"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– KMPC – Dick Whittinghill – 7-8:00 am – June 26, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Not every radio station in Los Angeles threw open its doors and welcomed Rock n’ Roll with open arms. No. Although, in…
– WGN – News for March 29, 1942 – The really interesting and somewhat prophetic news on this March 29th in 1942, was buried towards the end of what were daily reports from the Front. The war was dragging on.…
KFWB – Anna And The King Of Siam Opening At Grauman’s Chinese Theatre – July 18, 1946 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Ironically, the photo above was taken the same time this broadcast was going on. The typical Hollywood Premier.…
– March 22, 1942 – News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 22, 1942 – The world still at war, the stakes getting higher – the threat of a Japanese invasion of Australia getting more likely…
Charles Bukowski – talks about his life and reads his poetry – KPFK – Sept. 7, 1971 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Charles Bukowski – probably one of the most influential, controversial and misunderstood writers of the 20th century.…
– Wartime Draft Lottery – March 17, 1942 – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The First Draft Lottery to take place in wartime took place on this day in 1942. Into a giant fishbowl went many thousands…
– Can – in session for John Peel – May 14, 1975 – BBC Radio – Can, a band synonymous with the Progressive Rock movement in the early 1970s, but whose influence carries on, some 40 years later. When music…
– Albert Einstein – Speaking at the Opening of the Museum Of Science and Industry, New York – April 1936 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Albert Einstein – born on this day in 1879, turning 137 today. One of…
– JFK Press Conference – March 14, 1962 – On this day in 1962, President Kennedy delivered his 27th News conference. He opened by reading a portion of a letter to Secretary of State Dean Rusk regarding the upcoming disarmament…
Christian Manen – Piano Concerto – Aline van Barentzen w/The ORTF Symphony, Pierre Dervaux, cond. – 1965 – ORTF – The music of Christian Manen this week – a French composer, still very much with us and with a prodigious…