Category: Past Daily
Voices Of Spring – Tensions In Europe – March 20, 1939
It adds up, so subscribe: Become a Patron! – Radio Paris Shortwave – Radio Moscow Shortwave – News – March 20, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As tensions increased throughout Europe, this first day of Spring in 1939, life for the most part was making a heroic attempt
Peter Gabriel -Seattle 1983 – Past Daily – Morning Soundbooth
– Peter Gabriel – Live In Seattle – August 10, 1983 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – When Peter Gabriel left Genesis, a band he co-founded in the mid-1960s and said farewell to at the close of the Lamb Lies Down On Broadway tour in 1975, it came as a
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 inevitable. Even though a number of UN Members of the
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 different directions. The Cocteau Twins neatly filled that bill. Attracting
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 added bonus of having to deal with the almost constant
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 least from mainstream media’s point of view. Word from North
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 the recently disbanded Split Enz, founder Neil Finn (and later
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. And this sit-down and chat between Bob Dylan and Mary
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 forgot how turbo-charged Redding was in performance. This concert (actually