"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
May 23, 2001 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 23, 2001 – A day of wonders on Capitol Hill. News that Republican Senator Jim Jeffords of Vermont was going to announce his intention to quit the GOP and go Independent had many reeling from...
Athlete – In Concert at Glastonbury 2003 – BBC 6 Music – Athlete to kick off the week. Starting in 2000 and scoring with big hits from the get-go, things have quieted down a bit in recent years, but they are still touring and recording – with four albums under...
Kid Galahad – Live At Minehead March 16, 2003 – The Furze – Live in Glasgow – Oct. 27, 2007 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Not a double bill tonight, but the same band in two venues at two different times. I first discovered Kid Galahad via MySpace....
The The – live at Brixton Academy 1993 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert Series – BBC Radio 1 – The The to start the week. Admittedly, the band’s name was a little off-putting. And from the looks of it, I am not in the minority on that one. But...
KPOL – 8:00am-9:00am – August 7, 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Flu season, just like clockwork – fever, chills, aching, sweats. You’ve just thrown up everything you’ve ever had in your stomach since you were five. Your hair hurts. The best you can do is just lay there,...
Don Henley Press Conference – Winning a 1993 International Earth Award – June 10, 1993 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – While we’re observing Earth Day, looking at Earth Days gone past, and considering the fragile nature of Earth Day present, a few words from former Eagles Founder and environmentalist...
J.Geils Band – Cobo Hall, Detroit – November 3, 1974 – Band Soundboard – I thought perhaps we broke the spell of the seeming daily reports of another rock star dying. But no. This one comes in the form of one of the stalwart bands of the early 1970s, when...
September 8, 1987 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 8, 1987 – Summer vacation was over and the picket lines were forming in Chicago as negotiations between Teachers and the School District were in limbo, with virtually no chance of a settlement before the...
Foals – Live at The BBC 6 Music Festival, Bristol 2016 – February 14, 2016 – BBC 6 Music – Foals tonight – from the BBC 6 Music Festival in Bristol two weeks ago. Formed in Oxford in 2005, Foals have been around some eleven years now and, according to...
Schools in America – The Open Mind – October 16, 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Schools in America. In 1960, it was an area of concern. The fear was, we were lagging behind the Russians in our Educational systems, and this was going to play a huge part...
