"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
As one of those people who hates saying “oh, you should have been there”, I have to say, if you have just discovered Genesis, and more importantly, Genesis during the Peter Gabriel period, you truly missed some of the best…
– The Nightmare – Alphonso Trent’s Orchestra – December 5, 1928 – Taking a mini-break and diving into some 20’s Hot Jazz, via Alphonso Trent’s Orchestra in a 1928 recording The Nightmare. Although probably not well known today, in the…
The Inimitable David Bowie tonight. From his groundbreaking 1990 Sound + Vision tour, a performance at the Milton Keynes Bowl on August 5, 1990. Billed as a “greatest hits tour” with the object of retiring many of his longtime concert…
Cocteau Twins – John Peel Session – July 15, 1982 – BBC Radio 1 – Cocteau Twins tonight. One of the first, if not the first of the Ethereal/Dreamscape bands to arrive on the scene in the late 1970s. The…
– CBS Radio – The Hidden Revolution: The Hutterites – November 19, 1958 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As much as America’s greatness has been based on its elastic nature; that nature that we are all-encompassing, compassionate people,…
Whiteout-Time And Again – In session for John Peel – October 11, 1994 – BBC Radio 1. Earlier this year I ran a track by the 90’s Brit-Pop band Whiteout with promises to run some of their session recordings at…
– Pretty Things – BBC Session – Nov. 27, 1967 – One of those bands that have been largely overlooked by the mainstream when it comes to talking about influential groups of the 60s. The Pretty Things were always considered…
– The Move – live at Stadthall Offenbach, Germany – June 26, 1967 – Beat, Beat, Beat – Hessischer Rundfunk – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Move tonight – recorded at Stadthall, Offenbach, Germany on June 26, 1967, as…
– Supersister – Pudding en Gisteren, Ballet from the lp Pudding en Gisteren – Dutch Polydor 1972 – Supersister were a band more heard about than actually heard by a lot of people, particularly in the U.S. – at a…
Become a Patron! It’s become a cliche in the world of music. A band with all the earmarks and potential, with every good reason to be a massive success, gets overlooked, ignored and largely dismissed by the music buying public.…