"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– 1963 Vienna Festival – Berlin Radio Symphony – Hans Werner Henze, cond. Wolfgang Schneiderhan, violin – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Something historic this week. A concert from the 1963 Vienna Festival featuring the Berlin Radio Symphony, conducted by…
Support the weird and the wonderful: Become a Patron! – NPR: Voices In The Wind – Henry Miller Interview – Oct. 30, 1977 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The legendary Writer Henry Miller turned 86 in 1977. To commemorate…
– February 12, 2002 – NPR News – All Things Considered – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 12, 2002 – A day which would sound all-too familiar for the months and years ahead. A heightened state of alert, based…
– NPR: Options – Isaac Asimov: I, Thou, and the Computer – October 10, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The phrase “Garbage In – Garbage Out” was how Isaac Asimov summed up the coming age of Computers in…
– NPR – America’s Town Meeting: Privacy – May 21, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Once the world entered the Age of Electricity, the Age Of Privacy became quickly antiquated. With all the technological advances designed to bring…
– Paul Badura-Skoda – in recital at Xavier University – February 5, 1978 – NPR Recital Hall – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Historic recitals this week. The legendary Paul Badura-Skoda, in concert at Xavier University on February 5, 1978…
– Los Lobos Christmas Party – December 24, 1992 – NPR – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Los Lobos Christmas Party at Capitol Records, 1992. A star-studded affair, featuring L.A.’s own and some of the best and brightest dropping by…
– NPR Options – A Conversation with Carlos Montoya – June 24, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Carlos Montoya was one of the true legends of Flamenco Guitar. As a founder of the modern-day Flamenco style, Montoya was…
– NPR – Options – International Terrorism: A New Mode of Conflict – Dec. 2, 1977 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Forty-six years ago, the concept of International Terrorism seemed new and remote. The idea of America being attacked…
– CBS World News Roundup + Hourly News – October 5, 1990 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – While sabers continued to rattle in the Middle East, and while Berlin was still nursing the hangover of celebrations, the age-old/never…