– WOR – Martha Deane Pgm. N.Y. Teachers Strike – 1968 A reminder of Teachers’ strikes past – The New York City Teachers’ Strike of 1968 was a months-long, arduous and deeply dividing strike that dragged on for a total of 36 days between May and November of 1968. At
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Alois Reiser conducts the WPA/Los Angeles Symphony – Broadcast #49 – Music Of The WPA Series – 1940 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Perhaps the dim-distant past, but in the years during the depression of the 1930s one of the most popular and vital programs brought about by The
– CBS Radio – George Fisher’s Hollywood – July-August, 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – As a reminder that Hollywood has always been at least slightly skewed, here is a 1950s radio equivalent of TMZ, as presented by veteran Hollywood gossip columnist George Fisher – and a 10
– Sonny Rollins Trio – live in Aix-en-Provence – March 11, 1959 – Radio France International – Something special and historic this weekend. The legendary Sonny Rollins in one of his last appearances in 1959 before his self-imposed withdrawal from the scene for a period of introspection, regrouping and reappraisal.
– Steve Hillage Band – Live at Hyde Park, London – September 18, 1976 – The ever-popular Steve Hillage this weekend, in his debut concert at Hyde Park in London on September 18, 1976. Hillage was known for years as one of the founding members of Gong, preeminent Prog
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The Inimitable David Bowie tonight. From his groundbreaking 1990 Sound + Vision tour, a performance at the Milton Keynes Bowl on August 5, 1990. Billed as a “greatest hits tour” with the object of retiring many of his longtime concert staples in favor of newer material, it was a massive
U.S. Military Policy: 1950 – Was America Ready For Another War – American Forum – October 1, 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – America in 1950. Quickly falling into the rabbit hole of Korea, fueled by the air of agitation brought on by the Cold War – pondering if
