"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Supreme Court Justice – BBC World Service Documentary – 2019 – BBC World Service – With heart-stopping news that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away earlier this evening, the result of complications from a battle with Pancreatic Cancer, a vital and essential voice for Justice...
KABC-790, Los Angeles – Dr. Toni Grant – July 20, 1983 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As it’s been said several times in several places: “Americans love a good dish” – and no, it’s not anything caloric – the “dish” they speak about is “dishing the dirt” – talking...
Simple Minds – In Concert – De Gigant Apeldoorn, Netherlands – March 22, 1980 – Flip Martian collection – Simple Minds in concert this week. Live at De Gigant Apeldoorn in the Netherlands and recorded on March 22, 1980 by Dutch Radio network VPRO. The roots of Simple Minds are...
September 17, 1998 – BBC World Service – Newsdesk – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 17, 1998 – The view from London – the ongoing drama of the Clinton/Lewinsky Affair was reaching a new chapter when the House Judiciary Committee was slated to meet over when to release the...
Angelic Upstarts – In session for John Peel – June 29 1981 – BBC Radio 1 – Angelic Upstarts in session tonight. Recorded for John Peel at BBC Radio 1 on June 23rd and broadcast on the 29th. The Angelic Upstarts formed in South Shields in 1977. AllMusic calls them...
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra – Christian Zacharias, Soloist And Conductor – RSR – January 25, 2011 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Music of Beethoven this week – performed and conducted by the brilliant Christian Zacharias and the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, recorded live at the Salle Métropole, Lausanne on January 25,...
September 16, 1938 – News from Radio Prague, Radio Berlin, EIAR-Rome – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 16, 1938 – A day where the issues of a Fragile peace were being put to the test, as reported by the Shortwave services of Radio Berlin, Radio Prague and EIAR in...
Stray – In session for John Peel – May 17, 1973 – BBC Radio 1 – Stay in session for John Peel tonight. Recorded in May of 1973 and broadcast over BBC Radio 1. I always had a soft spot for this band. They came about during a time when...
September 15, 1988 – CBS Radio News – The World Tonight -Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 15, 1988 – Hurricane Gilbert was keeping all attention on the Gulf of Mexico and Southeast U.S. as winds whipped it into a Category 5, making it potentially the deadliest Hurricane since Camille...
September 15, 1944 – News of The World – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 15, 1944 – a busy news day on just about all the battle fronts. News that Marines had landed on Peleliu island, part of the Palau Island chain in the South Pacific...
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