"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Shocking Blue – in concert from Tokyo 1971 – NHK-FM – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Shocking Blue this weekend. I know what you’re thinking; “one-hit wonders”. Um, no. Shocking Blue were one of a wave of bands coming out of The Netherlands who scored very highly all over the...
Euell Gibbons – Book Beat – December 16, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Euell Gibbons -Cast your mind back for a moment (if you are of a certain age). It’s the late 1960s and you’re watching TV – a commercial for Grapenuts Cereal comes on. A craggy looking...
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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