"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– Sparklehorse – Live at La Cigale, Paris – October 15, 2001 – Radio France – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Sparklehorse, in concert at La Cigale in Paris and recorded by Radio France on October 15, 2001. A tragic…
– CBS World News Roundup + Hourly News – October 5, 1990 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – While sabers continued to rattle in the Middle East, and while Berlin was still nursing the hangover of celebrations, the age-old/never…
– The Open Mind – Book Censorship – Feb. 24, 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – One of the prevalent memories of the “carefree” 1950s was the preoccupation much of our society had with reading material deemed obscene,and the…
– Henry Wallace Campaign Address – October 4, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October of 1948, aside from everything else going on in the world, was also a Presidential campaign month. The Democrats had Harry Truman running for…
ABC Radio: Baukhage Talking – news for October 3, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A nervous October day in 1949. News of China – strikes dragging on, news of a creeping paranoia over Communists, news of Capitol Hill gamesmanship.…
– BBC Radio 4 Today Program – News Reports – November 22 – December 5, 2004 – BBC Radio 4 – Radio Ukraine – News and Special Broadcast (In Russian) – November 25, 2004 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection –…
– September 8, 1987 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 8, 1987 – Summer vacation was over and the picket lines were forming in Chicago as negotiations between Teachers and the School District were…
– President Kennedy Press Conference – August 1, 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A press conference by President Kennedy – given on August 1, 1963. Starting with the subject of Education – Kennedy addressed the growing number of…
– July 17, 1966 – ABC Radio Voices In The Headlines – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 17, 1966 – 1966 would go down in history as a Summer of considerable discontent and violence. Chicago was just one of…
– 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 –…