Click on the link here for Audio Player – United Nations San Francisco Conference – Report #34 – June 4, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection While the war was still raging in the Pacific, steps were being taken to establish the United Nations – a governing body which would
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – June 4, 1987 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A day in history with a lot of testimony going around, this June 4th in 1987. The Iran-Contra hearings were grinding along with Iranian financier Albert Hakim giving
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Little Dragon – Live At Radio Hall, Stockholm – May 28, 2014 – Sveriges Radio P3 Over to Stockholm tonight for a Radio Concert/Session by Swedish Indie/Pop band Little Dragon. Recorded by the venerable Sveriges Radio P3, live from Radio Hall
Click on the link here for Audio Player – News Commentaries – June 1-2, 1961 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection It would appear June is a rather busy month for news – and the start of t his particular June in 1961 proved to be no different. From a series
Click on the link here for Audio Player – BBC/NBC Blue Network – Address by Anthony Eden regarding Dunkirk – June 2, 1940 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection In what began on the 31st of May and ended on June 4th of 1940, the largest evacuation of an army had
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Slim Gaillard – Laguna – Bee-Bee Records 101 – 1945 Had Slim Gaillard never appeared, the world would have been an awful place. Truly and totally unique, with a language of his own (one of reportedly 8 he spoke fluently), an
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Howard Hanson and The Eastman School Orchestra – Pioneers Of Music – May 27, 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection More Americana, by way of The Eastman School of Music, and the orchestra conducted by founder, champion and cheering section Howard
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Art Farmer-Benny Golson – live at Newport 1960 – June 30, 1960 – Voice of America Reposting a concert from several years ago (via my long-ago now-defunct site) from the 1960 Newport Jazz Festival featuring the legendary Art Farmer and Benny
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Tiananmen Square – Timeline – May-June 1989 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Twenty-five years ago, all eyes were on Beijing and the unfolding events that, at first seemed wildly optimistic and then turned very bad. Beginning in April, coinciding with the
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup: Late Edition – May 30, 2000 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection In retrospect, this May 30th in 2000 was less hysterical than most. The Stock Market made a surprise leap, causing many to get downright giddy and
