
Category: Popular Culture


The (English) Beat – In Session 1979 – RIP: Ranking Roger (1963-2019) – Past Daily Soundbooth – Tribute Edition
The (English) Beat – In Session for John Peel – November 5, 1979 – BBC Radio 1 – The sad news continues this week with word that Ranking Roger, singer for The Beat (or English Beat outside the UK) and founding member of General Public passed away earlier today at



It’s 1981 – You Live In San Francisco – You’re A Teenager – The 70s Are Definitely Over. Past Daily Pop Chronicles
KFRC – Rick Shaw Show – Fall 1981 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The 70s are over and MTV is just getting started. Your radio is more lively than usual. Disco has drifted off into the Sunset and Springsteen is the must-listen-to artist now. You never really got into



March 19, 1990 – Art Heists And Baseball Strikes And 11 Million East Germans Head To The Polls.
March 19, 1990 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 19, 1990 – A day baseball fans were celebrating. After 32 days of back and forth negotiations, the Baseball players strike was over. Baseball Commissioner Fay Vincent announced that a settlement had been reached and

Dick Dale In Session – 2002 – (RIP: Dick Dale – 1937- 2019) Past Daily Soundbooth: Tribute Edition
Dick Dale – in session for John Peel – August 28, 2002 – aired September 28, 2002 – BBC Radio 1 – And now it’s Dick Dale. His passing over the weekend has left many people stunned; another gaping hole in our Pop Culture and another vestige of Rock n’
