Day #14 – Approaching the half-way point, but we’re still at 5%. Over the past 24 hours pledges have come trickling in – and that’s great. If we could keep the trickle going maybe, just maybe, it will turn into a flood. I’ve gotten a lot of e-mails from
Day #13 – A little under half-way and not past 5% of our funding goal. Sometimes it’s hard to compete with all the noise. The noise of other sites – the noise of the day – the noise of distraction. I’m trying to offer an alternative to that. History that’s
– IBEYI – live at Unaltrofestival 2015 – Milan – July 7, 2015 – RAI Radio 2 – Checking out some of the festivals I missed earlier this season (there were way too many to check out the first time around), I ran across this set from IBEYI, which
Day #11 – Eleven days into our Fundraiser and all is quiet. And that’s not good. But it’s a new week and our appeals continue – we’re serious about what we do – we’re serious about offering the best of history, news and music, and not filling it with click-bait,
– Studs Terkel Interviews Tom Wolfe – May 5, 1977 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Among the great writers and essayists of the second half of the 20th Century, Tom Wolfe certainly stands out as one of the key influential figures of that period. His style of writing,
Day #10 – A third of the way through and 5% funded – no pledges yesterday. It gets worrisome, because you start to think no one actually likes to know about things, listen to historic newscasts or music, or really see the relevance of what happened in 1958 compared to
Day # 8 – End of the week, 4% funded and moving quietly along. A huge thanks and debt of gratitude to the ones chipping in so far. You’re making an enormous difference and I feel like we’re heading in the right direction. Sometimes you just don’t know. Much
– Meet The Press – Betty Furness – October 8, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Anyone growing up in the 1950s was well aware of Betty Furness. She was the one who spoke for Westinghouse. She demonstrated refrigerators on live TV – she delivered the words “You Can
Day #6 – Slowly inching forward. I can’t tell you how grateful I am for the support so far. It takes a little convincing, letting people know Past Daily has been around for a while, that we’re a Non-Profit and that we actually do use the money to keep the
Day #5 – Still slow – 1% funded. Still hopeful – first week. I know it’s hard to get behind something and support it because its free. Most people think the other person will chip in; they don’t need to come up with a buck or two to
