
Category: Popular Culture



China After Mao – 1977 – Era Of The Two Whatever’s – Past Daily Reference Room
NPR: Options – What’s Happening In China Now? – December 23, 1977 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – China after Mao. When Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Communist Party of China, died on September 9, 1976, China was in a political and economic quagmire. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution and




Moms Has A Few Words For You – An Interview With Moms Mabley – 1961 – Past Daily Weekend Pop Chronicles
Moms Mabley – Interview with Studs Terkel – WFMT – June 13, 1961 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Jackie “Moms” Mabley. If you’ve never heard of her, you have missed an important part of your life. If you have any inclinations towards stand-up comedy, you’ve probably heard the name

Randy Newman – In Concert, Seattle – 1974 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Randy Newman in Concert – Moore Theatre, Seattle – November 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Randy Newman in concert tonight. Recorded at The Moore Theatre in Seattle in November 1974. Randy Newman has been referred to more than once as a National Treasure – and if the staggering


Black Sabbath -In Session 1970 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Black Sabbath – in session for John Peel – April 26, 1970 – BBC Radio 1 – Black Sabbath to start off the week. Fans and collectors no doubt have any one of a number of incarnations of this session either on vinyl, CD or download. This is for the