Iraq: The Itchy Trigger Finger – March 19, 2003
– NPR News On The Hour – March 19, 2003 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this day in 2003 had much to do with the impending invasion of Iraq and the last minute attempts at staving off the…
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Past Daily: A Sound Archive of News, History, Music
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
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Cocteau Twins – Amsterdam 1983 – Past Daily Morning Soundbooth
– Cocteau Twins – In concert At Meervaart, Amsterdam – January 29, 1983 – VPRO, Netherlands – No one is going to convict the 80s of being a dull decade. The 80s were a fertile ground for experimenting and trying…
Paranoia In The Age Of Anxiety – Operation Alert – 1959 – Past Daily After Hours Reference Room
– Operation Alert 1959 – Conelrad Emergency Broadcast – Gordon Skene Sound Collection If the Cold War period wasn’t frightening enough for the average person, with daily news reports of tensions and takeovers and thinly-veiled threats, there was the extra…
View From Tunisia – View From The Bowling Alley – March 18, 1958
Become a Subscriber via Patreon: Become a Patron! – NBC Radio News – Life and The World – March 18, 1958 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News on this day in 1958 was something of a mixed bag, at…
Crowded House – Finsbury Park – 1994 – Past Daily Morning Soundbooth
A double espresso would be nice: – Crowded House – In Concert At Finsbury Park – 1994 – BBC 6 Music – Crowded House were one of those bands seemingly all over the place in the late 80s/early 90s. From…
A Word Or Two From Bob Dylan And Mary Travers – 1975 – Past Daily: “Talking About . . . “
– Mary Travers and Friends (w/Bob Dylan) – April 20, 1975 – KNX-FM – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – It would seem natural, two icons of 60s Folk Music to be sitting around, shooting the breeze and talking about Music.…
Otis Redding – In Concert – 1966 – Past Daily Saturday Soundbooth
Become a member and download this concert for free: Become a Patron! The immortal Otis Redding this week, recorded in concert at an unidentified venue (I’m thinking Baltimore? – call for clarification from readers please!) on October 4, 1966. I…
LBJ Addresses Congress – Voting Rights Act Of 1965 – March 15, 1965
Become a Patron! – President Johnson – Address to Congress – Voting Rights Act – March 15, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With a legacy started by President Kennedy, and beginning with the Civil Rights Act of 1964,…
Franz Ferdinand – Great Wide Open – 2012 – Past Daily Morning Soundbooth
Coffee anyone? – Franz Ferdinand – Great Wide Open Festival 2012 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Franz Ferdinand to end the week, in concert at the Great Wide Open Festival Summer of 2012 Holland, recorded by the Dutch radio…
Eisenhower – Republican Convention – 1952 – Past Daily After Hours Reference Room
Become a Patron! As Convention season gets closer (and one can only guess what 2024 will be like), here is a sampler from another Republican Convention – seventy-two years ago – July 11,1952. General Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers the acceptance…