"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– The Real People – In Concert – May 25, 1992 – Diving headfirst into the weekend with The Real People; a band that was extremely influential in establishing the Britpop scene in the early 90s, but who had somehow…
Sliding down the flip-side of Hump Day and flying in the direction of the weekend, a few notes from the Queen of New Orleans Soul, Irma Thomas. This is from a radio show Thomas did in 1983, hosted by Blues…
– Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain – Foreign Press Association Dinner – Dec. 13, 1938 With the Munich Crisis on hold and much of Europe breathing a sigh of relief, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain addressed a gather of the Foreign Press…
Ike & Tina Turner – In Session – 1975-01-19 – Soul Train – A slight cheat this morning. This Ike & Tina Turner session is actually via the Soul Train! TV show. But since it is a broadcast and not…
Skip Weshner’s Accent On Sound – One Sheridan Square – Peter and Isabel Gardner – 1959 – KRHM-FM, Los Angeles – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Folk Music of the 50s tonight with a sample of FM radio in Los…
– Sugarcubes – John Peel BBC Session – Dec. 9, 1987 – BBC Radio 1 – Together for a comparatively short period of time, The Sugarcubes managed to, not only put Iceland on the map as a potential hotbed of…
Rarities this week that haven’t, as far as I’ve researched, been issued commercially. From the Swiss Radio Archives, the legendary Henryk Szeryng in concert with Orchestre de la Suisse Romande under the direction of Ernest Ansermet in a performance of…
– News Of The World – December 8, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This December 8 in 1947 saw the country battling Politics and Inflation, the Cold War unfolding and American cities squabbling for bragging rights. Politics and…
– Procol Harum in Concert – John Peel presents – June 21, 1970 – BBC Radio 1 – Procol Harum, in concert for John Peel and recorded on June 21, 1970. Around this time, the band released their fourth album,…
– Launch of Gemini 7 – Dec. 4, 1965 – CBS News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This day in 1965 marked the launch of Gemini 7 in what would be the longest manned space flight in U.S. history…