"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”46971″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”October 14, 1990 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Become a Patron! Sad news for this October 14th in 1990. The passing of Music Icon Leonard Bernstein at 72, from Cardiac Arrest. The conductor, guiding…
Day #13 – A little under half-way and not past 5% of our funding goal. Sometimes it’s hard to compete with all the noise. The noise of other sites – the noise of the day – the noise of distraction.…
– Hinds – live at Festival SOS 4.8, Murcia, Spain – May 1, 2015 – RNE Radio 3 – Originally known as The Deers, until a threatened lawsuit by another band by the same name forced them to change it, Hinds…
– NBC Nightly News – October 13, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The big news for this October 13th in 1975 was the ongoing story of New York City’s economic turmoil. A city on the edge of bankruptcy,…
– IBEYI – live at Unaltrofestival 2015 – Milan – July 7, 2015 – RAI Radio 2 – Checking out some of the festivals I missed earlier this season (there were way too many to check out the first…
– President Roosevelt – Fireside Chat – October 12, 1937 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – You can read along while you listen: President Roosevelt: “This afternoon I have issued a Proclamation calling a special session of the Congress to…
Day #11 – Eleven days into our Fundraiser and all is quiet. And that’s not good. But it’s a new week and our appeals continue – we’re serious about what we do – we’re serious about offering the best of…
– Richie Havens – In Concert – BBC Studios – 1974 – BBC Radio 1 – The legendary Richie Havens, in concert from London tonight. Recorded for the BBC in 1974, this 70 minute set captures Havens at his most…
– Studs Terkel Interviews Tom Wolfe – May 5, 1977 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Among the great writers and essayists of the second half of the 20th Century, Tom Wolfe certainly stands out as one of the…
– Charles Vardell – Joe Clark Steps Out – NBC Studio Orchestra – Henri Nosco, cond. – October 28, 1943 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Lesser known American Composers this week – the music of Charles Vardell, as played…