"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– KFRC – Big Tom Parker – December 31, 1976 – Rob Frankel Collection – Did every kind of job imaginable – pushed burgers at McDonald’s – pushed a mop at The May Company – pushed free trips to California…
What getting ready for New Years Eve sounded like in San Francisco in 1949, via KCBS. I originally posted this in 2013 – the City has changed even more since then. Gotten even less affordable to live – less gritty…
Fatal Charm – In Concert at The Paris Theatre, London – August 15, 1981 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert – Fatal Charm in concert tonight – recorded by BBC Radio 1 for their In Concert series at The Paris…
– Voices and Events – December 30, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – 1951. With the end of this year rapidly approaching, maybe it’s a good idea to look at other years, just to get an idea that things…
– December 30, 1997 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 30, 1997 – Almost the last day of the year and, like clockwork, the Eastern Seaboard and the South are blanketed with snow as…
Specimen – Live At Paris Theatre – November 19, 1983 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert Series – BBC Radio 1 – Specimen in concert tonight. Considered one of the pioneers of Goth, who did their level best to mix…
Ian & Sylvia – Live At The Hollywood Bowl – Folk Night – 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Editors Note: Just hearing the sad news regarding the passing of Ian Tyson earlier today. Here is a tribute and…
– Culture In America: An Assessment – 1960 – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Culture in America, circa 1960. Even 62 years ago, we were starting to ask questions about our accomplishments as a people – what…
I know – more hustling for money – one more website/podcast/social-media site trying to stay afloat, passing the hat – going door-to-door – begging Originally we were running ads – lots of them. But they got in everybody’s way and…
– Y2K Reports – CBS World News Roundup – December 29, 1999 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Y2K and the coming catastrophe . . .so they said. That’s was what everyone was thinking about on this December 29th in…