one of the most influential, controversial and misunderstood writers of the 20th century.…
Pink Floyd – In Concert at The Amsterdam Concertgebouw – September 17, 1969 – VPRO, Hilversum, Holland – Mid-point Pink Floyd this weekend. A concert given at the legendary Amsterdam Concertgebouw in September of 1969. Most Pink Floyd fans either…
– Can – in session for John Peel – May 14, 1975 – BBC Radio – Can, a band synonymous with the Progressive Rock movement in the early 1970s, but whose influence carries on, some 40 years later. When music…
– Albert Einstein – Speaking at the Opening of the Museum Of Science and Industry, New York – April 1936 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Albert Einstein – born on this day in 1879, turning 137 today. One of…
– JFK Press Conference – March 14, 1962 – On this day in 1962, President Kennedy delivered his 27th News conference. He opened by reading a portion of a letter to Secretary of State Dean Rusk regarding the upcoming disarmament…
Christian Manen – Piano Concerto – Aline van Barentzen w/The ORTF Symphony, Pierre Dervaux, cond. – 1965 – ORTF – The music of Christian Manen this week – a French composer, still very much with us and with a prodigious…