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Amnesty

A Question Of Amnesty – A Subject Of Conscience – 1974 – Past Daily After Hours Reference Room

Coffee works too: Become a Patron! – ABC News Inquiry – Amnesty: Can you go home again? – April 24, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The only thing more contentious about our involvement in the Vietnam War was…

Grammys

The 1990 Grammys© – A Few Backstage Words From Leon Huff, John Lee Hooker, Milli Vanilli And More – Past Daily Pop Chronicles

– Backstage Press interviews – 1990 Grammy© Awards – Feb. 22, 1990 -Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Since tonight is a big night in the Music Business (or it used to be), I thought it might be good to take…

Bruce Springsteen – Live At The Bottom Line – 1975 – Past Daily Morning Soundbooth

– Bruce Springsteen – Live At The Bottom Line – August 15, 1975 – WNEW-FM Broadcast – Subscribe: Become a Patron! Early Bruce Springsteen this Wednesday morning. Before achieving legend status, icon and cornerstone of American Rock n’ Roll, the…

Coney Island

Island Of Dreams – Coney Island In The 70s – 1979 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles

– 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…

Rock Hudson - Doris Day

AIDS Comes To Hollywood – Rock Hudson – October 2, 1985

– CBS News Reports and The World Tonight – October 2, 1985 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day 38 years ago was sad and sobering. On October 2nd 1985, actor and Hollywood icon Rock Hudson, who…

The Unabomber: A Man And His Manifesto – September 19, 1995

– CBS World News Roundup – September 19, 1995 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This September 19th in 1995 had a lot to do with still-at-large domestic terrorist The Unabomber and his demand to publish a 35,000 word manifesto…

California Votes For Austerity: Prop 13 Becomes Law – June 8, 1978

– CBS News – June 8, 1978 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This day in 1978 was an interesting one if you lived in California. The Jarvis-Gann Initiative, or Prop 13 was passed by a landslide vote in the…