Censorship in the Movies – Lecture by Gilbert Seldes – September 19, 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Mostly likely impossible to put yourself in America of 1955 – but it was a time many things happened, either out of fear or loss of face on a national level
BBC Radio 4 – The Today Programme – News – September 13, 2003 – BBC Radio – Twenty years ago today; September 13, 2003, a day that bears a strong resemblance to the world 20 years later, but a world where the players are different and the circumstances more complicated.
– The Moscow Fair – September 13, 1959 – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Before the infamous U-2 incident (the plane, not the band . . .for you who may not know), there was a decided thaw in the Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet
– Cornershop – John Peel Session – BBC – Feb. 13, 1993 – BBC Radio 1 – Cornershop – one of the more unusual and eclectic mashups of musical styles and genres to come along in the early 1990s. Formed in 1991 by the brothers Tjinder and Avnar Singh, along
– JFK Remarks on Space Program – Sept. 12, 1962 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With a pledge to put a man on the Moon by the end of the decade, President Kennedy took a keen interest in the space program and developments at NASA. On September 12, 1962
Clt Drp in session for John Kennedy – X-Posure – Radio X – September 8, 2023 – Radio X, London – CLT DRP is an electro-punk band from Brighton, UK. The trio consists of Annie (vocals), Scott (guitar) and Daphne (drums). The band began life as a 2nd year school
– Secretary Of Commerce Henry Wallace – September 26, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – At the conclusion of World War II, with hundreds of thousands of American soldiers returning home, a large share of the workforce concerned about finding jobs as the economy transitioned from the production of
– September 11-12, 2001 – NPR Continuing Coverage – 11 pm – 1 am (PDT) – September 11-12, 2001 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – On this day in 2001, it seemed as though everyone knew someone who was either on one of those flights, or who worked in one
– Curtis Mayfield – live At Town & Country, London – 1990 – BBC Radio 1 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Change of pace for Sunday night – a taste of Soul by way of the legendary Curtis Mayfield. The man who gave us a flood of hits with
Alexander Reinagle – Sonata For Piano – Shirley Resiman, piano – Society For Forgotten Music – February 13, 1950 – Mutual – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Out of the usual Contemporary/mid-20th Century format and into something from the 18th century. The music of Alexander Reinagle. His piano sonata, as
