"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– NBC Nightly News – October 30, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this October 30th had much to do with transitions of power in a long-running dictatorship. General Francisco Franco, who had authoritarian rule in Spain…
– News for December 9, 1941 – Reports and bulletins – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 9, 1941 and America had a bad case of nerves. Rumors flew of hostile plane sightings all up and down the West Coast,…
A concert by the venerable Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks, recorded live at The Boarding House in San Francisco on May 1971 by the late-great KMPX-FM. Always one to defy labels, Dan Hicks’ infectious mix of Western Swing, Good-timey,…
John Abercrombie Quartet – live at Ronnie Scott’s – Rec. October 4, 1999 – Broadcast October 30, 1999 – BBC Radio 3 – With the sad news earlier this week of the passing of Jazz guitar legend John Abercrombie, I…
– The Cramps – live at CBGB – August 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Slight change of pace tonight – early Punk/Psychobilly via The Cramps, live from CBGB in New York on August of 1979. This radio broadcast…