"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Click on the Link: The World This Week – July 20, 1975 As life on Earth swirled around in its usual madness, life in Outer Space was swirling around in harmony, this week ending on July 20, 1975. The historic…
Click on the Link and play loud: The Futureheads In Session 2010 I first discovered The Futureheads on Myspace around the time their second album had come out. They were gathering a good word of mouth and gigging pretty consistently.…
Trying something a bit different tonight, and if it works it will become a regular feature. Rock Without Borders encompasses that genre of music that is innovative, experimental and in another language other than English. Tonight it’s a band from…
The 1948 Presidential race was hard fought and hotly contested. Within the ranks of the Democratic Party there was a faction, primarily representing the South, who objected strongly to President Truman’s strong Civil Rights stand. So resentful of the President’s…
Clink on the link and relax: Yury Revich Recital – July 16, 2012 Staying in France this week, and staying with the Radio France/Montpellier Languedoc-Roussilon Festival and a recital by Russian wunderkind Yury Revich in a program of music by…
The news for this week, ending on July 18, 1965 was rather sudden and sad. Former Governor, Presidential Candidate and United Nations Representative Adlai Stevenson collapsed and died of a massive heart attack on a London street, after speaking at…
The main news on this July 17th in 1951 was about the devastating floods that swept over Kansas City, submerging some 2 million acres and causing an untold amount of damage and loss of life. On the day of this…
Click on the Link: Deep Purple BBC Sessions + Jon Lord Interview – 1970 Click on the Link: Deep Purple – Smoke On The Water – 1972 It was with shock and more than a little sadness that I heard…
Althea & Donna – Uptown Top Ranking – 1977 Just couldn’t resist adding one of the pivotal tracks in the Punk/Post-Punk/Ska movement in the mid/late 70’s. Althea & Donna and their iconic Uptown Top Ranking. If you’re familiar with it,…
Tal Farlow – Marian McPartland – Live At The Composers Club – July 23,1956 Live Jazz of the 50’s this week, via the All-Star Parade of Bands series from NBC Radio, broadcast on April 23, 1956. Featuring legendary Guitarist Tal…