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Becoming a Patron is really easy and it helps a lot: Become a Patron! June 16, 1992 – A day of bafflement and raised eyebrows. Starting with the bombshell revelation from Russian President Boris Yeltsin that there was a very strong possibility that American POW’s from the Vietnam War were...
Pennies, nickels, dimes – it all adds up: Become a Patron! June 15, 1983 – Santiago Chile woke up this morning choking, soaked to the skin and with burned eyes. It was the latest in a series of clashes between protestors and the government of Augusto Pinochet, who seized power...
In these days of crazy, even a little is a lot: Become a Patron! The 1936 Republican National Convention was held in Cleveland, Ohio, between June 9 and 12. Although many candidates sought the Republican nomination, only two, Governor Landon and Senator William Borah from Idaho, were considered to be...
Icicle Works – Live At Shelly’s Club, Stoke – 1985 – Live and Loud.com Icicle Works live tonight. Recorded at Shelly’s Club in 1985 and tweaked, fiddled with and turbo-charged by Flip Martian for my current favorite website, Live and Loud.com (check them out). Icicle Works was founded in Liverpool...
James Baldwin – Lecture at Castlemont High School – Oakland, California – Broadcast June 23, 1963 – KPFA – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This was not the first lecture James Baldwin gave to a group of high school students, nor was it the last. During the civil rights movement...
June 8, 2000 – Microsoft, rather than go along with the Justice Department’s breakup order, decided to fight the ruling. The Department of Justice issued a ruling, declaring Microsoft’s dominance of the x86-based personal computer operating systems market constituted a monopoly, and that Microsoft had taken actions to crush threats...
Horace Silver Group – live at Umbria Jazz, Italy -July 31, 1974 – RAI Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! Horace Silver, live at the 1974 Umbria Jazz Festival in Italy on July 31, 1974 and preserved for posterity by RAI-Radio in Rome. Some background on...
Crowded House – Live from The Albani Club – Winterthur Switzerland – October 28, 1991 – Swiss Radio/Live and Loud.com – Click on the button and chip in:Become a Patron! Crowded House this weekend. In concert from The Albani Club in Winterthur Switzerland and recorded on October 28, 1991 and...
Every little bit helps: Become a Patron! June 3, 1954 – A day with a lot of domestic political issues in the air. Starting with news from Capitol Hill and the matter of Civil Rights and segregation in housing. On this day, a bill calling for Liberalization of loan guarantees...
June 1, 1986 – the end of a busy week, this June 1st. Beginning with news that another threat to tamper with Consumer medications was revealed. Earlier in the year, a man named “Gary” called several news agencies to warn them that, unless the drug company took some action, he...
Gordon Skene, two-time Grammy Nominee and archivist runs The Gordon Skene Sound Archive and this website, which is dedicated to preserving and encouraging an interest in history and historic news, events, and cultural aspects of our society. Past Daily is the only place on the Internet where you can hear a Nixon speech, listen to an interview with John Cassavettes or play a broadcast of Charles Munch rehearsing the Boston Symphony in 1950, all in the same place. It's living history and it's timeless.
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