"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
WINS – Alan Freed – March 23, 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Take a look at the photo above you. Those are 16 and 17 year old kids – they are in high school. They are (for the most part) happy, and the year is 1955. Take a...
Chip in if you can: Become a Patron! May 25, 1978 – The economy was playing a big role in the mood of the U.S. this day – the price of Beef was getting ready to soar even higher than it was on this day in 1978. The reason for...
Savoy Brown in Concert – Chicago (tracks 1- 5) Connecticut College (tracks 6-9) – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Savoy Brown this weekend. One of those bands often cited as a major influence and a band which certainly saw more than its fair share of musicians come and go and...
May 21, 1980 – News from Miami, where rioting had been going on since the 18th, following the acquittal of four Dade County Public Safety Department officers in the death of Arthur McDuffie. McDuffie, a black salesman and former Marine, died from injuries sustained at the hands of four officers...
May 20, 1939 – The 1939 royal tour of Canada by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth was undertaken in the build-up to World War II as a way to emphasize the independence of the Dominion from Britain. The royal tour lasted from May 17 to June 15, covering every...
The Waterboys – live at Glastonbury 1986 – Recorded by BBC Radio 1 – June 20, 1986 -BBC Radio 1 – The Waterboys at Glasto in 1986. The Waterboys are a Scottish-Irish folk rock band formed in Edinburgh in 1983 by Scottish musician Mike Scott. The band’s membership, past and...
Become a Patron! May 19, 1999 – The latest episode in the Star Wars series, Phantom Menace opened at midnight to the sound of stampeding crowds and thundering cash registers. An estimated 200,000 people weren’t going to be showing up for work this morning, since many had been camped out...
On May 15, 1948 The State of Israel came into being. The end of a long, arduous and contentious journey. A move not favored in the Middle-East. A move which set off a war between a new country surrounded by hostile neighbors. Declaration of the Establishment of the State of...
Hubert Rostaing Sextette – Standard Transcription Sessions – Q247-250 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Legendary Hubert Rostaing tonight, leading a sextette in a session for the Standard Transcription company and either recorded in Paris or New York. The sessions took place approximately 1948 (although some say it was...
May 14, 1996 – a day of endless waiting with little reward. The mystery of Valujet Flight 592, which plunged into the Everglades, turned up more questions than answers. The almost accidental recovery of the Black Box was the one positive sign. So far, virtually nothing remained of the jet;...
