"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Perennial favorites Portishead to start the week. In concert at Sudoeste Festival in Portugal on August 8, 1998. My first encounter with Portishead was via their debut album Dummy – Sour Times stopped me dead in my tracks. I was…
It just wouldn’t be Christmas without something loud, fast and out of control – and what better way to celebrate than by this brand new remix (and video) by Goldblade featuring the inimitable Poly Styrene and Lora Logic and their…
Rarities this week that haven’t, as far as I’ve researched, been issued commercially. From the Swiss Radio Archives, the legendary Henryk Szeryng in concert with Orchestre de la Suisse Romande under the direction of Ernest Ansermet in a performance of…
Films of the 1950s this week with the legendary Jimmy Stewart interviewed by Howard Miller for his CBS Radio series The Howard Miller Show on March 25, 1957. Stewart is on a promotional tour for his latest feature, The Spirit…
Heading in a smooth and mellow direction this week with The Dave Brubeck Quartet featuring Paul Desmond, at a private party in Carmel and recorded on June 26, 1955 by a fan, by the group – who knows? One of…
– Vince Guaraldi – Christmas Time Is Here Again – 1965 – It’s hard to imagine this cornerstone of American Popular Culture has been around for 58 years. It’s A Charlie Brown Christmas feels like it’s been with us forever.…
They don’t make hangovers like that anymore. You were looking forward to it since you got the invite. Your class Reunion – can’t imagine it’s been ten years. You forgot what everybody looked like, except maybe that One – the…
– Taylor Swift In Concert at BBC Radio 1 – Big Weekend – Earlham Park, Norwich – UK – May 24, 2015 – BBC Radio 1 – I know what you’re thinking; “oh no, Past Daily has gone mainstream”. True,…
– CJVC-Toronto – Around April/May 1954 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – One thing about Popular culture, it’s everywhere. And as long as there has been a desire to be hip and “in the know”, it’s always been that way.…
– News Of The World – December 8, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This December 8 in 1947 saw the country battling Politics and Inflation, the Cold War unfolding and American cities squabbling for bragging rights. Politics and…