"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Espresso works: – Foo Fighters – in Concert at Glastonbury 2017 – June 24, 2017 – BBC 6 Music – Foo Fighters for Monday morning, finally headlining at Glastonbury 2017 after several tries, but certainly worth the wait. One of…
Consider support, a buck or five: Become a Patron! – Gentle Giant – in concert – Brussels, Belgium – 1974 – ZDF-TV – Some Prog this Thursday morning. The Progrock movement of the early 70s saw a flurry of bands…
– New York Philharmonic – Soloists and Chorus conducted by Charles Munch. Artur Honegger: Joan Of Arc At The Stake (U.S. Broadcast premier) – January 4, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection I hesitated to run this for several months…
Caffeine we can seriously use: – NBC Radio – Stars In Jazz – Illinois Jacquet-Wild Bill Davis – August 12, 1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A few notes from two pioneers out of Birdland this week. The legendary…
Asking for a friend: Become a Patron! – KCBS- This Is San Francisco – Jan. 11, 1950 – The thing about history is that it’s not always about the sweeping gestures and defining moments over a period of time. Those…
– Eleanor Perry – Interviewed by Arthur Knight – In Conversation Series – October 28, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Eleanor Perry, who left us before the changes and upheavals in the film business started, would have been…
– The Earthquake Story – KNX/CBS Radio – July 27, 1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Midwest has tornadoes, the East Coast has hurricanes and the West Coast has earthquakes – there’s something everywhere you go. With Tornadoes…
– Reba Crawford – Commentary – KMTR-Los Angeles – Dec. 6, 1937 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Rheba Crawford, a name all but forgotten about in recent decades, but in the 1920s and 1930s she made national headlines, was…
– CBS Radio – Back Where I Come From – August 19, 1940 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection.- In an attempt to broaden the musical tastes of mainstream America, CBS Radio in 1940 experimented with the idea of presenting Folk…
– Los Angeles Philharmonic – Zubin Mehta, cond. Byron Janis, piano – Hollywood Bowl – August 1, 1961 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – I ran this concert several years ago at my other site, in less than great sound.…