"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”20424″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”March 30, 1948 – Alka-Seltzer News Of The World – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] A busy and “interesting” news day, this March 30th in 1948. Starting with news on the upcoming…
Another dose of Americana tonight, by way of the venerable Eastman-Rochester Symphony, conducted by none other than Howard Hanson. A recreation of a portion of the first concert given spotlighting new American composers which the Eastman-Rochester Symphony took part in…
Radio Tokyo – news in English – March 26, 1942 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 26, 1942 – With reports of Japanese troops setting up shop in Rangoon, ceremonies in Nanking, the full occupation of Malaya and Java…
Peter Warlock: Serenade for Strings – New London String Ensemble – BBC Session – February 14, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The music of Peter Warlock is seldom played these days, but probably more so than it was…
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”55201″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”March 15, 1940 – Admiral Richard Byrd Program – NBC – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] March 15, 1940 – Salute to Admiral Richard Byrd – NBC Red Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Admiral…
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”13247″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”March 18, 1949 – Dean Acheson – NATO – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] This day in 1949 had much to with the ongoing squabble between the the West and the Soviet Union. As the…
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”55068″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”March 10, 1940 – Mutual – Report from Stockholm- Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] March 10, 1940 – Carl Mydans Report from Stockholm – Mutual Broadcasting – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 10, 1940.…
News for this March 10th in 1948 had much to do with a flood of reports from Prague saying that non-Communist Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk had been found dead from an apparent suicide hours earlier. But even while reports were…
March 8, 1942 – Radio Tokyo English Service – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 8, 1942 – News via the English service of Radio Tokyo, this day in March of 1942. The news was primarily about continued Japanese victories…
Ingolf Dahl – Concertino for Clarinet for Violin and Cello (World Premier) – Benny Goodman, clarinet – Eudice Shapiro, Violin – Victor Gottlieb, cello – recorded at Bovard Auditorium, USC – April 24, 1948 Something rare and somewhat frustrating this…