"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
When Punk exploded on the music scene in the mid-1970s, its reverberations were felt all over the Western World almost overnight. The look, the attitude and the sound were being generated in just about every corner from West Berlin to Sydney. And many of those bands migrated to London, if...
October 23, 1978 – Depending on your age, you were either very interested in the ongoing and almost-there Middle-East Peace negotiations, or the news that Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious had attempted suicide and was rushed to a hospital in New York. The Middle-East news was potentially huge. Egypt was...
A 70’s triple bill this week, via BBC Radio 1‘s In Concert series from January 13, 1979. Lene Lovich, Wreckless Eric and Rachel Sweet share the bill in one of the more decade-defining concerts of the late 70’s, with a heavy dose of Retro, Punk and Theatrical – just like...
October 16, 1939 – CBS Today In Europe – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 16, 1939 – The day German offensives were taking place on all fronts – the first German air attack on the British Isles took place over the Firth of Forth in Scotland where British warships...
Wire this week, in concert for WDR in Germany as part of their Rockpalast series, recorded on February 14, 1979. Considered one of the pivotal bands during the transition from Punk to Post-punk, They originally got their start in 1976. In that short period of time they became a...
The Clash – Live at The Lyceum, London – December 28, 1978 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Clash tonight- live at The Lyceum in London and recorded on December 28, 1978. Seems only fitting we have something to drown out the noise of our political season here in...
Angelic Upstarts – In session for John Peel – June 29 1981 – BBC Radio 1 – Angelic Upstarts in session tonight. Recorded for John Peel at BBC Radio 1 on June 23rd and broadcast on the 29th. The Angelic Upstarts formed in South Shields in 1977. AllMusic calls them...
Vice Squad – in session for John Peel – June 3, 1981 – BBC Radio 1 – Vice Squad to start the week. Their first (of two) sessions for John Peel – this one from June 3, 1981. Vice Squad was formed in Bristol, England in early 1979, assembled in...
The Stranglers – live at The Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto Ontario – April 14, 1978 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Stranglers in a (reasonably) early concert this week; performing live at The Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto on April 11, 1978. From 1976 the Stranglers became associated with the burgeoning...
999 in session for John Peel – Recorded October 25, 1978 – Broadcast November 1 – BBC Radio 1 999 in session for John Peel to end the week. Their first (and only) session, recorded on October 25, 1978 and broadcast on November 1st over BBC Radio 1. Named after...
Gordon Skene, two-time Grammy Nominee and archivist runs The Gordon Skene Sound Archive and this website, which is dedicated to preserving and encouraging an interest in history and historic news, events, and cultural aspects of our society. Past Daily is the only place on the Internet where you can hear a Nixon speech, listen to an interview with John Cassavettes or play a broadcast of Charles Munch rehearsing the Boston Symphony in 1950, all in the same place. It's living history and it's timeless.
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