"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Arlette Zola – Le Suis Folle De Tant T’aimer (1965) – Mathématique élémentaire – 1967 – Disque AZ A taste of Yé-Yé tonight by way of Arlette Zola. Haven’t heard of her? Well. . . . (via a fansite – gist translation) Arlette Zola was born on 29 April 1949...
Adlai Stevenson – first Campaign speech of 1956 Campaign – Sept. 13, 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Adlai Stevenson, probably a name not many remember these days. Former Governor of Illinois who ran for President on the Democratic Party ticket; first in 152 and last in 1956. After...
November 1, 1964 – James Farley – Leonard Hall on Meet The Press – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 1, 1964 – the Election of 1964 was days away, in fact a little over 2. At stake were the political fortunes of Republican Barry Goldwater and his running mate...
November 2, 1974 – CBS Radio: The Washington Week In Review – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 2, 1974 – With days away from the 1974 Mid-Term elections, politics seemed to be the only thing on peoples minds. Unless you were on Capitol Hill, in which case you were...
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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