The Capitol Steps – January 6 – A strange gathering. Five years ago today – seems like another lifetime. In what began as an otherwise normal transfer of office from outgoing President Trump to incoming President Biden, turned catastrophic and deadly as crowds gathered and descended on the Capitol building
January 6, 1945 – NBC Radio – War Telescope – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 6, 1945 – News from the fighting fronts of World War 2. The big news was the sudden German offensive in Belgium, and the infamous Battle of The Bulge. Word of German advances, pushing
Daughter – live at BBC 6 Music Festival, Bristol – February 13, 2016 – BBC 6 Music – Daughter in concert at the BBC 6 Music Festival in Bristol on February 13, 2016. Getting started in 2010, and with a critically acclaimed debut album in 2013, Daughter have risen
Speaking of our incursions past, 43 years ago we were busily invading the tiny Caribbean island of Grenada in what has been described as “A lovely little war”. Considered a threat to stability in the region, the small island was at the center of a controversy involving Cuba, a lot
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– NPR: Weekend Edition – January 1, 1995 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The longer you look at it, the more apparent it becomes that this is a planet in an almost perpetual state of turmoil. This New Years Day in 1995 saw fighting erupt in Chechnya, a cautious ceasefire
– CBS World News Roundup + Newsbreak – December 31, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. As 1979 came to a close, the world was once again facing The Big Question Mark. The Soviets were setting up shop in Afghanistan, the United Nations was condemning the action with China leading
December 29, 1978 – CBS Radio – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 29, 1978 – Ominous signs from Tehran this day. Although at the time, not many paid attention. But if you lived in Iran, you noticed. And either you took to the streets, or
A very little goes a very long way: Become a Patron! Another historic rehearsal from The Boston Symphony. This week it’s Charles Munch and the BSO rehearsing the first Boston performance of the Symphony Number 6 by Prokofiev. The rehearsal took place on June 16, 1951. The Sixth Symphony dates
– Voices and Events – December 30, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – 1951. With the end of this year rapidly approaching, maybe it’s a good idea to look at other years, just to get an idea that things have always been just a little crazy, a little harrowing
