Day #24 – 6 days left. Six Hair-pulling, nail-biting, nerve-wracking, hysteria-driven days to go before it’s over. It’s been a roller-coaster and there’s still a ways to go. 9% of our goal so far and we’re slowly getting there. I can’t tell you how grateful I am to all
– The Merseybeats – Live At The 1964 NME Poll Winners Concert – April 26, 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Ending up a week of 60s with a concert featuring (among many others) The Merseybeats, who were among the Poll Winners being celebrated by New Musical Express in
– Caravan – Live On Top of The Pops – August 19, 1970 – BBC Radio 1 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the evolution of Psychedelia in the late 1960s turned its head towards Progressive Rock, bands like Caravan stood out as leading the way into this new,
– Jimi Hendrix Experience – John Peel Program – BBC Radio 1 – December 15, 1967 – BBC Radio 1 – I originally posted this several years ago, but it’s no longer available, and a reader asked if I still had it, so I thought I would re-post it
Day #15 – We’re at the mid point, and still a long way to go before getting anywhere near our goal for this Fundraiser. Another week has gone quickly by and another weekend is rapidly approaching. Don’t know about you, but time is speeding up. I thought as you
– Lou Doillon – In Session at Studio Kerwax – October 8, 2015 – Studio Kerwax, France – Lou Doillon is one of those multi-talents the French seem to be so good at finding and cultivating. The daughter of film Director Jacques Doillon and British actress and singer Jane Birkin,
Day #14 – Approaching the half-way point, but we’re still at 5%. Over the past 24 hours pledges have come trickling in – and that’s great. If we could keep the trickle going maybe, just maybe, it will turn into a flood. I’ve gotten a lot of e-mails from
– Sisters Of Mercy – In Session For John Peel – July 9, 1982 – BBC Radio 1 – Sisters Of Mercy in session tonight. They had a big reputation early on in underground circles as a mix of Goth and Post-Punk, although they have consistently insisted they are a
Day #13 – A little under half-way and not past 5% of our funding goal. Sometimes it’s hard to compete with all the noise. The noise of other sites – the noise of the day – the noise of distraction. I’m trying to offer an alternative to that. History that’s
– IBEYI – live at Unaltrofestival 2015 – Milan – July 7, 2015 – RAI Radio 2 – Checking out some of the festivals I missed earlier this season (there were way too many to check out the first time around), I ran across this set from IBEYI, which
