"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– Tom Waits – Live At Post Hall, Bremen Germany – April 26, 1977 – Nordwestradio, Germany – Tom Waits tonight. A classic concert from Germany, recorded in 1977 by Radio Bremen. Waits during this early period (I ran a…
– Cairo Conference – NBC Special News Report – December 1, 1943 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – On this December 1st in 1943, word reached newsrooms that the Conference in Cairo had just concluded. The meeting between China’s…
– SOAK – Live at Debaser Strand, Stockholm – October 7, 2015 – Sveriges Radio P3 – New faces tonight. SOAK, who is otherwise known as Bridie Monds-Watson, is an Irish singer-songwriter who, at 19 has issued her debut album…
– John Denver – Live At The Troubadour – West Hollywood – September 1, 1971 – KDAY-AM broadcast – Ending up the holiday weekend with a set by John Denver, recorded at Doug Weston’s Troubadour in West Hollywood on September…
– – Music Of The New World – Music of the settlers – November 1943 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A slice of early Americana this weekend, just in time to end up Thanksgiving weekend – a look at…
– Jackie & Roy – live at Art Park Festival – September 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Jackie & Roy this week, from a concert recorded by NPR for their Jazz Alive series, at the Art Park Festival…
– Ash – Live At Pinkpop 2011 – June 11, 2011 – VPRO/3VOOR12 – The Netherlands – Perennial favorites Ash tonight, recorded live at Pinkpop 2011 in The Netherlands on June 11th. Certainly a band with their fair share of…
– Hamilton Fish Radio address – November 23, 1940 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the war in Europe was entering its second year, the calls for increased U.S. involvement, aside from it’s sending aid to Britain,…
– CBS World News Roundup – November 27, 1984 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Cautiously optimistic news for this day in Medicine. Jarvik 7 artificial heart recipient William Schroeder, who only three days earlier wasn’t expected to last the…