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Festivals, Music Festival, Past Daily, Psychedelia, Radio, Social Commentary, Society, The Fourth Estate, The Press, Uncategorized, World Stage

Elephant Stone – Live At Best Kept Secret 2014 – Nights At The Roundtable: Festival Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Elephant Stone – Live At Best Kept Secret 2014 – VPRO/3VOOR12 – Netherlands Continued our look back at Summer Festival season for 2014. On the radar as Band To Watch for…

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October 29, 2014

1930's, Americana, Capitol Hill, Day in history, FDR, Healthcare, Labor, Los Angeles, Medicare, Medicine, Middle East, Past Daily, Presidents, Radio, Social Commentary, Society, The Fourth Estate, The Press, U.S. Intervention, Unreleased recordings

Mobilization For Human Needs – 1935 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – The 1935 Mobilization for Human Needs – October 24, 1935 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Slowly digging out from a devastating depression, America was still a long ways off from prosperity.…

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October 29, 2014

1980's, 1981, Capitol Hill, Communist China, Congress, Day in history, Foreign Policy, History, Israel, Middle East, Oil Companies, Past Daily, Politics, Presidents, Radio, Reagan Years, Social Commentary, Society, Soviet Union, Sports, Stock Market, Sweden, The Fourth Estate, The Press, U.S. Intervention, Uncategorized, United Nations, Vintage Recordings, Week In History, World News

About AWACS and Home Plate – October 29, 1981

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – October 29, 1981 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection October 29, 1981 – a day where Baseball and Politics had more than a few things in common.…

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October 29, 2014

Festivals, Folk, Indie, Music Festival, Nights At The Roundtable, Past Daily, Popular Culture, Rock Without Borders, Social Commentary, Society, The Fourth Estate, The Press, Uncategorized, World Stage

Nick Mulvey – Live at Into The Great Wide Open 2014 – Nights At The Roundtable: Festival Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Nick Mulvey – In Concert At Into The Great Wide Open 2014 – VPRO/3VOOR12 Staying in Summer Festival mode this week for a set by Nick Mulvey, recorded live by the…

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October 28, 2014

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Busing And Affirmative Action in 1975 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – NPR: National Town Meeting – Equality and Excellence – October 23, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The 70s were an interesting year in the history of the Civil Rights Movement.…

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October 28, 2014

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Beirut Requiem – October 28, 1975

Click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC Nightly News – October 28, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Another day of stress and wonderment, this October 28th in 1975. Beginning with news of the intensified fighting between…

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October 28, 2014

Festivals, French Radio, Music Festival, Nights At The Roundtable, Past Daily, Pop Music, Popular Culture, Radio, The Fourth Estate, The Press, Uncategorized, World Stage

Damon Albarn – Live At Days Off Festival 2014 – Nights At The Roundtable: Concert Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Damon Albarn (w/Heavy Seas) live at Salle Pleyel, Paris – July 9, 2014 – Radio France FIP Having been a fan of Blur since their very first album, it occurred to…

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October 28, 2014

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Roy Harris Conducts The Music Of Stanley Finn – 1946 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Roy Harris Conducts The American Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra – 1946 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Americana this week, by way of composer Stanley Finn, as interpreted by his contemporary Roy Harris…

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October 26, 2014
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Joe Pyne Meets Count Bill Varga – 1965 – 60s Talk Radio – Past Daily Pop Chronicles

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Joe Pyne Show – 1965 – Syndicated Series – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Much as we like to think the current state of talk radio is something new, it’s not. Going…

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October 26, 2014

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3 By Francoise Hardy – Past Daily Soundbooth

Click on the link here for Audio Player – 3 by Francoise Hardy – Viens,Chanson d’O, Et Meme – Disques Vogue Something different tonight. The legendary Francoise Hardy in three songs, typical of her inimitable style. Part of that early…

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October 26, 2014

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