Election Results – 1954 Off-Year Election – November 2, 1954 – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Election returns – even in an off-year election like the one in 1954 was hotly contested, loaded with cliff-hangers and filled with all-knowing nods from seasoned pundits who assured voters it
Cloth – in session for John Kennedy – Radio X – October 28, 2022 – Radio X, London – Cloth tonight. New faces – new debut ep and debut album. Cloth are Rachel and Paul Swinton, brother and sister from Glasgow. They decided to form Cloth in 2016 while still
Invasion of Philippines – Report from Leyte – November 1, 1944 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 1, 1944 – news for this day came direct from the invasion force, some two weeks into fighting in the Philippines. According to reporter Royal Arch Gunnison, the landing on Leyte was
– Edward R. Murrow and The News w/Don Hollenbeck – November 1, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Knee-deep in Cold War, this November 1st in 1951. Atomic testing was continuing at a rapid pace, with advances of new tests making results of old tests obsolete. On this day
Siouxsie and the Banshees – in session for John Peel – February 10, 1981 – BBC Radio 1 – Siouxsie and The Banshees to start the week. In session for John Peel from February 10, 1981. Siouxsie and the Banshees were an English punk rock band, formed in London in
President Kennedy Press Conference – October 31, 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In his first Press Conference since October 9th, President Kennedy answered a barrage of questions, including many about a rumored withdrawal of American troops and other Military Personnel from Germany. President Kennedy: The policy of the
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– King Crimson – In Session for John Peel – May 11, 1969 – BBC Radio 1 – King Crimson tonight. Just when we thought we had heard it all – all the genres had been explored, all the styles had been examined, all the possible instrument combinations had been
Stanley Grill: What My Grandfather Taught Me, from Ahimsa – Marek Stilec conducting the Czech Chamber Philharmonic, Pardubice – 2022 I confess to not being familiar with the music of Stanley Grill. Not that I am avoiding music from the current crop of composers, but that I’ve been so focused
– NBC Radio: Stars In Jazz from Birdland – September 4, 1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Heading back to the 50s this weekend. The first of a series of broadcasts coming from Birdland on 53nd Street and Broadway in New York City. The Roy Eldridge/Coleman Hawkins All-Stars, featuring
