"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Election Results – ABC News – November 4, 1964 – 1:30-2:45 am – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 4, 1964 Election night, 1964. As Americans went to the polls on November 3rd, the returns slowly came in. By early…
– Edward R. Murrow and The News w/Don Hollenbeck – November 1, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Knee-deep in Cold War, this November 1st in 1951. Atomic testing was continuing at a rapid pace, with advances of new…
Houdini’s Last Seance – October 31, 1936 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Harry Houdini was, according to legend, the greatest escape artist of all time. He was known all over the world for his stunts, death-defying acts and seemingly…
– King Crimson – In Session for John Peel – May 11, 1969 – BBC Radio 1 – King Crimson tonight. Just when we thought we had heard it all – all the genres had been explored, all the styles…
– NBC Radio: Stars In Jazz from Birdland – September 4, 1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Heading back to the 50s this weekend. The first of a series of broadcasts coming from Birdland on 53nd Street and Broadway…
– The Charlatans with Dan Hicks – Live At The Straight Theatre, July 22, 1967 – KSAN-FM – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Charlatans with Dan Hicks. Before Dan Hicks introduced the world to the Hot Licks, there…
– October 28, 1978 – Sadat-Begin Peace Prize + other news – CBS/NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 28, 1978 began on a hopeful note – announced the previous evening, the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize was being…
– The Moody Blues – In Session – April-November 1967 Top Of The Pops – BBC Radio 1 – Certainly not the first band to make use of the Mellotron, they were one of the first to take it with…
– MBS – Martin Dies Address – October 27, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In the years following World War 1, there had been the threat of a takeover or violent revolution in America from one extremist group…
– Split Enz – Live At Pinkpop 1980 – VPRO, Netherlands – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – By the time 1980 rolled around, Split Enz, who had pioneered the art of wonderful music mixed with a bizarre stage presence,…