Category: Social Commentary
It’s November 4, 1979 – You’re A Teenager – You Live In L.A. – You Dyed Your Hair White And Your Social Life Is Kinetic – And You Believe What Rodney Tells You
KROQ – Rodney On The Roq – November 4,1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Even though you’ve been hearing about it, knew there was “something” going on – this was the year you found it. This was the year you marched down to the Barber and asked for a
September 4, 1978 – Going Postal – Camp David Gets Ready – Monsoons Douse India
September 4, 1978 – CBS Radio News On The Hour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 4, 1978 – A day of breath-holding. The threatened Postal Strike was undergoing negotiations, with the hopes of averting a long, dragged-out work stoppage. More talks between the Postal Union and The Postal
Bloody Thursday – The Saga Of People’s Park, Berkeley – 1969 – Past Daily Weekend
KPFA/Pacifica – People’s Park – May 20, 1969 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the Decade of the 60s began drawing to a close, contrasts became more pronounced – celebrations became more intense, protests became more violent – it was as if the pendulum of human emotion and experience
August 10, 1982 – Glimmers Of Hope, Rumors Of Settlement, Pictures Of Ennui – Beirut And Points Middle East
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 – 1986 – Past Daily Soundbooth
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
You’re A Teenager – You Live In L.A. – It’s 1978 – It’s The Weekend – You Have Plans . . . Or Maybe Not
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 – “Danzig Was Always A German City” – Days Of Provocations And Provocateurs
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 15-20, 2018 – While You Were Otherwise Occupied – News You Might Have Missed
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