The Field Mice – Farewell Concert – Tufnell Park Dome, London – 1991 – Past Daily Soundbooth
the last concert given by one of the pioneering Indie bands in 1991.
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Natalie Dessay And Laurent Naouri In A Concert Of French Melodies – 2014 – Past Daily Mid-Week Concert
– Natalie Dessay and Laurent Naorui with Maciej Pikulski, Piano – In Concert – July 14, 2014 – Radio France Musique. – Something a bit different this week. One of my favorite singers of Opera (who, I was gutted to learn had taken a sabbatical from the Opera stage), the
Censorship: 1957 – Past Daily Reference Room
– The Open Mind – Book Censorship – Feb. 24, 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – One of the prevalent memories of the “carefree” 1950s was the preoccupation much of our society had with reading material deemed obscene,and the various organizations and movements afoot, pledged to rid every bookstore,
Henry Wallace Has A Word Or Two About America – October 4, 1948
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Salvana – In Session – 2023 – Past Daily Soundbooth: Rock Without Borders/ Music In The Time Of COVID
– Salvana – in session at Los Conciertos de Radio 3 – RNE Radio 3 – October 3, 2023 – Spanish Shoegaze tonight, compliments of Salvana in a session they recorded only hours ago at Radio 3 for RNE in Madrid. Putting a Spanish accent on Shoegaze seems perfect –
Corporate America: Death By Mergers – 1955 – Past Daily Reference Room
– NBC Radio – The American Forum – Mergers: Are they Helpful or Harmful? – January 2, 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In this almost constant state of corporate mergers, leveraged buyouts and hostile takeovers, it’s hard to imagine there was a time this was all considered unusual.
Mao Tse-tung: Recognition Of Red China And A Steel Strike – October 3, 1949
ABC Radio: Baukhage Talking – news for October 3, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A nervous October day in 1949. News of China – strikes dragging on, news of a creeping paranoia over Communists, news of Capitol Hill gamesmanship. Starting off was news that Associate Justice William O. Douglas
JAWW – In Session – 2023 – Past Daily Soundbooth
– JAWW – in session for Marc Riley and David Coe – BBC 6 Music – October 2, 2023 – BBC – Burning a hole through Monday night – JAWW in session for Riley & Coe at BBC 6 Music, recorded just hours ago. About JAWW from their Bandcamp page:
Day In The Life – October 2, 1957
– Nightline – October 2, 1957 – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Sometimes the world just goes about its business and nothing earth shattering happens. A day in the life of anyplace – this day happens to be October 2, 1957. There were probably things that happened
AIDS Comes To Hollywood – Rock Hudson – October 2, 1985
– CBS News Reports and The World Tonight – October 2, 1985 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day 38 years ago was sad and sobering. On October 2nd 1985, actor and Hollywood icon Rock Hudson, who only a year before had been diagnosed with AIDS, died