"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– Joseph Papp – interviewed by James Day – Day For Night Program – Jan. 31, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Joseph Papp, in conversation with James Day, from the broadcast of January 31, 1974. One of the…
– F. Scott Fitzgerald – Biography In Sound – June 28, 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – F. Scott Fitzgerald – a name which conjures up images of The Jazz Age, the “Era of Wonderful Nonsense”, the “Lost Generation”…
Alice B. Toklas Reads From Autobiography Of Alice B. Toklas – 1961 – Verve Records – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! Alice B.Toklas. The name might not ring many bells with generations born after the 1960s. But…
– NPR Options – A Conversation with Carlos Montoya – June 24, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Carlos Montoya was one of the true legends of Flamenco Guitar. As a founder of the modern-day Flamenco style, Montoya was…
– NET – Newsfront – Interview with Godfrey Cambridge – January 2, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – At a time when Black standup comics were just beginning to break into the White mainstream, Godfrey Cambridge was one of…
– 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…
– The Silent Clowns – interview with Walter Kerr – 1976 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Silent Clowns – an era where film was just getting started – where narrative, plot and personalities were in their infancy and…
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…
– BBC World Service – London Column – July 18, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – While the war continued in the Pacific, only weeks away from its final end, Europe was slowly putting the shattered pieces back together,…
– Sum & Substance – Gregor Piatigorsky – Feb. 24, 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – Gregor Piatigorsky was once described as being one of the greatest string players of all time. One of the reasons had much to…