Category: Popular Culture
It’s The Fourth Of July, 1952 – And L.A. Celebrates The Fourth Just Like Everybody Else Does – Accidents, Double-Headers And All.
– July 4, 1952 – KNX – News And The Hawthorne Show – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 4, 1952 – Here’s a glimpse of Los Angeles as you may no doubt might have heard if you were on your way home from the fireworks show at the L.A.
UFO Sightings – A Sky Filled With Objects From Mt. Rainier To Roswell – July 3, 1947
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You’re A Teenager – You Live In Chicago – It’s May, 1963 And You’re A Big Fan Of This Guy Who Calls Himself “The Wild Eye-Tralian” (RIP: Dick Biondi – 1932- 2023).
– WLS-AM Chicago – The Dick Biondi Show – May 2, 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – I originally posted this in 2017, and hearing the sad news today of the passing of Dick Biondi, it only seems fitting that I run it again as a reminder. He was
You’re A Teenager – It’s 1970 – You Live In San Francisco – You’re Going To Turn 18 – If You’re A Guy, You’re Worried.
– KYA – San Francisco – Bwana Johnny – June 20, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – If you were turning 18 anytime between 1965 and 1973, you were preoccupied with the Draft. In case you missed it – The Draft was involuntary induction into the Military, and once
Berkeley: Three Nights Of Riots – Judy Garland Collapses On Stage – June 30, 1968
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It’s Summer 1967 – You’re A Teenager – You Live In L.A. – Everyone Is Knee-Deep In Flowers And Incense, Except You -You’re Up To Your Eyeballs In Algebra.
– KFWB – B. Mitchel Reed – July 15, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Summer 1967 – Summer School 1967. While the rest of the world is heeding the winsome allure to “Wear Flowers In Your Hair” and being busy sampling the forbidden fruits of mind expansion and
Taft-Hartley Bill Becomes Law – June 23, 1947
– ABC Headline News – June 23, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A lot of Labor news this June 23rd in 1947. Starting with the override of President Truman’s veto of the Taft-Hartley bill, the Senate voted to pass the infamous Taft-Hartley Labor Bill voted 68-25 with 6