"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– March 3, 1942 – News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 3, 1942 – Fighting in the Far-East was taking a bad turn for the allies. With the Netherlands giving up Batavia and slowly pulling…
– The Clash In Concert At De Montfort Hall, Leicester – May 28, 1977 – Band Soundboard – As a friend of mine once pointed out “you really had to be there”, when talking about the early Clash. If there…
– February 22, 1942 – News Of The World – NBC – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 22, 1942. With eyes on the Pacific, this Sunday morning in 1942. News from The Dutch East Indies of fighting in and…
Fighting or talk of war going on seemingly all over the world, this January 27th in 1942. The Pacific between Borneo and Celebes was the scene of many fierce sea and air battles as the Battle of the Dutch East…
– Shostakovich – The New Babylon – Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France – Frank Strobel, cond. – October 9, 2010 – Radio France Musique – Shostakovich – the score to the 1929 film The New Babylon. Something a little different…
– Faces-live-at-the-paris-theater-1971 – Familiar territory tonight. The inimitable Rod Stewart and Faces, recorded in concert for the BBC at The Paris Theater in London in 1971. Faces formed in 1969 by members of Small Faces after lead singer/guitarist Steve Marriott…
(Editors Note: Hearing the very sad news of the passing of Mike Nesmith earlier today, it only seems fitting to re-run this concert I had originally posted in 2013 as a tribute. Heavy hearts and speechless words.) Much as most…
– Debate On Algeria conflict – The Nations Future – December 3, 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The conflict in Algeria. The war for independence which lasted throughout the 1950s and up until 1962 was costly and bloody.…
– Pulp – Live At Glastonbury 1995 – BBC Radio 1 – No week of 90s music can ever be complete, or even get started, without a set by the beloved and highly influential band Pulp. Fronted by the theatrical…
– News Of The World – November 10, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With the war raging in Europe this November 10th in 1941, the tell-tale signs that, even the German people were getting fed up with the…