– Sum and Substance – Interview with Jacques Lipchitz – March 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. An interview this week with legendary sculptor/painter Jacques Lipchitz. At the vanguard of the Cubist movement in the early part of the 20th century Lipchitz, along with colleagues Modigliani, Picasso and
– Chicago University Roundtable of The Air – Emotions And World Problems – Oct. 31, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection One gets the impression the latest round of violence gripping seemingly everywhere around the world is part of a new phenomenon – the issues and the political climate
February 9, 1945 – WEAF 6 o’Clock News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 9, 1945 – The offensive along the Western front got into high gear this day, as the Canadian 1st Army took fourteen towns and a gain of nearly five miles into Germany, and rapidly approaching
January 5, 1942 – a very busy day in war. Starting with Japanese forces have been streaming southward through that southernmost state of Malaya, taking up assault around Johore Bahru, defenders last Fripositions, day night and early Saturday finally pulled back into their strategic island, blasting the causeway behind them,
News that allied forces had taken Manila became the primary topic of conversation, this day in 1945. American troops reached the heart of Manila yesterday and raised the Stars and Stripes over the Philippine capital for the first time in more than three great years. Yanks of the hard-hitting First
Gregor Piatigorsky in conversation with James Day – Day At Night – May 24, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Gregor Piatigorsky. Without question one of the greatest cellists of the 20th century, and to some the greatest string player of all time. The Ukranian born American cellist settled
The Red Army drives West. A day events moved quickly on this 25th of January in 1945. Starting with Red Army troops battled to force the Oder River barrier in Silesia today and Marsnal Stalin in his third order of the day announced the capture of Oppeln, capital of Upper
Henry Wallace – Address of March 17, 1944 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Henry Wallace has been receiving a goodly amount of attention in recent years. As Secretary of Agriculture and then vice-President under FDR, he was a major supporter of FDR’s New Deal policies and considered even by
January 6, 1945 – NBC Radio – War Telescope – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 6, 1945 – News from the fighting fronts of World War 2. The big news was the sudden German offensive in Belgium, and the infamous Battle of The Bulge. Word of German advances, pushing
Diving into some Big Band this weekend, compliments of Woody Herman and His first Herd, recorded by CBS Radio at the College Inn from the Hotel Sherman in Chicago on March 27, 1947. Woody Herman (May 16, 1913 – October 29, 1987) was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, singer, and big band leader. Leading groups called
