Category: Social Commentary

Tehran protests

January 25, 1979 – Postcards From Tehran

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”6669″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”January 25, 1979 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] With no end in sight and protests continuing and becoming more violent, the situation in Iran on this day in 1979 was anything but resolved. The Pro and Anti-Shah factions were

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John Cale

John Cale – In Session 1975 – Past Daily Soundbooth

John Cale in session tonight. One of the founding members of The Velvet Underground, with a stellar solo career after, Cale has been one of the more influential artists, spanning several decades. As a musician, his endeavors span a wide range of musical genres – pop, rock, Classical, Experimental and

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Happy Pills – 1956 – Past Daily Weekend Pop Chronicles.

Mental Health in the 1950’s was still something of a mystery when the first medications were introduced to treat symptoms of depression, anxiety and psychosis. The introduction of Tranquilizers to the American public was met with a goodly amount of suspicion in the Psychiatric community, but the public went crazy

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University of Texas Shooting 1966

America The Violent – 1969 – The Ghastly Things We Do – A Society Of Folded Hands – Past Daily Reference Room

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”37501″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”February 15, 1969- Second Sunday: America The Violent – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Another School Shooting – another invasion of what once was Safe Haven – another stain on our society. Another period of mourning, of grief, of anger, of hand-wringing.

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