"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– 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,…
– Gian-Carlo Menotti – The Apocalypse – West Coast Premier – L.A. Philharmonic, Alfred Wallenstein – Nov. 13, 1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Gian-Carlo Menotti this week. One of the major forces in American classical Music during the…
– CBS Radio – Back Where I Come From – August 19, 1940 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection.- In an attempt to broaden the musical tastes of mainstream America, CBS Radio in 1940 experimented with the idea of presenting Folk…
– Chester Himes – Interviewed on Soul! – March 15, 1972 – NET-TV – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Chester Himes – one of the great American writers of the 20th century, was one of many artists of color who…
– Lowell Thomas And The News – Nov. 7, 1962 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This is the week for election postmortems, it seems. This day, November 7th, was a day-after in the 1962 Mid-term election cycle. Not as…
– CBS Radio – Where The People Stand w/Elmo Roper – November 6, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – For all the complaints and bafflement over just how badly informed the American people are, not only with History, World…
– The-OPen-Mind-Can-Fallout-Shelters-Save-Us-November-1961.mp3″>The Open Mind – Can Fallout Shelters Save Us? – November, 1961 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The 1950s and early 1960s. A time of anxiety, dread, fear and paranoia. Fear of a nuclear war – one that…
October 26, 1988 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 26, 1988 – Two weeks until Election Day. Only this particular October 26th the election was between Michael Dukakis and George H.W. Bush. News from…
– Roy Harris – Fantasy – The ABC Radio Symphony – Conducted by Roy Harris – October, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Roy Harris was one of the true original and most inventive composers of that period from…
– Sen. Ernest Lundeen Discusses Future of Television and The FCC – April 6, 1940 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – When Television was in the experimental stage – when it was just at the dawn of being realized as…