Bronski Beat In Concert – 1984 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Bronski Beat, in concert from London and recorded in 1984. Click on the link at the Past Daily site and listen to the original concert.
Category: Social Commentary
December 12, 1980 – Transitions At The White House – Solidarity In Poland
News for this day in history – Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Afghanistan, the 50 American hostages in Tehran, the Polish issue. All happening on this day in 1980. Click on the link at the Past Daily site and listen to the original newscast from this day.
Arnold Toynbee And Reinhold Niebuhr: “What Beliefs Sustain The Free World?”
CBS Radio – The Great Challenge – What Beliefs Sustain the Free World? – May 28, 1958 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the 1950s were drawing to a close, issues of who we were as people were starting to surface. We were, in America, financially well-off, we were
Frank Zappa – Mothers Of Invention – Live In Paris 1968 – (Frank Zappa: Dec. 21, 1940 – Dec. 4, 1993) – Past Daily Soundbooth Memorial
Frank Zappa – Mothers Of Invention – Live In Paris – October 26, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Hard to imagine, it was 24 years ago today that word had come down that Frank Zappa had lost his battle with Prostate Cancer. One of the guiding lights of
Schools Of The Future – TV In Classroom 1957 – Past Daily Reference Room
NBC Radio – The New World: TV In The Classroom – June 2, 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Strange as it may seem now – the most high-tech and brave-new-world innovation taking place in the American classroom was the introduction of Television as a teaching tool. TV, just
Hollie Cook – Live In Paris – 2015 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Hollie Cook – live at La Maroquinerie – March 28, 2015 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In case you missed her, Hollie Cook played L.A. at the Moroccan Lounge in October, before heading back to London. Our loss. Hollie Cook is one of the exciting faces on the horizon,
Talk Radio And Civil Rights In L.A. -1965 – Michael Jackson and KNX “Curious Radio” In Los Angeles – Past Daily Pop Chronicles
KNX-AM/FM – The Michael Jackson Show with Bishop C. Fain Kyle – October 11, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Civil Rights movement was a hot button issue all across America in 1965. Los Angeles wasn’t immune – only months before we had Watts, which came to be
Fats Domino In Concert From Antibes – 1993 – Past Daily Backstage Weekend: Tribute Edition
Fats Domino in concert at Juan les Pins Jazz Festival, Antibes France – July 22, 1993 – Radio France – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Fats Domino this weekend. With the news of the passing of this music legend at 89, I was reminded just how integral a role he
Norman Mailer And The Anti-War Movement – 1968 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles
Norman Mailer – Book Beat – May 4, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Norman Mailer- variously described as one of the greatest writers of his generation, an outspoken critic of society, a narcissist, an insufferable ego – a combination of everything. Whatever your personal feelings about Norman Mailer are,
One Way To Re-Write History . . . . – Past Daily’s Fall Fundraiser
Click on the link here: Past Daily’s Fall Fundraiser History is fragile – it’s up for interpretation and can be manipulated. The further we’re away from a life-changing event, the easier it is to change the way it’s presented, to re-write it in order to attempt to change an outcome.