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"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Become a Patron! The concept of the Sex Symbol has changed dramatically over the past four decades. Much like our music, our genres of film, our media in general, the sex symbol has evolved and devolved to the point where…
Albert Finney In Conversation – circa 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A few words from Albert Finney this weekend. One of the leading lights of British Cinema of the early 1960s, Finney came to world-wide prominence in the…
Björk – In Concert at The Warehouse, Toronto – August 7, 1995 – CBC Radio – Björk this weekend. Perhaps fitting with the surreal nature of real life, the surreal nature of art and music. Björk is synonymous with eclecticism;…
Downliners Sect – John Peel Session – Sept. 27, 1977 – BBC Radio 1 – It’s highly likely that the name Downliners Sect isn’t going to ring many bells with American audiences. Around during the first British Invasion of the…
Maurice Emmanuel – Sonatine Number 3 – Yvonne Lefébure, piano – Centenary Concert 1962 – ORTF, Paris – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The music of Maurice Emmanuel this weekend, as played by the legendary French pianist Yvonne Lefébure, who…
The Weather Prophets – in session for John Peel – June 25, 1987 – BBC Radio 1 – The Weather Prophets – a band that doesn’t ring a lot of bells, at least on this side of the Atlantic. The…
Prince & The Revolution – Birthday Concert – First Avenue, Minneapolis – June 7, 1984 – There are no words. In a year, already crowded with loss beyond imagination, we add one more – another loss – another stare of…
The start of a new week and under a quarter of our goal realized. We had some great contributions over the weekend; people who have discovered how unique Past Daily is, how diverse and wide-range the posts are. That we…
– NBC News – The Capture Of Patty Hearst – September 18, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – After an ordeal which lasted some 19 months, including numerous ransom demands, shoot-outs, bank robberies and surprise phone calls, newspaper heiress…
– NPR: Jazz Alive – Freddie Hubbard – Live at The Boston Globe Jazz Festival – March 8, 1980 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A few notes from the great Freddie Hubbard this weekend. Recorded live in concert by…