"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– CBS Radio News Update on Korean Crisis – June 27, 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the hours ticked by, after the initial reports of a “we’re not playing around” invasion of South Korea by North Korea,…
Part 1: Part 2: While the landmark Supreme Court decision was being handed down regarding same sex marriage this day in 2015, here’s a reminder of just how far we’ve come as a society from where we were 52 years…
The Adverts – In session for John Peel – August 23, 1977 – BBC Radio 1 – The Adverts in session for John Peel tonight. Together only 3 years, but were the first Punk band to enjoy chart success…
Report From The San Francisco Conference – June 16, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. With the San Francisco Conference just days away from closing, a charter was being drawn up for adoption, a new name was given and…
– Francoise Hardy – Radio Performance from l’Olympia – August 1, 1965 – ORTF, Paris – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The only problem with the British Invasion of the mid-1960s was that it overshadowed just about everything else that…
This day in 1942 was all about a world caught up in war. Fighting seemingly everywhere. News of a German offensive going on in the Libyan Desert near Tobruk. Hints of a major Western Front looming as U.S. troops landed…
– The Boston Symphony In Rehearsal – Charles Munch, cond. – Jan. 13, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – More historic rehearsals this week. The Boston Symphony with Charles Munch rehearse Richard Strauss’ Don Juan, originally broadcast on January…
NBC News of The World – June 10, 1942 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection War news on most all fronts, this June 10th in 1942. Reports on the air war in the Pacific, with Allied successes being reported, but notes…
– June 7, 1947 – ABC Radio – News Of Tomorrow – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 7, 1947 – news for this day was about survival and about reconstruction. Secretary of State George Marshall was in Paris to…
– June 6, 1944 – Mutual Coverage of D-Day landings – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Certainly the date of June 6th isn’t the sole property of 1944. A lot has happened since then. But as time passes and the…