"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– 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…
– Maya Angelou, Jane Birkin, Russ Meyer, William Friedkin, Bob Crane – Kup’s Show – March 26, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Even though 1970 seemed a little late to talk about it, the subject of free-love, single…
– KPFA Evening News – Special Report – November 27, 1978 – KPFA/KPFB – Pacifica Network – November 27, 1978 – 45 years ago today, an act of jealousy and hatred changed the face of a city. The Moscone–Milk assassinations…
– 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…
– CBS Radio – The Washington Week – November 24, 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – No shortage of Big Ticket crises this week, the one ending on this day in 1973. There was Watergate and the seemingly endless…
Diving into the Holiday weekend with a concert by The Jam, from the legendary CBGBs in New York, recorded on October 15, 1977. Proclaimed by many to be Britain’s Greatest Band, The Jam came on the scene and sparked the…
– 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…
– Steve Reich – in conversation with Alan Rich – February 7, 1983 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Anyone who has studied, performed or just enjoyed music owes some degree of gratitude to Steve Reich. He is, without question,…
– The Boomtown Rats – Live At Middlesex Polytechnic College – September 22, 1978 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert – The Boomtown Rats in concert. In case you didn’t know, The Boomtown Rats had a series of Irish and…
– Neil Young and Crazy Horse – Live At Auditorium Theatre, Chicago – November 15, 1976 – Neil Young is arguably one of Rock n’ Roll’s greatest songwriters. With a catalog of unforgettable songs going back decades, Neil Young continues…