Category Popular Culture

Iron Butterfly – Live At The Galaxy – 1967 – Past Daily Backstage Pass

– Iron Butterly – in concert at The Galaxy Club, North Hollywood – 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Okay – this one comes with a caveat: The sound is so-so. Well . . it’s stereo and there’s some…

Traffic

Traffic In Session – 1967 – Past Daily Soundbooth: Session Edition

– Traffic – in Session for John Peel – October 1, 1967 – BBC Radio 1 – Traffic came along during a time when music was in full blown revolution. Those of us who remembered The Spencer Davis Group wondered…

Baghdad Gaslights – A Plague Of Clipboards And Mom-Jeans – January 13, 1998

– Newshour – January 13, 1998 – BBC World Service – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 13, 1998 was a day mostly consumed with reports of on-again-off-again UN weapons inspections going on in Baghdad. Today it was off-again, owing…

Korean War - 1951

Korean War – “Fifty Percent Of People Do Not Take An Interest In Politics Unless It Affects Them” – Civility In The Halls Of Government. – January 12, 1951

January 12, 1951 – CBS Radio: Hear It Now With Edward R. Murrow – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 12, 1951 – The end of the second week of the new year. And judging by the reports, the year…

Violence In America: Eternally Wrung Hands – January 9, 1994

ABC World News This Week – January 9, 1994 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In a week that seemed more violent than most, January 9th, 1994 summed up the mood of dismay, frustration and helplessness many were feeling twenty…