To Bork, Or Not To Bork – October 11, 1987
Click on the link here for Audio Player – ABC World News This Week – October 11, 1987 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this week, ending on October 11th in 1987 had much to do with the brouhaha…
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Past Daily: A Sound Archive of News, History, Music
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
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Adding Frigid To An Already Cold War – October 10, 1948
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Mutual Broadcasting System – 11 o’clock News with Carl Caruso – October 10, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The frigid parts of the Cold War were becoming more apparent on…
Turning Up The Heat – Cranking Up The Rhetoric – October 7, 1980
Click on the link here for Audio Player – News for October 7, 1980 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection With four weeks to the day until the 1980 Presidential Election would be over, all eyes…
Stan Kenton – Live from Sardi’s, Hollywood – 1956 – Past Daily Downbeat
Click on the link here for Audio Player – All-Star Parade of Bands – Stan Kenton, live At Sardi’s, Hollywood – June 4, 1956 – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The Golden Age of Big Bands was rapidly…
A Word From John Paul II From The United Nations About A World Gone Askew – October 5, 1995
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Pope John Paul II Addresses United Nations General Assembly – October 5, 1995 – NPR – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Billed as the last address he would give at a gathering…
Corpses In Beirut, Brokering In Damascus, The Passing Of An Icon – October 2, 1985
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio – The World Tonight – October 2, 1985 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Busy day in the world, this 2nd of October in 1985. The Middle East factored in,…
Last Time The Lights Went Out – Government Shutdown’s Greatest Hits – Dec. 1995 – Past Daily Reference Room
Click on the link here for Audio Player – News reports on Government Shutdown – December 16-21, 1995 – CBS Radio News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection With word today of the impasse on Capitol Hill and the resulting shutdown…
Kayak- Live At Midsummerpop Festival 1973 – Past Daily Soundbooth: Criminally Overlooked Edition
– Kayak in Concert at Midsummerpop Festival – July 7, 1973 – VPRO Archives – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! The history of Pop music is no stranger to the legions of bands considered ignored, overlooked, underrated…
President Kennedy At The UN – September 25, 1961
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September 25, 1963 – The Valachi Hearings – The Profumo Scandal – Testimony On Capitol Hill
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”10273″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”September 25, 1963 – News On The Hour – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Busy month for scandals, revelations and upheavals. September in 1963 was no different, it seems. On this day…