"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
September 17, 1998 – BBC World Service – Newsdesk – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 17, 1998 – The view from London – the ongoing drama of the Clinton/Lewinsky Affair was reaching a new chapter when the House Judiciary Committee was slated to meet over when to release the...
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...
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra – Christian Zacharias, Soloist And Conductor – RSR – January 25, 2011 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Music of Beethoven this week – performed and conducted by the brilliant Christian Zacharias and the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, recorded live at the Salle Métropole, Lausanne on January 25,...
September 16, 1938 – News from Radio Prague, Radio Berlin, EIAR-Rome – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 16, 1938 – A day where the issues of a Fragile peace were being put to the test, as reported by the Shortwave services of Radio Berlin, Radio Prague and EIAR in...
Stray – In session for John Peel – May 17, 1973 – BBC Radio 1 – Stay in session for John Peel tonight. Recorded in May of 1973 and broadcast over BBC Radio 1. I always had a soft spot for this band. They came about during a time when...
September 15, 1988 – CBS Radio News – The World Tonight -Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 15, 1988 – Hurricane Gilbert was keeping all attention on the Gulf of Mexico and Southeast U.S. as winds whipped it into a Category 5, making it potentially the deadliest Hurricane since Camille...
September 15, 1944 – News of The World – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 15, 1944 – a busy news day on just about all the battle fronts. News that Marines had landed on Peleliu island, part of the Palau Island chain in the South Pacific...
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...
NBC Radio – Keys To The Capitol – September 14, 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – If you can, it would be incredible: Become a Patron! In 1955 we were knee-deep in the Red Scare and Communist threat, it influenced just about every aspect of American life – sometimes...
September 14, 1948 – NBC Radio News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 14, 1948 – The 1948 Presidential Campaign was in full swing. Polls were showing a decided Dewey-Warren upset, with Gubernatorial primaries showing overwhelming GOP support, and a dramatic uptick in Republicans turning out. Most thought it...
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