John Lennon – Dream Ends At The Dakota – December 8, 1980
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Category: 1980’s
It’s November 1985 – You’re No Longer A Teenager – You Still Don’t Play Well With Others.
You’d think. After graduating High School – after graduating College – after applying for a hundred jobs – after buying your first honest-to-god business suit, you would calm down. You would mellow. You would fit. Nope. Always have – always will have a problem with authority figures. In elementary school,
Always About The Economy – Donald Regan And Supply Side Economics – 1982 – Past Daily After Hours Reference Room
Donald Regan – Face The Nation – 1982 The 80’s – days of Reaganomics and the Supply Side Economy. As a reminder that all was not bliss and Supply Side was doing a bit of backtracking even on the parts of its staunchest advocates, here is an interview with Treasury
Bhopal: A Cloud Of Misery – December 4, 1984
– Bhopal Aftermath – CBS World News Roundup – December 4, 1984 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day had a lot to do with the continually unfolding story in Bhopal India. A poison gas leak from a Union Carbide Chemical plant, exposing some 500,000 people –
Simple Minds – Nijmegen – 1983 – Past Daily Lunchroom
Simple Minds -a staple of the 80s. Simple Minds for Lunch today – recorded July 3, 1983 at Nijmegen in The Netherlands and broadcast by VPRO. From their website: New Gold Dream was the fifth studio album by Simple Minds. The album was released in 1982 and was a turning
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Tokyo – 1990 – Past Daily Saturday Brunch
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Nobody Weird Like Us”. Red Hot Chili Peppers live in Tokyo for Weekend Brunch – recorded on January 26, 1990 at the Club Citta Kawasaki. It occurred to me that in the twelve years Past Daily has been around, we’ve never run a RHCP concert
Gang Of Four – Live At Indian Summer 2006 – Past Daily Night Session
Gang Of Four – Live At Indian Summer 2006 – BBC 6 music – September 3, 2006 – BBC 6 Music – Gang of Four to toss us, kicking and screaming into Friday Jr. Arguably, one of the most influential and important bands of the Post-Punk movement of the late
President Reagan News Conference – Iran-Contra: A Box Full Of Surprises – November 19, 1986
November 19, 1986 – President Reagan’s News Conference – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 19, 1986 – As news of illegal arms sales to Iran surfaced, and as questions persisted over who-knew-what/when, it became imperative that President Reagan come forth and at least attempt to explain what was going
Wang Chung – The Roxy – 1987 – Past Daily Lunchroom
Diving back to the 80s this lunch hour with a set by Wang Chung, during their second night at The Roxy in West Hollywood and recorded on April 14, 1987 by KLOS-FM in L.A. Wang Chung were probably the quintessential 80s band – they embraced just about all the attributes
Sanctions Against Syria – Selling Arms To Iran – November 14, 1986
November 14,1986 – CBS Radio News On The Hour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 14, 1986 – while the world reacted to the White House‘ further sanctions against Syria and the government of Hafaz Assad for fostering terrorism. The Reagan Administration tightened the screws on the Assad government,