"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– CJVC-Toronto – Around April/May 1954 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – One thing about Popular culture, it’s everywhere. And as long as there has been a desire to be hip and “in the know”, it’s always been that way.…
– Margaret Mead – lecture at Illinois State University – April 1976 – NPR: Options – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Had she been around in 2023, Cultural Anthropologist Margaret Mead would no doubt have much to say, and none…
– 1948 Drama Critics Award program – A Streetcar Named Desire – Mutual Special Features – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A Streetcar Named Desire, as it was first performed with the original cast; Jessica Tandy, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden…
– The Open Mind – State of American Book Publishing – November 13, 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Book Publishing in America – always at the brink of extinction – always under threat. In 1960 the threat came…
– 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…
– Maya Angelou, Jane Birkin, Russ Meyer, William Friedkin, Bob Crane – Kup’s Show – March 26, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Even though 1970 seemed a little late to talk about it, the subject of free-love, single…
– 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…
– Steve Reich – in conversation with Alan Rich – February 7, 1983 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Anyone who has studied, performed or just enjoyed music owes some degree of gratitude to Steve Reich. He is, without question,…
– The Man Who Invented Hobbits – The Story of JRR Tolkien – NPR Options – Jan. 1, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – JRR Tolkien is a name which became synonymous with 60s culture and for decades since,…