Category 1970’s

Split Enz – Pinkpop Festival – 1980 – Past Daily Weekend Soundbooth

Coffee would be nice: One of my favorite, and arguably most underrated bands of the 70’s and early 80’s. Split Enz were amazing to see live.I remember their first tour of the U.S., promoting the release of “Mental Notes” (which…

Long Hair

Boys With Long Hair – 1970 -Past Daily After Hours Reference Room

Subscribe: Become a Patron! – Martha Stuart: Are You Listening? – Boys With Long Hair – July 1970 – Anyone reading this who was born after 1970 will have no idea what the deal was. It was all about hair…

Guatemala Earthquake 1976

Guatemala Earthquake: 12,000 Known Dead – A Successor For Zhao Enlai – Moynihan Resigns – February 8, 1976

Passing the hat: Become a Patron! – February 8, 1976 – The World This Week – CBS News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 8, 1976 – 48 years ago this week, news that a devastating earthquake hit Guatemala…

Vietnam Boat People

Shifting Arab-Israeli Peace Talks – Protests Continue In Tehran – Here Come The Boat People – February 7, 1979

We’re here because you are: Become a Patron! Busy day in the world, this February 7th. Iran’s turmoil has overshadowed of late the Mideast’s longest-running crisis. What action there has been on the Arab-Israeli conflict has been largely talk and…

Emerson, Lake and Palmer

Emerson, Lake And Palmer – Anaheim Convention Center – 1974 – Past Daily Saturday Soundbooth

We do this every day, so:Become a Patron! – Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Live at The Anaheim Convention Center – February 2, 1974 – KMET-FM – Probably the one band which would gather universal recognition as the quintessential example…

A Jimmy Carter Fireside Chat – February 2, 1977

It would be great: Become a Patron! – President Jimmy Carter – First Fireside Chat – February 2, 1977 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With the recent news regarding the health of former President Carter, I thought it would…

Gerald Ford

Gerald Ford And The Economy In Nosedive – February 1, 1975

A little love goes a long way: Become a Patron! – CBS Radio – The World This Week- ending February 1, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Somehow, it always winds up being about the Economy. This first day of…

The Troubles – Northern Ireland: Using Real Bullets – Killing Real People – January 30, 1972

We need subscribers: Become a Patron! – NBC Nightly News (audio version) – January 30, 1972 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day in 1972 began with reports from Northern Ireland of deadly force used against demonstrators…