"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Jazz At The Philharmonic – Stockholm, Sweden – May 20, 1958 – Sveriges Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A convocation of Cool this week – a gathering of legends under the auspices of Jazz At The Philharmonic. This one from May 20, 1958 at the Stockholm Konzerthus and...
The Fizzbombs – In Session for Janice Long – June 24, 1987 – BBC Radio 1 – The Fizzbombs tonight. Another in a long line of bands who came and went in a flash who should have stuck around a bit longer. The Noise-Pop/Noise-Surf band from Edinburgh, went from their...
The Tragically Hip – in Concert – K-Rock Centre, Kingston Ontario – August 20, 2016 – CBC Radio 1 – When news broke this morning that lead singer and founding member Gord Downie of the much-loved Canadian Alternative band The Tragically Hip, had succumbed to his long battle with brain...
The Charlatans – Live at Glastonbury 1995 – June 25, 1995 – BBC Radio 1 – The Charlatans in concert at Glastonbury this week. Recorded during one of the band’s high points, by the BBC on June 25, 1995. One of my perennial favorites and one of the bands I...
KBLA – Harvey Miller – December 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – It’s December 1966. You have a band; The Bow-Tiks. You’ve been practicing ever since you got your bass last Christmas. There’s six of you. You have three Rhythm Guitarists and nobody can quite sing. You’re all in...
Bis – in session for John Peel – September 17, 1995 – broadcast Oct. 14, 1995 – BBC Radio 1 – Scottish Indie/Pop-Pop/Punk-Britpop band Bis to end up the workday week. Formed in 1994, Bis grabbed attention from many places. They became one of the first unsigned bands since the...
Restricted Code – in Session for John Peel – March 10, 1981 – broadcast March 17, 1981 – BBC Radio 1 – A band which may not register with many American listeners (unless you had your ears to the ground and were a regular listener to John Peel, somehow in...
William Green – President, American Federal of Labor – “Challenges To Democracy” – October 5, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – William Green was President of the American Federal of Labor, before the merger with Congress Of Industrial Organizations, addressing a gathering on the subject “Challenges To Democracy”. October...
October 5, 1939 – Raymond Gram Swing News and Commentary – Mutual Broadcasting – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 5, 1939 – News from Berlin. With war only days old, and America safely on the sidelines, we were able to look at both sides with reasonable balance, although we...
The Who, Lulu (with The George Bean Group), The Troggs, The Gun, Gene Pitney – Top Of The Pops – Dec. 22, 1967 – BBC Transcription Service – Continuing to plumb the gold mine of Top Of The Pops programs this week. This one from December 22, 1967 features (as...
