"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Unless you already knew, Pink Floyd went under several names before they settled on the one that would lead to fame and fortune. One of those names was The Abdabs, or The Screaming Abdabs. Others were The Tea Set, Sigma…
Adlai Stevenson – Campaign address from Milwaukee, Wisconsin – September 28, 1956 – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Hate to be pushy, but . . .Become a Patron! As we’ve finished the Presidential Election of 2020, amid…
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”11374″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”December 4, 1947 – News Of The World – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Another day of drama and upheaval, this December 4th in 1947. Still reeling from the UN partition…
1. Sweets For My Sweet – 1964 2. Zing, Went The Strings Of My Heart – 1964 Something unusual for The Soundbooth tonight. Demo sessions recorded in Los Angeles in 1964 by the soon-to-become Walker Bros. One of those demo…
Frank Alban Reports from London to KFI – November-December 1944 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – If you could, it would be fantastic:Become a Patron! With our current state of affairs over COVID and the stay-at-home/lockdown aspects of living life…
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”11362″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”December 3, 1943 – CBS – The World Today – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] In what has been considered one of the milestones in broadcast journalism, Edward R. Murrow reported his eyewitness account…
If you don’t mind: Become a Patron! Over to Spain this week for a concert by Orquesta Sinfonica de Eskadi, conducted by Andrey Boreyko and featuring the inimitable Hèlène Grimaud, piano. Grimaud was born in 1969 in Aix-en-Provence and began…
Mischa Elman, violin – Los Angeles Philharmonic, Janos Ferencsik, guest Conductor – September 5, 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Another historic concert from Los Angeles this week. The legendary Mischa Elman is soloist in this all Beethoven concert, guest…
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”18289″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”December 2, 1989 – News – Special Reports – Malta Summit – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] A little helps a lot: Become a Patron! I’m sure it seemed like a good idea at the…
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”47975″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”The Berkeley Free Speech Movement – 1964 – – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Become a Patron! Although it started two months earlier, this day in 1964 marked a turning point in the Protest movement…