Hard to imagine 56 years ago the conversation regarding the Vietnam War took an abrupt turn – but the abrupt turn was in a violent way. Prior to this, the Anti-War movement had been largely peaceful, and growing in numbers. The straw came in the form of a U.S. led
The Debate Team – the second they told you it was Live TV. Color you confused. Your head is splitting – your breath is awful – your tongue could do pushups in the Mojave. Somebody left a radio on. You have no idea where you are – you have no
New faces on the horizon this weekend. Pyncher, recorded and broadcast live at the BBC 6 Music Festival in Manchester on March 25th of this year. Pyncher got together in 2020, weathering the Pandemic lockdown and put the imposed downtime rehearsing, composing – having imaginary gigs because they couldn’t play
American Forum of The Air – Are Our Schoolbooks Dangerous? 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As a society, are we a fearful people? Yes. Paranoid? Yes. Vengeful? Yes. Civil? No. Has it always been that way? I’m afraid to say, yes. Of course, that’s painting the picture with
The Human League – Live At Festival Of Fools, Amsterdam – June 10, 1980 – Flip Martian Collection – Live and Loud! Become a Patron! The Human League in one of their early, pre-breakthrough concerts – recorded at The Festival of Fools in Amsterdam on June 10, 1980 by VPRO
April 29, 1986 was a day the true nature of how disastrous it was wouldn’t be known for weeks and months later. On this April 29th, amid vehement denials to the contrary, one of the worst Nuclear Power Plant disasters occurred in the Ukraine region of Russia. Initially reported as
In the name of a grateful nation “paying a debt long overdue,” FDR dedicated a great marble shrine to Thomas Jefferson and declared that present day Americans, like the champion of freedom, have faced the fact that “men who will not fight for liberty can lose it”. “He loved peace
Every so often, Memorial Drive hits a speed-bump. You do miss those days. You really do. Because . . . At the time you couldn’t wait. Could’t wait for the day to be over – couldn’t wait for the line to get short – couldn’t wait for the weekend –
The opening day of the United Nations Conference in San Francisco, this April 25th in 1945. Within days of the death of FDR and within days before the eventual collapse of Nazi Germany, the United Nations was formed out of the wreckage of The League of Nations with the hope
– The Open Mind: Culture And A Market Society – January 31, 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection In May 1959, President Eisenhower participated in the groundbreaking ceremony which would eventually result in The Lincoln Center For The Performing Arts. It was the first center of its kind and an
