"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Crows – Silver Tongues – 2014 I got it on high-spirited authority from my pal Mig, who saw Crows last night at a club in Bristol, that this band is on to something. Around a little less than two years, and...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Mazzy Star – In Session for John Peel – 1996 – BBC 6 Music Having been a fan of Mazzy Star since their first album came out, it was particularly nice to recently run across this BBC session, done for John...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Hollywood Bowl – Los Angeles Philharmonic, Serge Koussevitsky, guest Conductor – Issac Stern, violin – September 9, 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Click on the link here for Audio Player – Hollywood Bowl – Los Angeles Philharmonic, Serge Koussevitsky, guest...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – United Nations San Francisco Conference – Report #34 – June 4, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection While the war was still raging in the Pacific, steps were being taken to establish the United Nations – a governing body which would...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – June 4, 1987 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A day in history with a lot of testimony going around, this June 4th in 1987. The Iran-Contra hearings were grinding along with Iranian financier Albert Hakim giving...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Spoon – Is Love Forever – 2010 Taking a minor break from the mountain of Shellac tonight, with Austin‘s very own Spoon and their 2010 single Is Love Forever? They are currently knee-deep in touring, with an expected L.A. visit on...
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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