June 27, 1950 – Heating Up In Korea – Peering Down A Rabbit Hole.
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June 27, 1969 – A Place Called Stonewall – Getting Here From There – Going There From Here.
Part 1: Part 2: While the landmark Supreme Court decision was being handed down regarding same sex marriage this day in 2015, here’s a reminder of just how far we’ve come as a society from where we were 52 years ago, almost to the day. Known as The Stonewall Riots,
The Adverts In Session 1977 – Past Daily Soundbooth
The Adverts – In session for John Peel – August 23, 1977 – BBC Radio 1 – The Adverts in session for John Peel tonight. Together only 3 years, but were the first Punk band to enjoy chart success and boasted bassist Gaye Advert as the First Female Punk
Cabaret Voltaire – Live At Amsterdam Paradiso 1980 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Cabaret Voltaire in concert tonight – live at Amsterdam Paradiso and recorded by Dutch Radio VPRO/3VOOR12 in 1980. Although they came to larger audience popularity during the post-Punk period, they actually had their roots back much further. Having started in 1973, they were more akin to the experimental/electronic bands becoming
June 16, 1945 – With An Eye On Human Rights – San Francisco Conference. Post-War Europe.
Report From The San Francisco Conference – June 16, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. With the San Francisco Conference just days away from closing, a charter was being drawn up for adoption, a new name was given and the task of rebuilding a shattered Europe had begun. The
Francoise Hardy On The Radio 1965 – Past Daily Soundbooth – Rock Without Borders: Legend Edition
– Francoise Hardy – Radio Performance from l’Olympia – August 1, 1965 – ORTF, Paris – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The only problem with the British Invasion of the mid-1960s was that it overshadowed just about everything else that going on musically in the world. In the early 1960s,
June 13, 1942 – New Household Names: Tobruk And Kiska – An Attempted Toehold In Alaska.
This day in 1942 was all about a world caught up in war. Fighting seemingly everywhere. News of a German offensive going on in the Libyan Desert near Tobruk. Hints of a major Western Front looming as U.S. troops landed in Ireland. Intense fighting near Sebastopol on the Eastern Front.
Charles Munch And The Boston Symphony Rehearse Music Of Strauss – 1951 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
– The Boston Symphony In Rehearsal – Charles Munch, cond. – Jan. 13, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – More historic rehearsals this week. The Boston Symphony with Charles Munch rehearse Richard Strauss’ Don Juan, originally broadcast on January 13, 1951. Considered one of the Meat and Potatoes pieces
June 10, 1942 – Drives Of All Sorts, Including Scrap Drives
NBC News of The World – June 10, 1942 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection War news on most all fronts, this June 10th in 1942. Reports on the air war in the Pacific, with Allied successes being reported, but notes that Japanese fighter planes were out maneuvering our fighter planes,
June 7, 1947 – In The Matter Of Food And Survival
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