– ASCAP Protest program Number 2 – 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A star-studded protest – all in the name of music and rights and royalties. This one happened in 1941 and was about the three major radio networks refusing to air music licensed by ASCAP because of
– CBS World News Roundup – December 18, 1995 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – It seems this news happen every few years. Another stalemate on Capitol Hill over a budget, another shutdown, another wave of hysteria. News for this December 18th in 1995 wasn’t any different. Congress failed to
– NBC World News Roundup + News Of The World – December 12, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Seemingly no end to trouble, discontent, upheaval and strife on this particular December 12th. 1947 was a year of change throughout the world, and much of it was painful. The countries
– Sugarcubes – John Peel BBC Session – Dec. 9, 1987 – BBC Radio 1 – Together for a comparatively short period of time, The Sugarcubes managed to, not only put Iceland on the map as a potential hotbed of musical activity, but also turned everyone on to Bjork, the
The Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal which started on November 20, 1945, continued this December 11th in 1945. As evidence continued to pile up, and revolting revelation after revolting revelation turned this investigation of War Crimes into a ghastly exposé of the sickness that was Nazi Germany during World War 2,
NBC News on The Hour + Eisenhower visits India News Special – Dec. 11, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Arriving in India as part of his whirlwind tour of 11 countries in 11 days, President Eisenhower landed in India and was greeted by an overwhelming crowd in New
– Vince Guaraldi – Christmas Time Is Here Again – 1965 – It’s hard to imagine this cornerstone of American Popular Culture has been around for 58 years. It’s A Charlie Brown Christmas feels like it’s been with us forever. With its simple, straight-ahead Jazz soundtrack put together by Vince
– News Of The World – December 8, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This December 8 in 1947 saw the country battling Politics and Inflation, the Cold War unfolding and American cities squabbling for bragging rights. Politics and Inflation on Capitol Hill, the GOP was readying a plan
– Margaret Mead – lecture at Illinois State University – April 1976 – NPR: Options – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Had she been around in 2023, Cultural Anthropologist Margaret Mead would no doubt have much to say, and none of it good, about the shape of our planet, our
– Siouxsie and The Banshees – Live At Warwick University 1981 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert – Diving head-first into Thursday with a 1981 concert by Siouxsie and The Banshees, live at Warwick University and recorded for posterity by BBC Radio 1. Initially a Punk band, who evolved into
