"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Cedric Foster Commentary – Foreign Policy under Eisenhower – January 30, 1957 – MBS – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Foreign Policy has always been a sticky situation for the U.S. – different approaches have yielded different results. During the…
January 31, 1978 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 31, 1978 – a day to recognize Olive branches in the Middle East. The channels for peace talks were being cleared again, and a new…
The Adult Net – in session for Janice Long – October 1, 1986 – BBC Radio 1 – The Adult Net to start off the week. Originally a side project of The Fall’s singer and guitarist Brix Smith, who joined…
January 30, 2003 – BBC Radio 4 News- Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 30, 2003 – days closer to War with Iraq. This time, the enthusiasm to assemble a “coalition of the willing” was considerably less than before. Despite…
Gabriel Pierné – Variations Fibres et Finale – Pierre Jamet Chamber Ensemble – ORTF 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The music of Gabriel Pierné this week. I initially came to know of Pierné by way of his recordings…
Hugh Masekela – In Concert from the 2015 Inntöne Jazz Festival – Diersbach, Bauernhof, Austria – May 21, 2010 – RAI Radio Tre – Hugh Masekela this weekend and his delicious roux of Afrobeat Jazz, as performed during the 2015…
Björk – In Concert at The Warehouse, Toronto – August 7, 1995 – CBC Radio – Björk this weekend. Perhaps fitting with the surreal nature of real life, the surreal nature of art and music. Björk is synonymous with eclecticism;…
The Boo Radleys – John Peel Session – Dec. 12, 1990 – BBC Radio 1 – The Boo Radleys taking us, kicking and screaming, into the weekend. Associated with Shoegaze and Britpop, The Boo Radleys were a very well regarded…
America First Rally, New York – June 7, 1941 – Mutual Broadcasting – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With the recent change of political climate here in the U.S. and the rallying cry America First drowning the airwaves, many people…
January 27, 1999 – BBC World Service – Newshour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 27, 1999 News on East Timor and the latest on the pending impeachment trial of President Clinton. The news of the day as the…