
Category: 1960’s


Robert F. Kennedy Discusses Refugees, Civil Rights and Crime – 1963 – Past Daily After-Hours
Become a Patron! – Robert F. Kennedy – Issues And Answers- April 22, 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Robert F. Kennedy may go down in history as an Attorney General of the United States who oversaw some of the most crucial and important issues of the 1960s. Appointed

An Interview With Deborah Kerr – 1969 – Past Daily: Talking About – Hollywood
– WOR – Martha Deane Program – Deborah Kerr Interview – March 3, 1969 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Continuing our occasional series of interviews with Hollywood notables of the past featuring Deborah Kerr, one of the screen’s most enduring legends whose film career spanned almost fifty years and

You’re A Teenager – You Live In L.A. – It’s March 1966 – You Ate At The Cafeteria Yesterday – You Are Having An Out-Of-Body Experience, Or Maybe It’s Lord Tim
– Top-40 Radio -Los Angeles – March 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – It was the Tuna Fiesta. It had to be. Nobody else ate it – they knew. You were starving. You missed Nutrition. You were building sets for the Talent Show. That’s what you get, taking Stage

Clifford Odets: “The Artist Is Taking A Strange Place In America Today” 1963 – Past Daily Evening Gallimaufry
– Clifford Odets – Interview for Sum & Substance – Feb. 3, 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The name Clifford Odets may not ring any bells, unless you have spent time going through the history of Theatre and the Social commentary of 1930s Depression-era America. To many, Clifford

Jimi Hendrix – Live At The Forum, Los Angeles – 1969 – Past Daily Morning Soundbooth
Become a Patron! Something classic and historic, although probably not all that rare or unusual this week. Just about everyone who has a passing interest in the music of Jimi Hendrix has probably heard this or the hundreds of other concerts, sessions and outtakes from his well-documented, albeit short, career.

Dr. Martin Luther King – A Christmas Sermon On Peace – 1967 – Past Daily Reference Room
– Martin Luther King – A Christmas Sermon on peace – 1967- With so much madness sweeping over the world this week, perhaps the words of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King hold just as much, if not more, meaning and relevance than they did 56 years ago. Here is his

Lillian Gish Has A Few Words About Early Hollywood – 1969 – Past Daily Evening Gallimaufry
– Lillian Gish – in conversation with Robert Cromie – “The Movies, Mr. Griffith And Me”. – June 25, 1969 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Lillian Gish, a name synonymous with the early days of Hollywood, and along with her sister Dorothy, household names in both Theater and Film

James Simon Kunen Talks About The Strawberry Statement – 1970 – Past Daily Evening Gallimaufry
James Simon Kunen – Interview from On Screen – WBAI-FM – June 26, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Some things age well – some things age not at all and some things age poorly. In the Arts it’s a matter of subjectivity. Music we’ve heard and books we’ve

Harold Pinter – A Night Out – 1960 – Past Daily Evening Gallimaufry
– A Night Out – By Harold Pinter – World Premiere – March 1, 1960 – BBC Transcription Service – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The arrival of Harold Pinter on the Theatrical scene in the late 1950s caused a stir, a sensation and a harbinger of things to come