June 22, 1955 – News On The Hour – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 22, 1955 – News for this day had much to do with the goings on in San Francisco, site of the original meeting of the United Nations in 1945. Ten years later
Taking a detour tonight and diving into some of the serious side of Spike Jones, recorded in 1946 for the Standard Transcription Company in Los Angeles. Spike Jones was a household name in the 1940s, with outrageous take-offs on popular songs of the day and some insanity of their own.
Lining up for Slot Machines – You could never figure out what the big deal was. Every Summer, like Clockwork. Since you were five, since you were old enough to eat on your own – two weeks, middle of Summer. Family Vacation. Loading up the Plymouth Suburban – gassing up
June 19, 1982 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 19, 1982 – A day of mixed messages and signals. With the ceasefire officially broken in Beirut, fighting continued between PLO forces and Israeli troops. Israel resumed its bombing of Beirut and firing on PLO
Lush – In Concert from La Cigale, Paris – October 19, 1991 – Radio France International – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With their brief reunion several years ago, and string of sold-out concerts, Lush called it quits in the end. Citing responsibilities and changed lives and a desire to
June 18, 1940 – News reports and summaries – NBC Red and Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 18, 1940 – With the air thick with confusion, fighting still going on in some areas, the escape out of France still going on and anxious anticipation over the
– CBS – Edward R. Murrow Program With Charles Collingwood – June 17, 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection June 17th in a Cold War 1953. With last minute appeals for clemency sent to the Supreme Court over the case of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, convicted of espionage in allegedly
Ruti – when you get chills just listening to her do a Radio Station i.d. you know you’ve been transformed. Ruti, puttingTuesday night on notice – recorded for the Gilles Peterson program on BBC 6 Music from May 16, 2026. When you hear a singer, whose voice stops you dead
June 16, 1992 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 16, 1992 – A day of bafflement and raised eyebrows. Starting with the bombshell revelation from Russian President Boris Yeltsin that there was a very strong possibility that American POW’s from the Vietnam War were
Pay TV vs. Free TV – Sylvester “Pat” Weaver – Vincent Wasilewski – Commonwealth Club of Calif. May 15, 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A debate featuring former NBC President Sylvester “Pat” Weaver and Vincent Wasilewski, President of the National Association of Broadcasters. The subject was Cable Television,
