January 11, 1956 – Listen To Washington – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 11, 1956 – this day 60 years ago was all about speculation over whether or not President Eisenhower would seek a second term in office. His health issues had many concerned –
Election 1960 – Political issues – The Open Mind – January 17, 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Election 1960 – same as it always was; speculation, mulling over the issues, who was a frontrunner, what did each of the parties want – who was likely to be sitting
The Economy in 1964 – ABC Radio Issues and Answers – January 5, 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The economy of 1964: More robust, more profit, more expansion than at any other time in U.S. history. The numbers of newly minted wealthy were getting higher by the minute.
Wounded Knee aftermath – Impacto program – August 19, 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Wounded Knee. A name which conjures up protest, shame and renewal. And a name that in 1973 was a rallying cry for the American Indian Movement and where the term Red Power came into
Secretary of State James F. Byrnes – Address on Return from Moscow Conference – December 30, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Secretary of State James Byrnes, returning from the Foreign Ministers Conference in Moscow was upbeat, and more optimistic than the London Conference, which ended pessimistically in September. Calling
– News for December 28, 1979 – CBS World News Roundup + Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Kabul, this December 28th in 1979. A new regime holding power as of this day in Afghanistan. Strongly pro-Moscow, even more so than the previous regime which was overthrown
– News for December 21, 1977 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Summit talks, between Israel and Egypt, were scheduled to take place in Cairo on December 25th in 1977. But on this December 21st the preliminary talks were abruptly cancelled in favor of negotiations for the upcoming meeting between
Rondè – live at Song Of The Year -Dec. 11, 2015 – NPO3/VPRO/3FM – Netherlands – Rondè, who walked off with the Serious Talent Award this year, were also standouts and nominees in this year’s Song Of The Year competition in The Netherlands this past week. If this competition is
Bo Ningen – Live at Les Inrocks 2015 – November 13, 2015 – Les Inrocks – Japanese New-Psych/Acid-Noise Rock group Bo Ningen tonight. Recorded at Les Inrocks Festival in Paris, ironically only hours before the attack on Le Bataclan in Paris. Bo Ningen formed in 2006 in Tokyo and relocated
– CBS World News Roundup – November 27, 1984 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Cautiously optimistic news for this day in Medicine. Jarvik 7 artificial heart recipient William Schroeder, who only three days earlier wasn’t expected to last the weekend was awake, alert and asking for a can of
