"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Erasure – in session for Janice Long – BBC Radio 1 – Nov. 15, 1985 – BBC Radio 1 – Legends of Synthpop Erasure for a Thursday night. Erasure formed in London in 1985 as part of the club scene. Their debut was single “Who Needs Love Like That“. With...
May 24, 1962 – ABC Radio – Special Report – Aurora 7 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 24, 1962 – And on this day in 1962, Aurora 7 was launched into space. Commanded by Scott Carpenter, it was four American launch into space and Carpenter was the...
May 24, 1990 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 24, 1990 – News of the “Bigger Picture” kind. Today, President Bush announced renewal of China‘s Most Favored Nations trade benefits for an eleventh year, despite continued reprisals and executions of Tiananmen Square protestors from...
Zero 7 – In Session at BBC 6 Music – May 23, 2006 – BBC 6 Music – Zero 7 tonight featuring the sultry and hypnotic voice of Sia Furler, during her all-too brief stay with the band. Zero 7 are an English musical duo consisting of Henry Binns...
Eugene Ormandy, guest Conducts The Boston Symphony – February 26, 1983 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Another historic Boston Symphony concert this week. This time it’s the legendary Eugene Ormandy guest conducting the orchestra in music of Samuel Barber, Richard Strauss and Johannes Brahms. Almost no other conductor in the...
May 23, 2001 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 23, 2001 – A day of wonders on Capitol Hill. News that Republican Senator Jim Jeffords of Vermont was going to announce his intention to quit the GOP and go Independent had many reeling from...
Nuria Graham – Live At Primavera Sound – 2017 – June 2, 2017 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – New faces and voices tonight. This one comes by way of Spain – Nuria Graham is Irish/Catalonian and 22. Having released her first record in 2013, at the tender age...
NPR – America’s Town Meeting: Privacy – May 21, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Once the world entered the Age of Electricity, the Age Of Privacy became quickly antiquated. With all the technological advances designed to bring the world and its people closer, it also signified an end...
May 22, 1987 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 22, 1987 – a day of mixed messages. Memorial services were being held this day for the personnel killed aboard the USS Stark when it was attacked by Iraqi missiles in the Persian gulf earlier...
The Stranglers In Session for John Peel – September 13, 1977 – BBC Radio 1 – The Stranglers in session to kick off he week. Their second session for John Peel, recorded on September 13, 1977. FYI: I ran the first session a couple years ago, so you might want...
