Wire In Session – 2002 – Past Daily Soundbooth
– Wire – in session for John Peel – September 17, 2002 – BBC Radio 1 – Wire to head to the end of the week. Inspired by the burgeoning UK punk scene in 1976, Wire are often cited as…
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Past Daily: A Sound Archive of News, History, Music
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Month August 2023
General Jonathan Wainright: “Hoping And Waiting For Three-And-A-Half Years” – August 31, 1945
News and Commentary with Robert St. John + address from General Jonathan Wainright – NBC – August 31, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day had a lot to do with what was happening in Japan…
Chapterhouse In Session – 1991 – Past Daily Soundbooth
– Chapterhouse in session for John Peel – Sept. 23, 1990 – BBC Radio 1 – Chapterhouse for a Wednesday night. Chapterhouse were a British shoegaze/alternative rock band from Reading, Berkshire, England. Formed in 1987 by Andrew Sherriff and Stephen…
Ida Haendel With Zubin Mehta And The New York Philharmonic In Concert – 1985 – Past Daily Mid-Week Concert
– Ida Haendel, Violin – New York Philharmonic cond. by Zubin Mehta – In Concert – April 25, 1985 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another historic concert this week. The legendary violinist Ida Haendel joins Zubin Mehta and The…
JFK And The State Of The Economy – 1962 – Past Daily Reference Room
– JFK – The State Of The Economy – Aug. 13, 1962 – The Economy, it seems, is always the prevailing topic of political conversation. Where are the jobs, where is the stimulus, where are the tax breaks, where is…
Hurricane Katrina – Governor Blanco Holds A Press Conference – August 30, 2005
– August 30, 2005 – Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco Press Conference – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 30, 2005 – Hurricane Katrina made landfall only hours before. Estimates were coming in, but only estimates – the full extent of…
Theatre Of Hate In Session – 1981 – Past Daily Soundbooth
– Theatre Of Hate – In session for John Peel – Recorded August 15, 1981 – Broadcast August 24 – BBC Radio 1 – Theatre Of Hate in session to drag us up to Hump Day. Originally known as The…
Does America Have A Future? – 1975 – Past Daily Reference Room
– America Future – NPR – National Town Meeting – July 2, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Does America have a future? Even in 1975, the question alone brought an avalanche of grimaces, shrugged shoulders and baffled Thousand…
Europe On The Edge: Last Minute Attempts – Last Ditch Efforts – August 29, 1939
– News From Radio Berlin – News From EIAR, Rome – August 29, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the war of nerves intensified on this day in 1939, a last ditch effort at negotiations was still going…
Cassia In Session – 2023 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Cassia – in session for John Kennedy’s X-Posure program – Radio X – August 25, 2023 – Radio X, London – Cassia to start the week. In session for John Kennedy at Radio X and recorded live on August 25th.…