Category 1990s

Yankee, Get Out – October 21, 1999

– CBS World News Roundup – October 21, 1999 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A day full of protests, this October 21st in 1999. Starting with a lockdown on Federal Prisons, who were seeing a spike in disturbances the…

Passing Of A Legend – Leonard Bernstein – October 14, 1990

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”46971″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”October 14, 1990 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Become a Patron! Sad news for this October 14th in 1990. The passing of Music Icon Leonard Bernstein at 72, from Cardiac Arrest. The conductor, guiding…

The Bardots – In Session 1992 – Nights At The Roundtable: Session Edition

– The Bardots – In Session for John Peel – June 6, 1992 – BBC Radio 1 – Sometimes, bands become the designated darlings of the Press, and the struggle to meet expectations just gets in the way of the…

Amid Chaos, More Chaos – October 8, 1990

– CBS World News Roundup – October 8, 1990 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – While chaos swept over Capitol Hill this day, thwarted only by an emergency spending bill which kept the government from shutting down for 12 days,…

Brand X In Session At The BBC 1976 – Nights At The Roundtable: Session Edition

– Brand X – In Session for Alan Freeman/John Peel – Feb. 26 and July 15, 1976 – Broadcast on John Peel – August 2, 1976 – BBC Radio 1 – Initially put together as a “jam band”, Brand X…

Sweeping Proposals – September 28, 1991

– CBS World News Roundup – September 28, 1991 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In what was described as one of the most comprehensive and sweeping nuclear disarmament proposals by the U.S., President Bush announced a plan to dramatically…

Haitian Hardball – September 17, 1994

– CBS World News Roundup – September 17, 1994 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this September 17th in 1994 had much to do with wars of words. In Haiti, a delegation of American negotiators were taking one…

Ripken Breaks Records – Rock Cuts Ribbons – September 1995 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles

– ABC Radio – Perspective – week ending September 10, 1995 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A lot happening in Pop and Sports history, this week ending September 10th in 1995. Cal Ripken broke Lou Gehrig‘s all-time record of…

Picket Signs, Airstrikes And Global Warming – September 10, 1995

– ABC Radio Hourly News – 6:00 am – September 10, 1995 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day 20 years ago was probably typical of many September 10ths – labor disputes in Detroit, with newspaper workers…