The Clash – 1980 – Nights At The Roundtable
Click on the link here for Audio player: The Clash – Charlie Don’t Surf – 1980 Something familiar for the first day of the new week. I haven’t played The Clash in a while and it’s always been good to…
Past Daily: A Sound Archive of News, History, Music
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Past Daily: A Sound Archive of News, History, Music
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
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Soviet Tanks In Prague – August 20, 1968
Click on the link here for audio player: Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia – 1968 Even though news during this August in 1968 was primarily about the upcoming Democratic Convention in Chicago, the just finished Republican Convention in Miami and the…
Lill-Babs – 1963 – Nights At The Roundtable Rock Without Borders Edition
Click on the link here for audio player: Lill-Babs – Vicken Tavla – 1963 Swedish 60’s Pop tonight – not that far removed from French Yè-yè of the same period. One of the big names blazing out of Stockholm was…
Pussy Riot – 2012 – Nights At The Roundtable
Click on the link here for Audio player: Pussy Riot – Putin Lights Fires – 2012 In case you’ve been wondering, with the news the past few days regarding Russian Punk band Pussy Riot and the outrageous prison sentence handed…
FDR-Churchill Secret Summit-French Resistance Grows – August 15, 1941
Click on the link here for audio player: News for August 15, 1941 It was finally disclosed on this day in 1941 that British Prime Minister Winston Churchill had concluded a three day summit meeting with President Roosevelt “somewhere at…
Jackie Lomax – 1969 – Nights At The Roundtable
Click on the link here for Audio player: Jackie Lomax – Sour Milk Sea – 1969 One of the most distinctive voices in Rock tonight. Jackie Lomax is probably best remembered for his brief stay at Apple Records, and the…
VJ Day – August 14, 1945
Click on the link here for audio player: VJ Day – Aug. 14, 1945 A very busy day in history, August 14th. In 1935 there was the signing of the Social Security Act and in 1945 it was the end…
Social Security Turns 77 – August 14, 1935
Click on the link here for audio player: FDR Signs Social Security Act – Aug. 14, 1935 Today marks the seventy-seventh birthday of The Social Security Act. FDR: “The civilization of the past hundred years, with its startling industrial changes,…
FDR Addresses The 1940 Democratic Convention – Past Daily Reference Room.
Click on the link here for audio player: FDR Democratic Convention – 1940 After much consideration and speculation, President Roosevelt decided to run for a third term in 1940. Addressing the convention via radio from the White House, Roosevelt outlined…
The Liberal Republicans In 1968 – Past Daily Reference Room
Click on the link here for audio player: NBC Emphasis – Aug. 10, 1968 Yes, there really was a Liberal wing of the Republican Party. But as of 1968 it was scarcely noticeable. Headed up by dark horse/longshot Presidential candidate…