"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
An Emotional Fish – in concert from Manchester 1990 – BBC Radio 1 – An Emotional Fish tonight, recorded in concert from Manchester in 1990 by the BBC. Together since 1988, An Emotional Fish were signed to U2’s revamped Mother Records, and this concert comes during the time of their...
Henry Wallace – Address of March 17, 1944 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Henry Wallace has been receiving a goodly amount of attention in recent years. As Secretary of Agriculture and then vice-President under FDR, he was a major supporter of FDR’s New Deal policies and considered even by...
January 17, 1942. With all the war news at home and abroad on this day, nothing hit the movie-going public quite like hearing about the tragic and sudden death of film icon Carole Lombard. She had just finished a grueling War Bond drive tour, which took her back and forth...
Strangelove – In session for John Peel – June 30, 1992 – Broadcast July 17, 1992 – BBC Radio 1 – Starting the week off with a perennial favorite, Strangelove – in their first session for John Peel, recorded on June 30, 1992 and first broadcast on July 17, 1992....
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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