"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
The main news on this July 17th in 1951 was about the devastating floods that swept over Kansas City, submerging some 2 million acres and causing an untold amount of damage and loss of life. On the day of this newscast, President Truman had finished a tour of the disaster...
Click on the Link: Deep Purple BBC Sessions + Jon Lord Interview – 1970 Click on the Link: Deep Purple – Smoke On The Water – 1972 It was with shock and more than a little sadness that I heard the news this morning on the passing of Jon Lord....
Gordon Skene, two-time Grammy Nominee and archivist runs The Gordon Skene Sound Archive and this website, which is dedicated to preserving and encouraging an interest in history and historic news, events, and cultural aspects of our society. Past Daily is the only place on the Internet where you can hear a Nixon speech, listen to an interview with John Cassavettes or play a broadcast of Charles Munch rehearsing the Boston Symphony in 1950, all in the same place. It's living history and it's timeless.
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