"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
October 19, 1985 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 19, 1985 – A day of reactions and protest. Anti-American sentiment was running high in Rome as an emissary of the White House arrived for discussions over the Italian stance on the Achille Lauro hijacking...
The Tragically Hip – in Concert – K-Rock Centre, Kingston Ontario – August 20, 2016 – CBC Radio 1 – When news broke this morning that lead singer and founding member Gord Downie of the much-loved Canadian Alternative band The Tragically Hip, had succumbed to his long battle with brain...
Cleveland Orchestra – Lorin Maazel, Conductor – Leon Fleisher, Piano – All Prokofiev – Blossom Music Festival 1976 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another historic concert. This week it’s The Cleveland Orchestra, led by Music Director Lorin Maazel and featuring Leon Fleisher, piano in a concert from the 1976...
October 18, 1987 – ABC World News This Week – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 18, 1987 – News for this week was a wild ride of extremes and drama. Starting with news that First Lady Nancy Reagan had undergone tests, and it was discovered what was termed “a...
Click On The link here to Chip in: Past Daily’s Fall Fundraiser Wednesday – Hump-Day; the middle of the week. All downhill from here. Not quite breathing-a-sigh-of-relief. but a muffled scream that another crazy week in a crazy world is half over. It’s also three days into our Annual Past...
Blossom Toes, Procol Harum, Simon Dupree & The Big Sound, The Peddlers, Jackie Trent and Tony Hatch – Top Of The Pops – May 10, 1968 – BBC Transcription Service. With the exception of Procol Harum, it is doubtful most people in the U.S. have heard of the rest of...
Senator John F. Kennedy – Campaign Address at Wittenburg University, Springfield Ohio – October 17, 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Senator John F. Kennedy – 57 years ago today. On the campaign trail for the Presidency, Senator John F. Kenndy speaking before a capacity audience at Wittenburg University...
October 17, 1986 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 17, 1986 – A day loaded with intrigue. Former U.S. Attorney Griffin Bell was flying down to Managua in an attempt to fish American pilot Eugene Hasenfus out of a tough spot. The tough spot...
The Zombies, Jimi Hendrix, The Bee Gees, Kiki Dee, Ebony Keyes – Top Of The Pops – Nov. 17, 1967 – BBC Transcription Service – Another installment of the legendary Top Of The Pops radio series from the 1960s. This one, broadcast on November 17, 1967 features The Zombies, Jimi...
October 16, 1991 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 16, 1991 – By a 52-48 vote, the Senate confirmed Judge Clarence Thomas to sit on the Supreme Court. After a bruising confirmation hearing, Thomas received the closest vote in U.S. History. In the end,...
