"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
November 1, 1995 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 1,1995. The Dayton peace conference began today. Balkan leaders gathered in Dayton Ohio for a series of Peace Talks, hosted by Secretary of State Warren…
– Deaf School – in session for John Peel – August 9, 1976 – BBC Radio 1 – Deaf School. Despite a lot of promotion and great press, a band which, on the face of it didn’t achieve a…
– Stiff Little Fingers – in session for John Peel – April 13, 1978 – BBC Radio 1 – Stiff Little Fingers – their very first session for John Peel from April 13, 1978. It would be the first of…
The Stranglers In Session for John Peel – September 13, 1977 – BBC Radio 1 – The Stranglers in session, their second for John Peel, recorded on September 13, 1977. FYI: I ran the first session a couple years ago,…
– English News From Radio Budapest, Hungary – March 21, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – As the storm clouds rapidly gathered in Europe, the situation in the East was quickly developing into a hotspot. The question of Hungary…
March 13, 1977 – CBS Radio: Looking At The Law – CBS Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 13, 1977 – A day many places in the world went to the polls. In France, national municipal elections…
– February 14, 1994 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 14, 1994 – A day of tenuous anticipation and mixed messages. While the ceasefire was holding, a battle was taking place in central Bosnia…
The Specials In Concert – 1979 – BBC Radio 1 – In Concert Series – BBC Radio 1 – Editors Note: I just heard the news about the passing of Terry Hall, who sang lead for The Specials in this…
– October 28, 1978 – Sadat-Begin Peace Prize + other news – CBS/NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 28, 1978 began on a hopeful note – announced the previous evening, the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize was being…
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…