Author: gordonskene
Gay Pride – Gay Rights – The View From Dade County – June 15, 1977 – Past Daily Reference Room
– Fruit Punch – Orange Tuesday Analysis – Northern California Gay Men’s Radio Collective – June 15, 1977 – Since we’re right in the middle of Pride Month and knee-deep in protests, marches, parades and homophobia along with that thing we used to call “consciousness raising”, it never hurts to
Fall Of France – Opportunity Evaporating – June 13, 1940
– News reports and analysis by T.R. Ybarra and William Hillman – June 13, 1940 – NBC – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Word from France was grim this June 13th. With the eventual capitulation and fall of France coming at almost any hour, certainly within days, all that seemed
Quatermass 3 – In Session For Marc Riley – 2023 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Quatermass 3 In sesson for Marc Riley – BBC 6 Music – June 12, 2023 – BBC Radio – Quatermass 3 in session for Marc Riley to kick off the week. Recorded earlier in the day today, Quatermass 3 initially were behind World of Twist, Earl Brutus and The Dials.
President Ford Holds A Press Conference – The CIA -June 9, 1975
The Ford administration came close to igniting a constitutional showdown with Congress more than 40 years ago over demands by a House panel known as the Pike Committee for evidence of possible abuses by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). At the height of congressional pushback against the “imperial presidency” in
June 12, 1940 – 12 Miles or 17 Miles From Paris, Depends On Who You Ask – The Great Escape Begins
June 12, 1940 – Bill Hillman Shortwave report from London – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 12, 1940 – A day of confusion and conflicting messages. In this closed-circuit shortwave broadcast, reporter Bill Hillman delivers a breathless account of the impending overrun of Paris by German forces. Reports come
Talulah Gosh In Session – 1986 – Past Daily Soundbooth
– Talulah Gosh – in session for Janice Long – BBC Radio 1 – July 30, 1986 – BBC Radio 1 – Talulah Gosh tonight. One of the pioneering bands of the Twee Movement (yes, there was one), they are performing their very first session at The BBC, for Janice
The Henry Hadley Trio – American Music Festival – 1941 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
– Henry Hadley Trio – Festival Of American Music – WNYC – February 20, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Henry Hadley Trio this weekend, giving the last concert of the 1941 Festival of American Music broadcast over WNYC in New York on February 20, 1941. The Trio,