"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
April 10, 1994 – ABC World News This Week – ABC Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 10, 1994 – A week of sharp contrasts. In Rwanda, news reports of mass killings between ethnic groups; the Hutus and Tutsis – and the scenes of unconscionable atrocities raging...
Roky Erickson And The Explosives – Recorded live at Raul’s 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The legendary Roky Erickson in concert tonight. Recorded in 1979 during one of his frequent stints at Raul’s in Austin and featuring his band, The Explosives. Fans of 60s Psychedelia will know instantly...
April 9, 2001 – The CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 9, 2001 – The Hainan incident and diplomacy in overdrive. Relations between the U.S. and China were strained to the breaking point over an incident which took place only days earlier. The Hainan Island...
Roy Harper – with The Keith Mansfield Group – In Session for John Peel – March 17, 1968 – BBC Radio 1 – Roy Harper to kick off the week. Perhaps not a household name in the States, but a legend and icon in the UK (our loss), as well...
April 8, 1980 – CBS World News Roundup + News On The Hour + Newsbreak – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 8, 1980 – With the U.S. Embassy situation in Tehran dragging on for 157 days and with no end in sight, President Carter announced sweeping counter-measures with reference...
Nikolai Lopatnikoff – Divertimento For Orch. op. 34 – Nicolai Sokoloff, cond. The La Jolla Musical Arts Festival Orchestra – 1952 – Concert Hall Society Recording – Limited Edition – G-4 – Slight change of pace this weekend. Rather than play a concert or radio broadcast session, I thought I...
Ralph Towner and John Amberbrombie – Live at The Blue Note, New York City – March 5, 1997 -Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Taking a turn for the mellow this weekend with Ralph Towner and John Abercrombie live at the Blue Note in New York on March 5,1997. One of...
Boyd Raeburn And His Heb-Boyds in session for Lang-Worth Feature Programs Inc. – 1944-1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Boyd Raeburn and his Hep-Boyds this weekend – slight change of pace, but an artist I’ve featured a number of times over the years. Here are seven tracks recorded for...
WHEW – Riviera Beach, Florida – May 25, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – It’s 1966; May 25th to be exact. Less than a month to Summer vacation. Your dad just got a job and you’re all moving to Los Angeles when school lets out. New city, New school,...
Charlotte Gainsbourg – in concert – BBC 6 Music Festival, Liverpool – March 31, 2019 – BBC 6 Music – Charlotte Gainsbourg on closing night of the BBC 6 Music Festival last weekend. The perfect capper to an extraordinary three day festival that will be hard, if not impossible, to...
