"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– The Open Mind – State of American Book Publishing – November 13, 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Book Publishing in America – always at the brink of extinction – always under threat. In 1960 the threat came…
News Commentaries – November 29, 1961 – NBC Radio Closed Circuit – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Seems there was no end to hotspots around the world, this November 29th in 1961. Between allegations of attempted Cuba interfering in elections in…
– Joseph Papp – interviewed by James Day – Day For Night Program – Jan. 31, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Joseph Papp, in conversation with James Day, from the broadcast of January 31, 1974. One of the…
We could use the support: Become a Patron! Kicking off the week on a high note. One of my absolute favorites tonight. Sadly, not a complete concert, but enough to give you an idea of how Arthur Lee’s revival was…
– NPR Special Program – Island of Dreams – Coney Island – Nov. 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Iconic place, Coney Island. Long history. A place where seemingly half the world showed up on a Summer weekend to…
– The Who – Live At Fillmore East – April 6, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – It occurred to me I haven’t run a Who concert in a very long time. One of my favorite bands, which I…
– Post-Thanksgiving – Mike Roy’s Cooking Thing – November 28, 1967 – KNX-AM/FM Los Angeles – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – One of the few sure things in life: The clatter of hungry plates – the animated conversation, up a…
A historic concert this week, given on November 23, 1963 as a memorial for President Kennedy, who had been assassinated the day before. Music Director Erich Leinsdorf leads the Boston Symphony in music of Gluck, Wagner and Beethoven. This was…
– Phil Ochs – 1970 Greenpeace Concert – October 16, 1970 – Amchitka – I can’t think of a better voice of conscience than Phil Ochs right now – he was one of the most vocal opponents of the Vietnam…
Alice B. Toklas Reads From Autobiography Of Alice B. Toklas – 1961 – Verve Records – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! Alice B.Toklas. The name might not ring many bells with generations born after the 1960s. But…