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"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– 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…
– 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…
– News Of The World – December 5, 1944 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As War raged throughout the rest of the world on this December 5th in 1944, Civil War was raging in Greece on this particular day.…
– Procol Harum in Concert – John Peel presents – June 21, 1970 – BBC Radio 1 – Procol Harum, in concert for John Peel and recorded on June 21, 1970. Around this time, the band released their fourth album,…
– Martinu: Piano Concerto Nr. 1 – Lucette Descaves, piano – French National Orchestra – Ernest Bour, cond. Radio Paris transmission – circa 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection.- I’ve been hesitating to post this for some time because the…
News Commentaries – November 29, 1961 – NBC Radio Closed Circuit – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Seems there was no end to hotspots around the world, this November 29th in 1961. Between allegations of attempted Cuba interfering in elections in…
– George Harrison – In concert from Baton Rouge – Nov. 26, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The legendary and much missed George Harrison, live from Baton Rouge, recorded on November 26, 1974. Beyond his role as a…
– NBC Radio: Voices And Events – News for Week of November 28, 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – No picnic, this week in November of 1950. Starting off with an out-of-control bus on a mountain road in Colorado…
– NPR Special Program – Island of Dreams – Coney Island – Nov. 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Iconic place, Coney Island. Long history. A place where seemingly half the world showed up on a Summer weekend to…
– The Who – Live At Fillmore East – April 6, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – It occurred to me I haven’t run a Who concert in a very long time. One of my favorite bands, which I…