"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
The Chords – in session for John Peel – recorded July 3, 1979 – Broadcast July 9 – BBC Radio 1 – The Chords and the Mod-revival of 1978 to kick off the week. They had several hits on their home turf, before the decline of the trend brought about...
Interview With Estes Kefauver – Senate Crime Committee – March 29, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Elsewhere I posted other articles regarding the drug problems that America was facing in the 1950s. Seems 1951 was a watershed year for dope as several reports and interviews all took place...
February 18, 1994 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 18, 1994 – The view from Sarajevo this day included columns of Bosnian Serb tanks and artillery rolling down from the snow-covered hills around the besieged city. Russian diplomacy and peacekeepers and a threat of...
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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