"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
. . . or click on the link here for audio Player – Naomi Punk – live at Route du Rock Hiver – Feb. 27, 2015 – RFI-Le Mouv’ It’s Festival season again – well, not Summer festival or even Spring Festival but Winter Festival season. Tonight it’s Olympia Washington’s...
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Sly & The Family Stone – live at Harlem Cultural Festival – June 29, 1969 Sly & The Family Stone were the staple in just about every diet of anyone who went to the Fillmore in San...
5 Days left. We’re getting down to the wire and I really don’t know how this is going to turn out. All I know is, I need your support and, even though it’s the weekend, I’m still knee-deep, asking for your help to chip in with your tax-deductible pledge and...
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Soup Dragons – In session for John Peel – Dec. 7, 1986 – BBC Radio 1 Early Soup Dragons tonight. From a session recorded on December 7, 1986. Started in 1985, they were a Scottish Alternative band...
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup + Newsbreak + Hourly News – Feb. 27, 1981 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. News for this February 27th in 1981 had much to do with the visit of British Prime Minister Margaret...
6 days left. Six days and the tension is ratcheting up a few more notches. We’re now about $1500 away from our goal. In the last two days there’s been an outpouring of pledges, support and word-of-mouth – it’s been amazing and nerve-wracking all at the same time. Like everything...
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Free – In session for Top Gear – March 17, 1969 – BBC Radio 1 Most people think of the band Free and immediately recall their early 70s anthem All Right Now. It has cast an indelible...
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – NET: Citymakers – Sam Yorty – January 9, 1969 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Los Angeles has had no shortage of colorful figures gracing the offices of City Hall. One of those colorful figures was Sam Yorty....
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio News + Reports – February 26, 1980 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. February 26, 1980 – 35 years ago this day, Campaign ’80 was in full swing. And by the results, it was a first...
7 days left. After my last update yesterday there was a flurry of contributions which got us just past the 50% mark. All I can say is – I am beyond grateful for the love and support I’ve gotten from so many of you. It’s renewed my faith in people...
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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