"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
The Beat – in session for John Peel – September 3, 1980 – BBC Radio 1 – The Beat (or English Beat, depending on where you’re listening to this from) in session for John Peel, recorded on September 3, 1980 for BBC Radio 1. The Beat, along with Two-Tone label...
March 30, 1954 – Frank Hemingway News and Comment – Mutual Broadcasting – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 30, 1954. Word from French Indochina (Vietnam) that a desperate battle was taking place at Dien Bien Phu, a strategic French military base which had come under full-scale assault by Vietminh...
March 30, 1979 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 30, 1979 – news from Pennsylvania around the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant was drawing concern. First reported as a minor incident-quickly taken-care-of, to complications to worry. In retrospect, things were quickly spiraling out...
Helen Love – in session for Steve Lamacq – June 22, 1998 – BBC Radio 1 – Eleven minutes of haywire, compliments of Helen Love, in a session for Steve Lamacq at BBC Radio 1 on June 22, 1998. Love, who claims she listens to nothing but Ramones records, has...
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