Henry Cabot Lodge – Meet The Press – Dec. 21, 1958 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Henry Cabot Lodge had the somewhat unenviable position of being the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations in 1958. That year saw an increase in east-west tensions – the Cold War was escalating
News for May 10, 1980 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 10, 1980 – depending on which continent you were, you were either nervous or celebrating. In Iran, Parliamentary elections were taking place, and in the second round of voting, it was looking like
Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren – Interviewed by Abram Sachar – May 1972 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With all the controversy surrounding the proposed appointment of a Supreme Court Justice to replace the late Antonin Scalia, and all the strange political machinations taking place because of it,
May 9, 1976 – CBS Radio: The World This Week – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The week ending May 9, 1976 – the news was preoccupied for most of the week with the events in Italy. A powerful earthquake shook towns and villages in Northeast Italy, claiming at
The Joy Formidable – Live at Lollapalooza Chile – March 19, 2016 – Zero 97.7 Santiago – Since the seasons are changing for the colder South of the Equator, the Lollapalooza Festival in Chile could be considered a late-Fall festival. But since it’s May here – it’s Spring, and The
Leo Sowerby – Comes Autumn Time – NBC Studio Orchestra – Joseph Stulpak, cond – July 1, 1943 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – American this weekend – Music of the early and mid-twentieth century by Leo Sowerby. Often referred to as the “Dean of American Church Music”, but
Mary Lou Williams Trio – Live at Keystone Corner, San Francisco – April 29, 1977 – KPFA – Anybody who has even a passing interest in Jazz knows the name Mary Lou Williams – Artists, arranger, composer, band leader; Mary Lou Williams was one of the true innovators in Jazz
The Beach Boys – Live At Constitution Hall, Washington D.C. – November 19, 1967 – Band Soundboard – The Beach Boys in concert from 1967 – Recorded at the DAR Constitution Hall in Washington D.C. on November 19, 1967. By 1967 The Beach Boys in a live concert setting were
Youth And Drug Addiction – Father Egan and Members Of Village Haven – May 3, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – For all the dewey-eyed nostalgia for the 60s, there was the incontrovertible fact that things got a little out of control by the end of the decade
As you all by now, The Past Daily Spring Fundraiser came to an end last night. It was hair-raising, nail-biting and teeth-pulling – and in the end we came up short, but not by much. Doing a Fundraiser over 45 days is too long, and my apologies to those of
