"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– News for August 26, 1945 – NBC Radio/WEAF, New York – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day in 1945 had much to do with preparations for the official surrender of Japan and the Allied occupation, getting…
– CBS Radio – Unit One Production – The Green Border – May 8, 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Continuing our look at the memorable documentaries from the 1950s, 60’s and 70’s. Tonight it’s Edward R. Murrow narrating…
– August 24, 1990 – Gulf Crisis Update + CBS Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 24, 1990 – News for this day continued with bulletins and updates. The Crisis in the Gulf was heating up…
– President Eisenhower – Address on the recess of the 83rd Congress – August 23, 1954 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With the adjourning of the 83rd Congress, in August of 1954, President Eisenhower took to the airwaves to…
Sec. of State Dean Rusk and C. Douglas Dillon – Press Conference re: Alliance For Progress – Aug. 22, 1961 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The popularity contest for Hearts and Minds was roaring full-speed ahead on this day…
Chabrier: Suite Pastorale – FNO conducted by Manuel Rosenthal – 1952 – ORTF Studio Session – Familiar ground this weekend. Manuel Rosenthal is certainly no stranger to collectors, nor is Emmanuel Chabrier to Music lovers. Today it’s a performance of…
– CBS Radio – Sunday Night With Mitch Miller – January 21, 1961 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A few legendary names this week, interviewed by the inimitable Mitch Miller on his weekly radio program Sunday Evening With Mitch,…
– Ben Webster With MJQ – Live At Birdland – Feb. 21-28, 1953 – WADO-AM – Something not all that rare, but certainly noteworthy this week. An unusual pairing between Sax legend Ben Webster and The Modern Jazz Quartet. Recorded…
PFM In Concert from Osaka – November 25, 1975 – PFM were one of those bands who came to epitomize the true eclectic nature of the 70s. The changes that began in the mid 1960s matured and took off by…
News for this August 19th in 1942 was about a glimmer of hope for the allies during World War 2. A raid on the French coastal port of Dieppe. Intended as a morale boost, the raid was in fact a…