"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– News Of The World – October 28, 1941 – NBC- Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this October 28th in 1941 had much to do with reaction to President Roosevelt’s speech during Navy Day celebrations the previous day.…
– NBC – News Of The World – October 18, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A day where War loomed ever-closer for U.S. involvement, this October 18th in 1941, a day where Europe was knee-deep in it. Inching closer…
– Geoff Edwards Show – November 26, 1979 – Looking around for events which occurred on this day in history, I ran across this tape of an hour’s worth of L.A. radio station KMPC, recorded between 9 and 10 in…
– CBS Radio – The Washington Week – October 13, 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Following the surprise announcement of President Nixon’s choice of Gerald Ford as his Number 2, all of Washington was going into overdrive with…
October 11, 1941 – News Of The World – NBC Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 11, 1941. Word from Berlin gave breathless accounts of major German advances toward Moscow. The Russian Army was being obliterated along…
– Sham ’69 – Live at Paris Theatre, London – February 21, 1979 – BBC 6 Music – One of the first wave of Punk bands, Sham ’69 got started in 1976 – and called it quits (initially) in 1979,…
– CBS World News Roundup – October 8, 1977 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A day loaded with negotiations, decisions and protest, this October 8th in 1977. Beginning with the UN and the question of Middle-East Peace talks, or…
NPR – All Things Considered – October 7, 1981 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The big news for this October 7th in 1981 was about the assassination of President Anwar Sadat of Egypt. The 62-year old Egyptian leader was…
CBS World News Roundup – October 7, 1991 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The big news for this day were the big revelations leveled at former slam-dunk SCOTUS Nominee Clarence Thomas. Some 24 hours before a Senate vote to…
– CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 5, 1987 – Day 4 and the earth kept shaking around Southern California. In what became known as the Whittier Narrows Earthquake, scores of aftershocks kept nervous Angelenos…