"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– BBC 5 Live News – December 26, 2002 – BBC Radio – Looking at the news this day in 2002 as others saw it. BBC 5 Live news for 7:00 am on this Boxing Day in 2002. The news…
Artur Rodzinski – NBC Symphony In Concert – December 11, 1937 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Up front – I need to tell you we have a problem. This is an amazing concert, with sound that mostly belies it’s…
NBC Symphony, guest conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos with Astrid Varnay, soprano – December 23, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A historic concert from the fabled NBC Symphony. This one featuring guest Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos and Soprano Astrid Varnay…
MJQ w/Paul Desmond – live at Carnegie Hall – Christmas Day 1971 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The MJQ and a special Christmas Concert featuring Paul Desmond, recorded live at Carnegie Hall on Christmas day, 1971. This concert has…
– Fred Allen: Town Hall Tonight – December 27, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – If you’re a fan of comedy, study comedy or old enough to remember when Radio was the entertainment medium of choice, because TV wasn’t…
Lindisfarne – In Concert – Newcastle City Hall – December 23, 1976 – Metro Radio Live Broadcast – Lindisfarne and the legendary one-off Christmas Concert from December 23, 1976. Broadcast live from the stage of the Newcastle City Hall. One…
CBS Radio – A Christmas Sing With Bing – December 24, 1958 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Contrary to rumors that he hated it, Bing Crosby has become synonymous with Christmas and Christmas music. Starting in 1954 and going…
The Real Don Steele – KHJ – December 23, 1965 – Some things you just don’t forget – you try. But every year around this time you can’t help it. The mere sight of some smiling Santa somewhere – some…
Mike Finnigan – It Came Upon A Midnight Clear – Christmas 2022 – a Christmas of uncertainty, strife and fear. That a time of peace is shadowed by visions of war, of hate and distrust – of misplaced ideals and…
December 23, 1981 – CBS Radio News On The Hour + Spectrum Commentaries – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 23, 1981 – A week of Martial Law in Poland – a week of crackdowns and a week where unrest…