"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– The Replacements – Live At Grant Park, Chicago – July 4, 1991 – WXRT, Chicago – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Replacements this weekend. In what would be their last show for some 22 years, The Replacements played…
– Ahmad Jamal Trio – Live in Paris – Studio 104, Maison de la Radio – Radio France – With the very sad news today of the passing of Ahmad Jamal, as a tribute I am re-running this concert, originally…
– WOR – Martha Deane Pgm. N.Y. Teachers Strike – 1968 A reminder of Teachers’ strikes past – The New York City Teachers’ Strike of 1968 was a months-long, arduous and deeply dividing strike that dragged on for a total…
WCBS – New York – The Bill Randle Show – February 11, 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Picture this: Rock n’ Roll is still on the fringes – it hasn’t taken the country by storm; not yet. However,…
Julia Holter – in concert at Route du Rock 2016. Recorded August 16, 2016 by Arte Live. I’ve heard bits and pieces of music by Julia Holter the past couple of years – but never really got a chance to…
– Jefferson Airplane – Live At Winterland – October 3, 1967 – KSAN-FM – Familiar historic territory tonight. A concert by Jefferson Airplane – on home turf in San Francisco, at the Winterland and recorded for KSAN-FM on October 3,…
– NBC-Blue Network – RCA Magic Key – Minneapolis Symphony, Eugene Ormandy, conductor + Mischa Levitski, piano recital from Chicago – March 1, 1936 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Diving into more rare concerts this week. This time it’s…
– New Year’s Eve – 1957 – NBC Radio – All Star Parade of Bands – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – There was a time New Years Eve meant a world-wide sweep of all the notable Jazz dives, and a…
– ABC Radio News Of The World For 1966 – December 31, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – If someone was to attempt to pinpoint exactly when things started to go haywire, they would most likely land on 1966.…
– NBC News Of The World – November 29, 1942 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Despite the news for this November 29th in 1942 bringing upbeat reports on progress on the War, it all took backseat to the devastating news…