"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Tom Waits – live at My Fathers Place – October 10, 1977 – WLIR-FM A big dose of Americana this weekend. The inimitable Tom Waits, live at My Fathers Place in Roslyn, New York on October 10,...
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Frank Capra Interview with John Mahoney – May 15, 1971 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection One of the most notable figures in the history of American Film is that of Frank Capra. Responsible for some of the...
. . .or click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio: The People Act – July 1, 1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Ever since the end of World War 2, the growth in population of the U.S. was steadily increasing, at a daily rate. What wasn’t...
. . .or click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – January 30, 1989 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Even though it was the dead of Winter, the cold snap hitting Alaska on this January 30th in 1989 raised a few eyebrows. With temperatures...
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Altered Images – In Concert – Oct. 17, 1981 – BBC Radio 1 Continuing 80s week with Altered Images. Short-lived by most band’s standards, they attracted a lot of attention from the get-go. A boost from John...
. . .or click on the link here for Audio Player – News Commentaries – January 27-29, 1961 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection First week of a new Presidency, same Cold War games of tit-for-tat, same give-and-take on Capitol Hill. News from Moscow was the goodwill gesture in releasing two...
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio News – January 29, 2000 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection 15 years ago, on January 29, 2000 the news was about protestors disrupting the Economic Summit in Davos Switzerland, where President Clinton was scheduled to...
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Blancmange – In concert for BBC Sight & Sound – March 31, 1984 – BBC Radio 1 As long as we’re spending this week in the early 1980s, I thought I would toss a concert by Blancmange...
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Cleveland Orch. Ehrling/DeLarrocha – Feb. 23, 1978 – Part 1 . . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Cleveland Orch, Ehrling/DeLarrocha – Feb. 23, 1978 – Part 2 Another historic concert this...
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – KNX-Los Angeles: The Minority Report: The Exile Returns – July 1, 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Long considered one of the ugly blotches on the tapestry of Americana, the internment of Japanese-Americans, no matter how long...
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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