"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
The Fratellis – live at Reading Festival 2008 – BBC 6 Music – The Fratellis to end the week. Don’t know why, but I realized it’s been almost 4 years since I did a post on one of my favorite bands of recent years. I always liked their high-voltage energy,...
July 29, 1965 – News item: Passage of Medicare Bill – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Medicare. 52 years ago this week, it became a reality for millions of Americans, By an overwhelming majority on July 28, the Medicare bill passed Congress and headed to President Johnson for signature....
July 28, 1980 – Frontline Report – CBS World News Roundup – CBS Radio News On The Hour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 28, 1980 – Day 268 for the Americans held hostage in Iran. It was also the day most Iranians woke up to the news that...
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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