"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– Spooky Tooth – In Session – BBC Radio 1 – 1968 – Spooky Tooth were one of those bands which should have made it huge. But for whatever reason they came close, but in the end came up short. Not for lack of trying and certainly not for lack...
– San Francisco Symphony – Edo De Waart, Cond. – Elly Ameling, Soprano – 1984-85 Season – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A classic concert with legendary singers this week. The San Francisco Symphony, led by Music Director Edo De Waart and featuring the great soprano Elly Ameling in...
– CBS World News Roundup – October 7, 1991 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The big news for this day were the big revelations leveled at former slam-dunk SCOTUS Nominee Clarence Thomas. Some 24 hours before a Senate vote to confirm Thomas was held, a bombshell in the form of...
Day #6 – Slowly inching forward. I can’t tell you how grateful I am for the support so far. It takes a little convincing, letting people know Past Daily has been around for a while, that we’re a Non-Profit and that we actually do use the money to keep the...
– James – In Concert at Brixton Academy – December 9, 1993 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert series – BBC Jumping into the 90s tonight with a set from James, a band very much in the Madchester mold of the 90s. Even though James had been together since 1982,...
This day in 1981, the news was filled with reports that Egyptian President Anwar Sadat had been the victim of an assassination. During a military review, Sadat, along with several dignitaries and cabinet members, including his vice-President Hosni Mubarak were attacked by a group of Egyptian soldiers; driving up to...
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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