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Click on the link here for Audio Player – Henry Cow – New London Theatre (extract). May 1975 One of the positive upticks during the Psychedelic period was the introduction of the Avant Garde into the Rock genre. The total and complete unwillingness to compromise and appeal to the mainstream...
Become a Patron! I would imagine most Americans, born after the Vietnam War era, have probably never heard the voice of Benito Mussolini, one of major players in the era of World War 2. No less an insidious figure during that time, but one who has taken a somewhat lesser...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – WNBC-AM News – April 21, 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this April 21st in 1964 had a lot to do with the upcoming opening of the 1964 World’s Fair in New York, taking place on the following day....
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