– American Forum – Happy Pills – July 8, 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – You can blame it on the Cold War, you can blame it on the great uncertainty society was facing. You can blame it on the questioning of values and who we had become as
Getting ready for the onslaught of Festivals this year. Rock and Jazz aren’t the exclusive property of the Festival atmosphere. Festivals throughout Europe featuring Classical music probably outnumber the others by a sizable number. But we have our fair share too. Certainly, The Hollywood Bowl season (which should be kicking
– Bicentennial coverage – CBS Radio – July 4, 1976 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Hard to imagine it was 49 years ago today that America celebrated its Bicentennial. July 4, 1976 was a nationwide, non-stop party – and no matter who you were or where you were, you
– CBS Radio – Virginia Integration – 1958 When the Supreme Court handed down its decision on Brown vs.The Board of Education, declaring segregated schools unconstitutional in 1954, you would have thought the school districts around the U.S. would be quick in complying. No. Far from it. The resistance
– WNBC-AM/FM – News for New York – July 2, 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Summer in Manhattan – nothing that taking up residence inside a walk-in freezer couldn’t fix. But this July 2nd in 1964 had its fair share of problems – not the least being the
– July 1, 1973 – CBS Radio: The World This Week – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 1, 1973 – brought a new month and new drama around Capitol Hill. The week ending for this first day of July brought news of Congress demanding an end to the bombing
– NBC Radio – Life And The World – Chicago – Frank Lloyd Wright – Carl Sandberg -Oct. 30, 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – I ran across this interview with Poet Carl Sandberg and Architect Frank Lloyd Wright giving their impressions of living in Chicago from October of
– The Joe Cocker Show – live at The Old Waldorf, San Francisco – October 1978 – KSAN – Joe Cocker first come into international prominence via his appearance at Woodstock in 1969, and later with the Mad Dog’s And Englishmen Tour which did wonders for a lot of
– June 26, 1997 – BBC World Service News Hour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 26, 1997 – a nail biting day for the crew of MIR Space Station, recovering from a collision with a cargo ship the day before, the crew were working in the dark to
– CBS Radio News – Johnson Addresses United Nations – June 25, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In what is shaping up to being a very busy week in history, June 26th marks the anniversary of the first meeting of the United Nations in San Francisco. June 26th
