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Past Daily: A Sound Archive of News, History, Music
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Month August 2018
August 11-16, 1965 – Five Nights In Watts – Chronicle Of A Disturbance – Past Daily Reference Room
August 11-16, 1965 – KMPC Reports/Newscasts – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! On the evening of Wednesday, August 11, 1965, 21-year-old Marquette Frye, an African-American man driving his mother’s 1955 Buick, was pulled over by California Highway…
August 13, 1990 – Heating Up In The Persian Gulf – Choosing Sides – Assuming Positions.
August 13, 1990 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 13, 1990 – All eyes on the Persian Gulf, this August 13th. The Iraq invasion of Kuwait touched off a firestorm of protest – both…
Aretha Franklin – Live At Festival de Jazz d’Antibes – 1970 – Past Daily:Thoughts, Prayers And Candles Edition
Aretha Franklin – live at festival de Jazz d’Antibes, Juan-les-Pins, France – July 21, 1970 – RFI-Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With the pessimistic news tonight via Aretha Franklin’s family – word is, the Queen Of Soul is…
“Turn Me On, Dead Man” – The Great Paul McCartney Is Dead Hoax – 1969 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles
Paul McCartney – The Testimony – F. Lee Bailey and others – Nov. 30, 1969 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In an era rife with conspiracies, rumors and urban myths, the one that took something of a dubious prize…
Louis Prima And His Orchestra – 1945 – Past Daily Downbeat
Louis Prima -Coca-Cola Spotlight Bands – January 15, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Louis Prima this weekend. In the days before Call Of The Wildest and his legendary stints in Vegas, Louis Prima was a staple of the…
XTC – In Concert From Amsterdam – 1982 – Past Daily Backstage Weekend
XTC – Live In Amsterdam – Paradiso – March 8, 1982 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – XTC in concert from Amsterdam in 1982 this weekend. One of the truly best and most innovative bands to come out of the…
The Gaslight Anthem – Farewell At Reading – 2015 – Past Daily Soundbooth
The Gaslight Anthem – live at Reading/Leeds Festival 2015 – August 30, 2015 – BBC 6 Music – Ending up the week with The Gaslight Anthem, during their farewell concert at the 2015 Reading/Leeds Festival on August 30, 2015, recorded…
Our latest Podcast Is Up And Running! – Week Of July 23rd – Past Daily’s Thousand Yard Stare
Or click on the link right here: Past Daily’s Thousand Yard Stare – for the week of July 23, 2018 As most of you know by now, we’ve begun a podcast version of Past Daily – it’s Past Daily Lite,…