"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
The Woodentops – live at Glastonbury 1987 – BBC Radio 1 – The Woodentops to close the weekend and get ready for the new week. A band whose boost in popularity was largely due to Morrisey who wrote a glowing review in Melody Maker in 1984. Together since 1983 and still...
Rodney On The Roq – April 8, 1979 – 999 And Bob Geldof – James Reitano Sound Collection – Rodney Bingenheimer. Yes, it’s his last broadcast from KROQ, coming up this Sunday night at midnight. Since I ran the Go Go’s on Rodney’s show from 1980 last week there’s been...
KROQ – Jed The Fish – Iggy Pop Live From The Stardust Ballroom – Hollywood – November 30, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – There are times, important times, times where you made every plan and had it worked out, down to the second. But then there are...
KROQ-FM – April 2, 1979 – Mike Raphone w/Fee Waybill of The Tubes and Brent Kalen – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Between 1969 and 1979 life in L.A. changed. A lot. The Earth moved, radio changed, music changed, Teenagers; not so much. If you were a teenager in 1969,...
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – KROQ – The Frazer Smith Show – Dec. 1, 1978 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. In the 70s, you were still glued to your radio. In the late 70s you were glued to KROQ, if you lived...
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Editors – live at Summer Sundae Festival 2005 – BBC 6 Music Haven’t been hearing much about Editors of late, but that could be due to their burrowing in and working on a new album, which...
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