Category: Society
Days Of Conspicuous Consumption – More Of Everything – Radio Commercials Of The 60s: Part 2 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles
Days Of Conspicuous Consumption – Radio Commercials Of the 60’s – Part 2 – More Of Everything – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Patrons can download this audio for free (hint-hint): Become a Patron! As much as the 60s were all about Youth Culture, the spirit of Youth Culture; that
Days Of Conspicuous Consumption – Radio Commercials In The 1960’s: Youthquake – Past Daily Pop Chronicles
We’re doin’ our best: Become a Patron! Conspicuous consumption – In the 1950s it was just starting – teens and pre-teens were still in the minority and not considered a major source of consumer dollars in those days. It was still the older generation and everything was geared towards the
China After Mao – 1977 – Era Of The Two Whatever’s – Past Daily Reference Room
NPR: Options – What’s Happening In China Now? – December 23, 1977 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – China after Mao. When Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Communist Party of China, died on September 9, 1976, China was in a political and economic quagmire. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution and
April 25, 2000 – It’s All Happening At The Zoo – It’s Not Happening With High-Tech – It Could Happen With Stress
April 25, 2000 – The CBS World News Roundup; Late Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 25, 2000 – The National Zoo in Washington D.C. was the scene of a gun battle between two rival gangs – caught in the crossfire were a group of school children on
It’s 1976 – You Live In L.A. – You’re A Teenager – You Are Weathering The Endurance Test Called High School –
KIIS – April 30, 1976 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – 1976. Aside from being the year of the bi-centennial, 1976 also marked your Junior year in high school. Like most of your friends, in fact just about everyone you know, High school is one long endurance test. It’s endless,
April 9, 2001 – The Hainan Kerfuffle: “Diplomacy Takes Time” – When Your Dodge Ram Becomes Your Dodge Lamb.
April 9, 2001 – The CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 9, 2001 – The Hainan incident and diplomacy in overdrive. Relations between the U.S. and China were strained to the breaking point over an incident which took place only days earlier. The Hainan Island