Coffee works really well with . . . just about everything: https://oildale.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/22045453/StanleyTurrentine1989-12-31WindowsOnTheWorldWorldTradeCenterNYC.mp3 Stanley Turrentine Quintet – live at Windows On The World – World Trade Center – Dec. 31, 1989 – WBGO-FM – Stanley Turrentine this weekend, during his turn to Jazz/Soul/Funk with his Quintet during New Years Eve at The World Trade Center – December 31, 1989 and broadcast by WBGO-FM. It would be easy to describe Stanley Turrentine as a man of many hats. From his early days, playing Jump-Blues with such ..read more

Monday morning – and Coffee works wonders: https://oildale.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/22080656/Father-John-Misty-Glastonbury-June-27-2015.mp3 – Father John Misty – Live At Glastonbury – June 27, 2015 – BBC 6 Music – Glastonbury 2015: 100 bands – 3 days, and an aural overdose of an almost impossibly wide spectrum of Music; from Burt Bacharach to Kanye West. There was something for everyone, including rain. On June 27th, one of the highlights (and there were many) was a set by Father John Misty. Blazing a trail on his own, ever since leaving Fleet Foxes several years back, J. T ..read more

https://oildale.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/27150343/KHJ-Don-Steele-Dave-Diamond-1965-04-28.mp3 You didn’t know how that thing worked – You were the last to know – the last to figure it out – the last to be picked. When they talk about popularity they don’t talk about you – when they talk about looks, they don’t talk about you. When they talk about the world’s great lovers you enter nobody’s mind, even as a joke. That’s just you – B average kind of guy – you’re pleasant enough – beige and harmless – you won’t stop traffic – you smile at people – they smile back, you never get t ..read more

You can become a member too, even for a day:Become a Patron! https://oildale.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/27114446/Men-At-Work-San-Diego-1982.mp3 Men At Work to get the weekend rolling – one of those bands that became a staple in the MTV diet from the early 80s, they were all over the place and hugely popular – mixing Pop, Reggae, New Wave and Rock, gaining instant appeal particularly in America in the process. The nucleus of Men at Work formed in Melbourne around June 1979 with Colin Hay on lead vocals and guitar, Ron Strykert on bass guitar, and Jerry Speiser on drums. They we ..read more

Being a member has it’s advantages: Become a Patron! https://oildale.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/26124458/News-April-26-1948-Fight-for-Jaffa-Has-Begun-Again.mp3 Another day of turmoil and strife, this April 26, 1948. The Jewish underground Irgun Zvai Leumi renewed Its offensive against the Arab city of Jaffa in defiance of repeated warnings by the Zionists militia Haganah. The friction between the Irgunists and Haganah over the sudden assault on Jaffa, the big coastal town of Tel Aviv threatened to bring open clashes between the two Jewish groups. The clatter of gunfire and bla ..read more

Become a member, even for a day: Become a Patron! https://oildale.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/22054542/The-Smiths-Live-At-Universal-Ampitheatre-1986.mp3 The Smiths – In Concert at The Universal Amphitheatre – August 26, 1986 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Ending the week and kicking up Friday with The Smiths, one of those bands considered by many to be the most influential British group of the 80s. NME went so far as to say they were one of the most “influential artists ever”, and Rolling Stone considered four of their albums in the list of the 500 greatest albums ever made ..read more

\ https://oildale.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/22102104/The-Moody-Blues-Go-Now-Rec-1965-04-00-Bcst-Saturday-Club-1965-04-17.mp3 – The Moody Blues – Go Now – BBC Saturday Club – April 1965 – BBC Radio 1 – With the very sad news today of the passing of Moody Blues founding member Mike Pinder, there are no more original members of this memorable band that went from the days of the first British Invasion all the way through Psychedelia and Symphonic Rock to become one of the staples of the late 1960s and early 1970s. By way of tribute tonight, I thought i would run one of the very e ..read more

Become a Member: Become a Patron! https://oildale.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/25153156/American-Hostage-Rescue-Attempt-April-25-1980.mp3 It looked good on paper, but what started off as Operation Eagle Claw ended in disaster somewhere in the middle of the Iranian desert. Jimmy Carter, his deeply lined face showing the strain of a bitter disappointment, told the nation in the morning that he took full responsibility for ordering and then canceling the effort to rescue American hostages in Iran. “The responsibility is fully my I own,” Carter said in a five-minute radio address fr ..read more

Espresso would be grand: https://oildale.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/22114041/Temples-Lives-at-Route-du-Rock-Aug.-16-2014.mp3 Temples – Live At Route du Rock Festival – August 16, 2014 – Radio France/FIP With the release of their fourth album Exotico, produced by none other than Sean Ono Lennon and the much talked about Lennon remix of Gamma Rays, Temples have established themselves as one of the bands at the forefront of the Psychedelia revival. Temples was initially formed as a home studio project in mid 2012. Tom Walmsley and James Bagshaw had known each other for years bef ..read more

Every little bit helps: Become a Patron! https://oildale.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/22025445/New-Phil.-Radio-France-1977.mp3 – Janos Ferencsik with Zoltan Kocsis and The New Philharmonic of The French Radio – July 21, 1977 – Radio France – Another historic concert this week, featuring the New Philharmonic of Radio France, guest conducted by Janos Ferencsik and featuring Zoltan Kocsis in a program of music by Lizst and Bartok. Recorded at the Salle Pleyel on July 21, 1977. The program starts with the familiar Les Preludes by Liszt. And then the orchestra is joined by Pianist Zo ..read more