"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
All About Eve – live in Bonn, Germany – 1977 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – All About Eve tonight. Taking another side-trip into Ethereal-Wave with a liberal dose of Shoegaze, a dollop of Alternative and the essence of Bay-Area 60s Psych. With four studio albums during their tenure (1984-1993),...
New York Philharmonic – Zubin Mehta, Cond. Andras Schiff, Piano – May, 1986 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another historic concert this week. The New York Philharmonic, led by Zubin Mehta and featuring the legendary pianist Sir Andras Schiff in this 1986 concert featuring the music of Weber,Beethoven, Haydn...
Coretta Scott King – Character In Politics – NPR National Town Meeting – November 5, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With the current furor over the Elizabeth Warren‘s attempt at reading of a letter by wife of Civil Rights leader (and leader in her own right), Coretta Scott...
February 8, 1942 – Blue Network – News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 8, 1942 – a day with many doubts and ominous signs. The situation in the Far East was looking grim, despite upbeat reports. The Dutch East Indies were scenes of repeated raids...
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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