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April 8, 1952 – President Harry Truman issues Executive Order over the Steel Strike – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! From 1950-1953, the United States was involved in the Korean War. To fund the war, Truman originally wanted to increase taxes and implement credit controls to limit...
April 2, 1969 – WOR-FM – Sebastian Stone + News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! April 2, 1969 – Maybe not so much what was going on in the rest of the world, but what was going on in your little corner of it. This day;...
Fountains Of Wayne – Live at Wiggins Park, Camden New Jersey – July 20, 2007 – WXPN-FM broadcast – Become a Patron! Fountains Of Wayne in concert tonight. Another tribute, another dose of sad news, another reason to wonder about the big picture and another loss. Tonight it’s the sad...
Leif Ove Andsnes In Recital – Recorded at Accademia Nazionale de Santa Cecilia – 2011 – RAI Radio – Become a Patron! Lef Ove Andsnes in recital this week in a program of music by Brahms, Schoenberg and Beethoven. Starting with Brahms’ 4 Ballads op. 10 – and after intermission...
We’re here because of Patrons like you: Become a Patron! May 5, 1955 – Although the status of the American Magazine wasn’t the general premise of the program, the intent certainly brought home the fact that the Press in this country had been falling down on the job for a...
Ronnie Lane’s Slim Chance – Live at Golders Green Hippodrome – 1974 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert – If we’re helping you get through this thing, a buck or two would help hugely: Become a Patron! Former founder of Small Faces and Faces, Ronnie Lane in his solo outing...
Become a Patron! Between 1937 and 1941, several thousand workers were fired from Ford plants on suspicion of being union activists or even sympathizers. Ford’s black officials along with black ministers and Urban League officials spoke to black workers at Ford and to their families arguing that the UAW would...
A note from Gordon Skene (the guy who runs this site): These are the interesting times we’ve always been threatened with. Times where what we thought we knew we don’t know anymore – and what we do know changes constantly. A lot of talking – a lot of speculation and...
Oscar Van Hemel – Violin Concerto – Theo Olof, Violin – Utrecht Symphony Orchestra- Paul Hupperts, Cond. VPRO Transcription – 1948 – Become a Patron! Music of Belgian/Dutch composer Oscar Van Hemel this weekend. His violin concerto, as performed on this Radio Nederland transcription disc with Theo Olof, Violin and...
WOR-AM – The Barry Gray Program -2:00 am – 2:30 am – December 12, 1946 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Five bucks a month, or even a buck a month makes all the difference in the world: Become a Patron! If you were one of those people who subscribed...
