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"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
A crackdown in Poland highlighted the news on this December 22nd in 1981. The Solidarity Movement, which was gaining momentum was abruptly halted when General Wojciech Jaruzelski declared martial law and cited a threatened intervention by Soviet forces to seize…
– December 21, 1981 – CBS Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 21, 1981 – The odyssey of Poland continues. With government crackdowns and now threats of moving after the Roman Catholic Church as it imposed martial…
Back to the 80s this week. A set tonight from the highly influential Punk/Post-Punk Buzzcocks, in a set recorded by the venerable Westdeutscher Rundfunk in 1981. Buzzcocks have reformed several times since 1989, featuring Shelley and Diggle with other musicians;…
NPR – All Things Considered – October 7, 1981 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The big news for this October 7th in 1981 was about the assassination of President Anwar Sadat of Egypt. The 62-year old Egyptian leader was…
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Freddie Snakeskin – KROQ – July 2, 1981 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The endless quest for Saturday night – the night above all nights, when all the planets align and everything is possible. You’re in your last semester…
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”26462″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”March 30, 1981 – CBS News Special Reports – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] March 30, 1981 – Starting off normal, unremarkable in so many ways – but by mid-morning East Coast time, pandemonium had…
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[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”18594″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”December 18, 1981 – News on the Hour – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] The saga of Solidarity and the mass strikes in Poland continued and escalated, this December 18, 1981. Despite…
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”18545″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”December 15, 1981 – CBS Radio News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] A world of unease, this December 15th in 1981. Starting with news of a purported calm descending over Poland in wake of…