"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– KNX- Mike Roy Cooking Show – Dec. 18, 1967 – Cooking programs were a regular staple in the daily diet of a radio station up until the 1990s. Most are gone now. The few that are left are relegated…
The Rascals – KHJ Appreciation Night – Hollywood Bowl – 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – More bad news today. I was Just hearing about the passing of Dino Danelli, drummer and co-founder of The Rascals who died earlier…
– Gemini 6 -aborted launch – CBS News – December 12, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Gemini 6, which was originally scheduled for launch in October, was planned to last 46 hours and complete some 29 orbits as…
Flu season, just like clockwork – fever, chills, aching, sweats. You’ve just thrown up everything you’ve ever had in your stomach since you were five. Your hair hurts. The best you can do is just lie there, encased in blankets,…
ABC News Around The World – December 2, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Peace seemed to be the illusive goal, this December 2nd in 1967. With fighting in Vietnam continuing, B-52’s staging raids, South Vietnamese incursions into Cambodia…
Editors Note: With the sad news of the passing of Christine McVie, I thought I would re-post this (from 2013) as tribute to an amazing artist, gifted writer and remarkable human being. Something slightly unusual tonight. A radio session for…
– The Zombies – in session for Top Of The Pops – 1966-1967 – BBC Radio 1 – If they recorded nothing else, The Zombies would be cemented in the legacy of 60s indelibles with She’s Not There and…
– November 22, 1963 – KNX-AM/FM Los Angeles – Broadcast of the day – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 22, 1963 – It didn’t start off bad. Thanksgiving was coming up – the air was brisk. You were heading…
Nick Drake, in his only appearance for John Peel at the BBC, recorded on August 5, 1969. It would be safe to say that the music of Nick Drake has only grown in popularity over the years since his far-too-early…
Election Results – ABC News – November 4, 1964 – 1:30-2:45 am – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 4, 1964 Election night, 1964. As Americans went to the polls on November 3rd, the returns slowly came in. By early…