Since our own State Department decided not to observe it this year, December 1st is World AIDS Day – and this day in 2005 it was observed and spoken about and had some light shed on it, unlike World AIDS Day 2025. Here is the text of the printed excerpt
KYA – San Francisco – November 26, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection You will never get tired of calling yourself the Crown Prince of Poor Timing – it’s in your genes, can’t get rid of them – can’t ask them nicely to fuck off – can’t go out and
Call Of The Range – Cliffie Stone With The Plainsmen – CBS Radio/KNX Los Angeles – October 21, 1946- Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Since we’re still in Holiday Mode and most likely working on Thanksgiving leftovers, here is something you absolutely don’t hear anymore. Not unless you already know
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– American Poets – Yesterday, Today And Tomorrow – August 5, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Since it’s one of those rainy nights in L.A. where all you want to do is tune out and not be bludgeoned by news, I ran across this radio program of influential American
Battle of Gettysburg 75th Memorial – July 1, 1938 July 1st of this year marked the 162nd anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, the battle that signaled a turn in the Civil War. Obviously, no recordings or on-the-spot news reports from that period exist, but a 75th anniversary observance of
November 18, 1992 – CBS World News Roundup– Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 18, 1992 – Today was a day about transitions. President-elect Clinton was on his way from Little Rock, Arkansas to Washington to meet President Bush for the first time after winning the election. The meeting was
– CBS Radio – Washington Week in Review – November 17, 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In a week consumed by Watergate and the ongoing investigations – the Nixon White House sought to put a positive spin on things – launching, what was called “The President Fights For
Gary Burton Quartet – Live In Utrecht – Dec. 30, 1976 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Gary Burton Quartet this weekend. Trying to inject some calm (or at least sanity) into the weekend, adding a generous dollop of mellow and simmering with a side of serene. Forgive the food
In 1973 we were overloading and shorting out. By todays standards, the stress, the feeling of being overwhelmed, the anxiety, the day to day hassle of life in 1973 would be comparative bliss. 1973; fifty-two years ago, we were at a breaking point – particularly America. We were constantly bombarded
