Fleetwood Mac – In Session for Saturday Club/Top Of The Pops – April 9, 1968 – BBC Radio 1 – Early Fleetwood Mac tonight. Years before their transformation into a hit-making machine, Fleetwood Mac was a serious blues-based band. Heavily rooted in the Chicago sound and the rural classics of
Okay, this is serious – we didn’t budge yesterday. No pledges, no contributions – a big chunk of silence descended over the proceedings. I can’t tell you how much we need your support – it’s crucial to our survival, and every penny we’re raising goes straight into maintaining Past
April 13, 1992 – CBS: The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 13, 1992 – Big scare for former President Ronald Reagan on this day. While delivering a short speech, thanking the National Association of Broadcasters for an award he had jusut received at their annual convention
Gang of Four – in session for John Peel – March 12, 1981 – BBC Radio 1 – More examples of Post-Punk tonight. This one by way of Gang of Four, who many considered to be one of the leading bands in the post-Punk movement. They were together (the first
We’re inching up slowly – but we’re still moving. Your contributions and pledges are trickling in, and that’s good. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate and how grateful I am for all your support so far. History is a tough sell – Pop Culture, not so much. And
Supreme Court Revision Plan – March 23 and 29, 1937 – FDR Library – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In February 1937 President Roosevelt unveiled a bill to increase the number of Justices on the Supreme Court, from 9 to 15. Critics immediately denounced the idea as Court-Packing; a
The start of a new week and under a quarter of our goal realized. We had some great contributions over the weekend; people who have discovered how unique Past Daily is, how diverse and wide-range the posts are. That we cover all kinds of music, pop culture, history, documentaries and
A quick reminder and progress report. Still hovering over 16%, but things are looking up – if we can get to $1,000 by the end of the day we’ll be in pretty good shape. I’ve heard from a few of you that there are some problems getting to the donation
The Jesus and Mary Chain – in session for John Peel – October 29, 1985 – BBC Radio 1 – The Jesus and Mary Chain tonight- in session for John Peel and recorded (as Jim and William Reid) on October 29, 1985. A band with no easy road to stardom,
Wendell Willkie – Madison Square Garden Address – May 7, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Wendell Wilkie, a former Democrat who switched parties in 1939 to become a Republican lawmaker and oppose Franklin Roosevelt in the 1940 Presidential election, wound up an ally and an emissary of FDR’s
