"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– Senator John F. Kennedy – Address at VFW Convention, Cobo Hall, Detroit – Aug. 26, 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – John F. Kennedy – giving a speech not only fitting for Memorial day but as a reminder…
The true seriousness of the day wasn’t really known for almost 24 hours after the initial event occurred. The Nuclear Power Plant accident at 3-Mile Island on March 28, 1979 began at 4:00 in the morning and almost instantly there…
– NBC Radio – Meet The Press – Guest: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King – April 17, 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King’s Birthday today, I unearthed this 1960 appearance on Meet…
MJQ w/Paul Desmond – live at Carnegie Hall – Christmas Day 1971 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The MJQ and a special Christmas Concert featuring Paul Desmond, recorded live at Carnegie Hall on Christmas day, 1971. This concert has…
– Fred Allen: Town Hall Tonight – December 27, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – If you’re a fan of comedy, study comedy or old enough to remember when Radio was the entertainment medium of choice, because TV wasn’t…
CBS Radio – A Christmas Sing With Bing – December 24, 1958 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Contrary to rumors that he hated it, Bing Crosby has become synonymous with Christmas and Christmas music. Starting in 1954 and going…
News For September 20, 1994 – NPR Morning Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – For September 20, 1994 the news was about U.S. troops landing in Haiti and the removal of one government, headed up by Military strongman Raoul…
Further evidence May, historically, has been anything but a dull month. Take for example this past week in 1975. News for the week ending May 11, 1975 was about upheaval, reprisal and fear for the future. With the collapse of…
– April 14, 1941 – News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this April 14, 1941, the 589th day of War, had much to do with the situation in the Balkans. Yugoslavia fell to the…
Today marks the Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King. And so to commemorate his birthday, and to honor his memory and his work, here is one of a series of lectures Dr. King gave for the CBC in Canada in…