"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– Margaret Mead – lecture at Illinois State University – April 1976 – NPR: Options – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Had she been around in 2023, Cultural Anthropologist Margaret Mead would no doubt have much to say, and none…
– Dec. 7, 1941 – News bulletins – NBC Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 7, 1941 – The day of Infamy, as it came to be known. The Japanese aerial attack on Pearl Harbor was the…
– Siouxsie and The Banshees – Live At Warwick University 1981 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert – Diving head-first into Thursday with a 1981 concert by Siouxsie and The Banshees, live at Warwick University and recorded for posterity by…
– Elly Ameling With Gerard Schwarz And The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra In Concert – April 5, 1981 (broadcast date) – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another historic concert this week. Featuring the legendary Dutch Soprano Elly Ameling with the…
– NBC News on the Hour – December 6, 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The big news for this December 6th in 1960 was the visit paid to the White House by President-Elect Kennedy. In 1960 the oldest…
It’s gotten to the point where these things are occurring on a daily basis; someone who has either shaped or been influential or provided the emotional backbone to our being on the planet leaves – sometimes unannounced – most often…
– 1948 Drama Critics Award program – A Streetcar Named Desire – Mutual Special Features – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A Streetcar Named Desire, as it was first performed with the original cast; Jessica Tandy, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden…
– News Of The World – December 5, 1944 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As War raged throughout the rest of the world on this December 5th in 1944, Civil War was raging in Greece on this particular day.…
– Procol Harum in Concert – John Peel presents – June 21, 1970 – BBC Radio 1 – Procol Harum, in concert for John Peel and recorded on June 21, 1970. Around this time, the band released their fourth album,…