"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Pink Fairies – in concert at The Paris Theatre, London 1971 – Hosted by John Peel – BBC Radio 1 – Pink Fairies tonight. A band which may not register a whole lot with people on this side of the Atlantic, but were one of those underground mainstays in the...
Walter Klien, Piano – New York Philharmonic – Erich Leinsdorf, guest Cond. January 23, 1986 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another historic concert this week. This time, it’s the New York Philharmonic guest conducted by Erich Leinsdorf and featuring pianist Walter Klien in a January 1986 broadcast which marked...
July 19, 1947 – NBC Radio: Our Foreign Policy – Europe and The Marshall Plan – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This day, 70 years ago, the discussion was what to do about the situation in Europe. The war had been over for two years, but those countries ravaged by...
July 19, 2005 – CBS Radio News – NPR Special Events Coverage – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 19, 2005 – Most eyes on SCOTUS this day. The morning started off with speculation, but turned into revelation as President George W. Bush announced his choice to replace retiring Justice...
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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