Category: Social Commentary
A Question Of Amnesty – A Subject Of Conscience – 1974 – Past Daily After Hours Reference Room
Coffee works too: Become a Patron! – ABC News Inquiry – Amnesty: Can you go home again? – April 24, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The only thing more contentious about our involvement in the Vietnam War was the subject of those who refused to get involved in
Putin’s Russia – 2005 – The Rise Of Vladimir Putin And The Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing – Past Daily After Hours Reference Room
– Putin’s Russia – 2005 – BBC Documentary – BBC World Service – With all the talk these past several months (years) about Russian President Vladimir Putin, we get snippets of information about this leader; words of warning, rolled eyes and the letters KGB get bandied about quite a lot,
Bob Dylan – Live In Manchester 1965 – Past Daily Saturday Soundbooth
Coffee works wonders: – Bob Dylan – Live At Free Trade Hall, Manchester – May 7, 1965 – Soundboard Recording – Pivotal year, 1965. After the initial wave of bands from Britain had flooded the U.S., and as America jolted itself out of the musical doldrums, the next phase; the
Congo In Crisis – UN Security Council – February 15, 1961
It works, it really does: Become a Patron! – February 15, 1961 – UN Security Council Emergency Session – Situation in The Congo – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 15, 1961. It was becoming a familiar sight – the Independence movement taking place all across Africa in the 1960s
Economy In Downturn – Leaving Phnom Penh – Crisis In Cyprus – February 14, 1975
Works wonders: Become a Patron! – News for February 14, 1975 – News for this Valentine’s Day in 1975 was anything but heart-warming. It was all about the Recession. It was about unemployment and it was about bleak economic figures. And those figures were just not getting any better. And
February 12, 2002 – A Heightened State Of Alert – An Enron State Of Mind
News for this day in history – click on the link at the Past Daily site and be reminded that nothing changes if nothing changes.
Norman Mailer Has A Word Or Two About Conventions In 1968 – Past Daily Weekend Gallimaufry
Subscribe so we can breathe and flourish (or something like that): Become a Patron! – Norman Mailer – interview on Book Beat – January 15, 1969 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Norman Mailer was an American novelist, journalist, essayist, playwright, film-maker, actor, and political activist. His novel The Naked
Boys With Long Hair – 1970 -Past Daily After Hours Reference Room
Subscribe: Become a Patron! – Martha Stuart: Are You Listening? – Boys With Long Hair – July 1970 – Anyone reading this who was born after 1970 will have no idea what the deal was. It was all about hair in the 1960s and early 70s. They dedicated a Musical
Guatemala Earthquake: 12,000 Known Dead – A Successor For Zhao Enlai – Moynihan Resigns – February 8, 1976
Passing the hat: Become a Patron! – February 8, 1976 – The World This Week – CBS News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 8, 1976 – 48 years ago this week, news that a devastating earthquake hit Guatemala leaving (as of this newscast) some 12,000 dead and many