Category: 1960’s
It’s 1961 – You Live In Philadelphia – You Aren’t A Teenager . . . Yet – Parts Don’t Fit Right –
WIBG – Philadelphia – Jerry Stephens – January 6, 1961 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Admit it – if you had to do it all over again and were asked which period you would like to skip, you would invariably say “just before puberty hit”. Nothing compares to the
The Cost Of War – The $10 Billion Goof Over Vietnam – Sen. William Proxmire -Meet The Press 1967 – Past Daily Reference Room
Sen. William Proxmire – Meet The Press – February 4, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – 1967 and the Vietnam War was dragging on – it had escalated and it was starting to look like a war of attrition. In early 1967 it was learned that the budget for
Bloody Thursday – The Saga Of People’s Park, Berkeley – 1969 – Past Daily Weekend
KPFA/Pacifica – People’s Park – May 20, 1969 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the Decade of the 60s began drawing to a close, contrasts became more pronounced – celebrations became more intense, protests became more violent – it was as if the pendulum of human emotion and experience
August 11-16, 1965 – Five Nights In Watts – Chronicle Of A Disturbance – Past Daily Reference Room
August 11-16, 1965 – KMPC Reports/Newscasts – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! On the evening of Wednesday, August 11, 1965, 21-year-old Marquette Frye, an African-American man driving his mother’s 1955 Buick, was pulled over by California Highway Patrol motorcycle officer Lee Minikus for allegedly reckless driving .After
“Turn Me On, Dead Man” – The Great Paul McCartney Is Dead Hoax – 1969 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles
Paul McCartney – The Testimony – F. Lee Bailey and others – Nov. 30, 1969 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In an era rife with conspiracies, rumors and urban myths, the one that took something of a dubious prize was the one that got started with a report that
The Bonzo Dog (Doo-Dah) Band – In Session – 1969 – Past Daily Soundbooth
The Bonzo Dog (Doo-Dah) Band – In session for John Peel – July 29, 1969 – BBC Radio 1 – The Bonzo Dog Band tonight – variously referred to as The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, The Bonzo Dog Band, The Bonzos, they were an institution. Unfortunately, they never caught on
