"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Leading up to a celebration of massive proportions, this June 20th in 1997. The much anticipated and discussed hand over of the former British Crown Colony of Hong Kong to The People’s Republic of China, scheduled to take place on…
– President Truman – Radio Address on the Taft-Hartley Bill- June 20, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 20, 1947 – on this day President Harry Truman was handed a bill, the Taft-Hartley Labor Management Relations Act of…
Well, now that Festival season is up and rolling, adjusting schedules, setting timers, studying lineups and crossing fingers that the multi-tasking doesn’t overload the computer has become a full-time task. But seriously, it’s worth it. This year promises to be…
In honor of Juneteenth and a reminder that history is a vital tool for change and that some issues are still very much with us – that some attitudes never went away and that recent history has only made them…
Staying in Spain this week for a concert from the 2009 Rafael Orozco Festival de Piano, recorded on the 19th of November 2009. Featured in this concert are Orquesta de Córdoba, conducted by Vladimir Valek and featuring Luydmil Angelov, piano.…
While the UN was preparing to celebrate 10 years as a peacemaking body on the 20th of June, a military coup was going on in Argentina, with a plan to oust Juan Pèron. this day in June 1955. On 16…
– Roy Wood’s Wizzo Band – Live on BBC Sight n’ Sound – Feb. 4, 1977 – BBC Radio 1 – Anyone familiar with The Move or Roy Wood’s Wizzard will probably be familiar with this short-lived experiment from Mr.…
Even five years since the end of World War 2, Europe was still in the process of rebuilding and finding its way. Now with the added attraction of Communism and what, in its most abstract, became a popularity contest between…
– June 18-20, 2018 – News Reports from RFI-English Service – ABC Radio National, Australia – BBC World Service – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Refugees and the Crisis in Immigration – With the events of the week still unfolding,…