"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Believe it or not, we depend on you: Become a Patron! Covering some familiar territory this morning. Biffy Clyro, in case you aren’t familiar, is a Scottish band with some 9 studio albums to their credit – including one recorded,…
– Alt-J at Route du Rock – Aug. 10, 2012 – Starting off the week with Alt-J, performing live at the Route du Rock Festival 2012 and recorded for posterity by Oui-FM in Paris. In case you don’t already know,…
– June 19, 1968 – Coretta Scott King – Solidarity Day Address – Gordon Skene Sound Collection 1968 saw no end of turmoil and upheaval in the world. In the first six months alone there was the Tet Offensive in…
The Non-Conforming American – March 12, 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – During the era of the 1950s a gradual, unmistakable undercurrent of social upheaval was starting to take place. Brought on largely by the Cold War, the threat…
– Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention – Live at Rockpile, Toronto – February 23, 1969 – As long as we’re visiting the 60s this weekend (for entirely different reasons), I though I would dig into the vaults and…
– Our Foreign Policy – The Marshall Plan – September 6, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The news on this day in September of 1947 found the world . . .pretty much as usual, sliding into a state…
– Second Sunday – The American Scene – A Re- Assessment – 1971 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Since it’s a holiday weekend I just had to put up another documentary – 1971 seems apropos and what we were…
On top of everything else going on this day in 1970, it was also Earth Day – the very first one. Amid a flurry of publicity and events, Earth Day was intended to be the beginning of what would be…
Wire in Session for John Peel – BBC – January 18, 1978 One of those bands who made a lasting impression on me during the halcyon days of the late 1970s. Wire had an uncanny knack of forcing your attention…
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”9510″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”August 9, 1995 – News reports – KNX-CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] News bulletins and reports for August 9, 1995 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection On top of being a busy news…