"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– The Charlatans with Dan Hicks – Live At The Straight Theatre, July 22, 1967 – KSAN-FM – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Charlatans with Dan Hicks. Before Dan Hicks introduced the world to the Hot Licks, there…
Marilyn Monroe: Fame Is Fickle – NBC Radio Tribute – August 6, 1962 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Hard to imagine it was sixty years ago today the world lost Marilyn Monroe. Within hours of finding her body, dead from…
It was sixty-nine years ago this Memorial Day that President Eisenhower officially proclaimed Memorial Day to be a National Day of Remembrance. A day of remembrance for those who fell at the end of the Civil War, the day has…
May 16, 1990 – CBS Radio News – KNX, Los Angeles – Bulletins, reports and news – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 16, 1990 – Sadness compounded; Jim Henson and Sammy Davis Jr. – both legends in their own…
Frank Sinatra – Even though he had been in failing health for several years, news of his death earlier in the morning of May 14, 1998 came as a shock and tributes began pouring from every part of the world…
– April 15, 1950 -Voices And Events – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Your typical week, as far as the Fabulous 50s are concerned. This week, ending on April 15th in 1950, was no different. The Cold…
– April 12, 1945 – News reports – The Death of President Roosevelt – NBC and MBS – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 12, 1945 – A day that ended considerably different than how it began. In the late…
Today marks the Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King. And so to commemorate his birthday, and to honor his memory and his work, here is one of a series of lectures Dr. King gave for the CBC in Canada in…
– NBC Radio – Second Sunday: The Johnson Years – January 12, 1969 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January in 1969 signified the end of one era and the beginning of another. Lyndon Johnson, declining to run for a…
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