"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Become a Patron! Prophetic and disturbing words from UN Secretary General U Thant, who gave that assessment on the escalating war in Vietnam, this April 8th in 1967, joining a growing swell of voices opposing our further involvement in what was deemed a costly and pointless war. Over the weeks...
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Walton Cello Concerto Premier – 1957 A world premier this weekend – this time from Sir William Walton and the first performance ever of his Cello Concerto, featuring the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Munch with the concerto’s dedicatee, Gregor Piatigorsky,...
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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