"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
A few years ago I ran an extended excerpt of a concert from The Verve recorded in 1997, during the middle period of the band. A few days later I ran across an earlier session from The Verve, this one from 1993 for the Mark Radcliffe program at the BBC,...
Radiohead – in concert from Haarlem, The Netherlands – May 5, 1993 – VPRO-Radio – Radiohead for Throw Back Thursday. From a concert recorded in Haarlem in the Netherlands on May 5, 1993 by the Netherlands Radio network VPRO, Radiohead in the middle of promoting their debut album, Pablo Honey....
The Futureheads – In Concert at Glastonbury 2006 – June 25, 2006 – BBC 6 Music – With every good intention of running this last night, but falling dead asleep at the keyboard before I could post it, we’re running tonight’s episode of the Soundbooth rather early today. And just...
The Auteurs – in session for John Peel – Feb. 20, 1996 – BBC Radio 1 – The Auteurs to start the week off. Not all that well known on this side of the Atlantic, The Auteurs were highly praised by the British music press when their debut single, Show...
Chvrches – Live At SOS 4.8 Festival, Murcia Spain – May 6, 2016 – RNE Radio 3 – Chvrches in concert at the SOS 4.8 Festival in Murcia Spain last week. Hard to imagine festival season is already kicking into gear. This season is promising to be a good one...
Radiohead – Coachella 2012 – With news of a forthcoming album from Radiohead and a tour starting shortly, and with concert tickets in Los Angeles selling out in less than a half hour and in a little over 5 minutes in Paris, it would be safe to say there is...
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Radiohead – BBC Sessions – 1995 – BBC Radio 1 – Radiohead, and some BBC sessions recorded in 1995. As you probably know by now, Radiohead are embarking on their first worldwide tour in some four years. Not only is it a much-anticipated event, it has become one of the...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Embers – Live at Eurosonic 2014 – Recorded by VPRO, Hilversum Holland – January 20, 2014 Over to The Netherlands this week for a mini-concert by Manchester post-Rock/Psychedelia specialists Embers, recorded live just a few days ago at this year’s Eurosonic...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Radiohead – Live at Via Asagio, Rome – May 2, 1995 – RAI Radio 2 – Planet Rock program Some at-the-point-of-breakthrough Radiohead tonight. From a concert given at Via Asagio in Rome on May 2, 1995, and recorded by the venerable...
Gordon Skene, two-time Grammy Nominee and archivist runs The Gordon Skene Sound Archive and this website, which is dedicated to preserving and encouraging an interest in history and historic news, events, and cultural aspects of our society. Past Daily is the only place on the Internet where you can hear a Nixon speech, listen to an interview with John Cassavettes or play a broadcast of Charles Munch rehearsing the Boston Symphony in 1950, all in the same place. It's living history and it's timeless.
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