"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Simon & Garfunkel – live at The Hollywood Bowl – Part 1 August 23, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Simon &Garfunkel – Live At The Hollywood Bowl – Part 2 – August 23, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – It only seems fitting, after the milestone series...
Toru Takemitsu – Soundtrack score to Masaki Kobayashi’s Kwaidan (1964) – Film Music Of Toru Takemitsu (JVC-Japan) Another installment in the occasional series of milestone film scores by the Japanese Avant-Garde composer Toru Takemitsu. This one from 1964. The Horror anthology was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign...
Neuman – Live at Warm Up 2018 – Murcia, Spain – May 7, 2018 – Radio Nacional España – Neuman, live at the Warm Up 2018 Festival in Murcia, Spain – recorded by RNE 3 in Madrid on May 7th. Further evidence Festival season is slowly getting underway. Neuman is...
CJVC-Toronto – Around April/May 1954 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – One thing about Popular culture, it’s everywhere. And as long as there has been a desire to be hip and “in the know”, it’s always been that way. And radio, since its inception up to the late 70s/early 80s,...
Suede in session – BBC Radio 1 – April 3, 1992 – BBC Radio 1 – Suede for mid-week. One of the premier bands of the early 90s and one of the primary bands in the Britpop movement. Formed in London in 1989. The band was composed of singer Brett...
Felt – in session for Janice Long – September 30, 1984 – BBC Radio 1 – Felt to end up the working week – Cited as a major influence for such bands as The Charlatans, Belle & Sebastian and Manic Street Preachers, they formed in 1979 in Water Orton,...
William Hard: Essay on the Constitution – You And Your Government radio series – March 31, 1936 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Democracy and the Constitution – periodically, during our nation’s history, the very basis of our democracy and the principles of the Constitution have come under fire and...
The Beloved – In Session for John Peel – recorded October 13, 1985 – Broadcast October 24, 1985 – BBC Radio 1 – The Beloved, from an early incarnation of the band, recorded for John Peel on October 13, 1985 and broadcast on October 24th. The Beloved are an English...
Kup’s Show – Irv Kupcinet – Discussion on Student Protests in 1970 – July 14, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Students protesting – a symbol of living in the U.S. in the 1960s during the Vietnam War era. But an expression of the Youth generation all over the...
Five Thirty – in session for Mark Goodier – March 31, 1991 – BBC Radio 1 – Five Thirty to start the week. Another in that seemingly endless series of bands that came and went in a flash, left an album or two and a handful of singles – stuck...
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