– Combined Networks – President Roosevelt Birthday celebrations – January 30, 1936 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Lest we all forget, 143 years ago today is President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s birthday, born January 30, 1882. In 1936 it was a national celebration, and parties were held all over the
– Steve Allen Show – farewell to L.A. – KNX-CBS Radio – Dec. 6-7, 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Steve Allen, before his pioneering days as host of the very first Tonight Show on Television, was one of the mainstays of local radio in Southern California in the
– 20th Century Nomads – CBS Radio: The Hidden Revolution – January 4,1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection There was a time, if you lived in Los Angeles, that you would invariably say you actually weren’t born in Los Angeles, but born somewhere, most likely the East Coast. The Great
– KRHM-FM – November 1958 – Paul Werth – Werth Listening To – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – 1958. It’s a Sunday night in November – you’re not in High School anymore. Maybe you’re going to UCLA, and your first car is either a Volkswagen or an MG, because Detroit
CBS World News Roundup – October 24, 1978 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – If the world wasn’t complicated enough on this October 24th in 1978, parts of it were catching on fire. Almost like clockwork, Southern California went through the ritual; a dry Santa Ana wind combined with lots
Sly & The Family Stone – live at Harlem Cultural Festival – June 29, 1969 – Sly & The Family Stone were the staple in just about every diet of anyone who went to the Fillmore in San Francisco or the Shrine Expo Hall in Los Angeles from 1967-1969. They
JD Souther – Live At The Troubadour – August 4, 1978 – Soundbooth tape – Having heard the news just moments ago of the passing of JD Souther, I thought I would re-post this concert, which originally ran in 2015, as a tribute and memory of a profound and much
– Pixies – In Concert at Melkweg, Amsterdam – April 14, 1988 – VPRO/3VOOR12 – Netherlands- Vintage Pixies this morning. Although their success was modest in the U.S. – leading many critics to call them severely overlooked and underrated, their popularity in Europe has always bordered on the phenomenal. Today,
George Antheil: Symphony Number 5 – L.A. Phil. Artur Rodzinski – July 25, 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The early years of the 20th century had more than its fair share of movers, shakers and hellraisers. Classical Music was certainly not immune to the sweeping changes taking place
Sen. John F. Kennedy accepts the nomination for President – July 1960. As a continuing reminder of the power of great speeches, particularly in the political arena, the JFK acceptance speech goes down in history as one of the memorable moments in our country’s history. Below is a printed excerpt
