"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
August 10, 1945 – WOR/Mutual – 11:45 am – 1:45 pm – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 10, 1945. The day started hopeful. News that Japan had accepted the surrender terms and that World War 2 was over. But that turned out to be a rumor, unsubstantiated; a misinterpreted...
August 10, 1982 – CBS World News Roundup – 9:00 am Network News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 10, 1982 – A day of holding breath . . .yet again. Word reached the newsroom early on this day that Israel had accepted, at least in principle, the peace...
The Primitives In session for Andy Kershaw – June 18, 1986 – BBC Radio 1 – The Primitives in session for Andy Kershaw at BBC Radio 1 tonight – broadcast on June 18, 1986. The Primitives are an English indie pop band from Coventry, best known for their 1988 international...
The Boomtown Rats – Live At Middlesex Polytechnic College – September 22, 1978 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert – The Boomtown Rats in concert this weekend. The Boomtown Rats are an Irish rock band that had a series of Irish and UK hits between 1977 and 1985. The group...
KROQ – Frazier Smith – September 16, 1978 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Weekend. That stretch from Friday night to Saturday night where everything looks possible, at least on paper or in your daydreams. Being smack in the middle of your Senior year in High School, you can’t...
August 2-6, 1939 – News/commentary from Radio Berlin – BBC, London – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 2-6, 1939 – days when tensions between Germany and Poland were heating up over the city of Danzig (now Gdasnk). The issue was one where Germany claimed Danzig was theirs and Poland...
July 30, 1970 – Huntley-Brinkley Report – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 30, 1970 – A sobering day, glancing back at 1970. The latest census report came out and it confirmed what many had suspected; that most cities were now vacant and decaying hulks, while the suburbs which surrounded...
July 26, 1979 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 26, 1979 – One of those days that, when looked back on, seem downright wistful. On this day it was about soaring prices and an economy turing sour because of it. The soaring prices, at...
NBC – American Forum Of The Air – Should The U.S. Admit 240,000 Immigrants? – July 12, 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Refugee question – the Immigrant question; an issue as old as the country itself. In 1953 it was about the Red Scare; Eastern Europe was...
As a reminder that a lot goes on in the world, whether we are aware of it or not; a friend reacted in horror earlier today, learning of the latest serious situation going on in the Middle East. It was pointed out to me that many, if not most news...
