"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– Maximum Joy – in session for Kid Jensen – BBC Radio 1 – April 15, 1982 – BBC Radio 1 A dose of Post-Punk/Funk/Afro-Beat and Pop tonight, by way of Maximum Joy. Recorded at BBC Radio 1 for the Kid Jensen program on April 15, 1982. Maximum Joy formed...
Sir Lancelot and The Caribbean Serenaders – Keynote Records Album K-126 – Circa 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Sir Lancelot to end the weekend. Calypso is most likely buried in the backroom of musical memory, having been hugely popular in the early part of the 20th century and...
April 23, 1989 – CBS Radio Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 23, 1989 – A day loaded with mixed emotions. The arrival at port of the Battleship USS Iowa, where an explosion in one of the ship’s gun turrets claimed the lives of some 47 sailors....
Toy – Clouds That Cover The Sun – from the lp, Clear Shot – Heavenly Recordings– released October 28, 2016 – Toy. A band I hadn’t heard from in a while and was actually thinking about them today before I heard they have a new album, their third, released today....
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