– Dean Acheson address – November 21, 1959 (unknown location) – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Former Secretary of State Dean Acheson, who served under President Truman from 1949-1953 had the onerous task of keeping the world reasonably sane during what became the height of the Cold War. Weathering the Korean
– American Poets – Yesterday, Today And Tomorrow – August 5, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Since it’s one of those rainy nights in L.A. where all you want to do is tune out and not be bludgeoned by news, I ran across this radio program of influential American
Buzzcocks – in session for John Peel – May 28, 1979 – BBC Radio 1 – Buzzcocks tonight. One of the cornerstone bands of Punk, who went on to influence a number of other genres, including Indie and the Manchester Scene. Getting started in 1976 with singer-songwriter/guitarist Pete Shelley and
Battle of Gettysburg 75th Memorial – July 1, 1938 July 1st of this year marked the 162nd anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, the battle that signaled a turn in the Civil War. Obviously, no recordings or on-the-spot news reports from that period exist, but a 75th anniversary observance of
November 18, 1992 – CBS World News Roundup– Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 18, 1992 – Today was a day about transitions. President-elect Clinton was on his way from Little Rock, Arkansas to Washington to meet President Bush for the first time after winning the election. The meeting was
R.E.M. this afternoon – a classic concert, the last one from their Monster Tour on November 21, 1995. R.E.M. have dropped off the radar for the most part, these past few years. Since the band broke up in 2011, there’s not much in the way of news about the members
– CBS Radio – Washington Week in Review – November 17, 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In a week consumed by Watergate and the ongoing investigations – the Nixon White House sought to put a positive spin on things – launching, what was called “The President Fights For
November 14,1986 – CBS Radio News On The Hour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 14, 1986 – while the world reacted to the White House‘ further sanctions against Syria and the government of Hafaz Assad for fostering terrorism. The Reagan Administration tightened the screws on the Assad government,
As a reminder that November 11th was originally designated Armistice Day, because that was the day the fighting stopped in World War 1. At the time, it was the costliest, most horrific war in recorded history – one that achieved the bitter irony of being called “the war to end
What’s Happening To America: Education – Aug. 16, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The American classroom. In the 1960s it was a place of growing discontent. The school was ground zero for protest; about the war, about racial inequality, about the quality of education, about the growing gap
