Author: gordonskene
United Nations: Peace Continues In Europe – War Continues In The Pacific – Independence Waits In The Wings – June 1, 1945
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Soft Machine In Session – 1969 – Past Daily Soundbooth
– Soft Machine – In session for Top Gear/John Peel – June 15, 1969 – BBC Radio 1 – Soft Machine – one of the Desert Island bands, whose influence and point of view was the guiding light for the Progressive Rock movement from the late 1960s through the early
Igor Markevitch And l’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in Concert – 1982 – Past Daily Mid-Week Concert
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The Right To Knowledge – Eisenhower Address At Columbia University Bicentennial Dinner – May 31, 1954
Maybe the Cold War had something to do with it. The Space Race and the dawn of New Technology, but in 1954 one of the things consistently stressed by President Eisenhower throughout much of his Presidency was the crucial role education played in our society. How Education and knowledge had
The Trouble With Rostenkowski – North Korea Thumbs Its Nose – A Well Planned Attack – May 31, 1994
May 31, 1994 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – If you were Dan Rostenkowski this would be a nail-biting day. Rostenkowski, 68, was charged in a 17-count indictment with engaging in a pattern of corruption that spanned nearly all of his 36 years in Congress.
War In The Pacific – View From Port Moresby – May 30, 1942
May 30, 1942 – Australia Today – Radio Australia – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News of the South Pacific by way of Radio Australia and the latest reports on the defense of Port Moresby in this edition of Australia Today picked up via shortwave. The Japanese made their first
May 30, 1941 – Nineteen Quiet Nights – News From Crete
– NBC News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound collection – May 30, 1941. News for this Memorial day in 1941, and of relative quiet over England, going on 19 days for the 630th day of War. Fighting in the Mediterranean region heated up, forcing British and Greek troops
Self Esteem In Concert – 2023 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Self Esteem – in concert at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend – May 27, 2023 – BBC Radio 1 – Festival season is just getting started – this past weekend it was BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend Festival in Dundee and it was, by all reports, a blow-out. One of