"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
It’s interesting to note that, fifty-five years ago, Congress passed a piece of legislation, first brought about by President Kennedy and then completed by President Johnson, that called for Equal Pay in the Workplace. Well . . .not exactly. The bill, passed in 1963 and enacted on June 11, 1964,...
Mo-Dettes – in session for John Peel – recorded July 1, 1981 – broadcast July 21st – BBC Radio 1 – Mo-Dettes for the middle of the week. Considered by several to be a UK version of The Go-Go’s, many also considered them the first post-Indie All-girl Supergroup to grace...
Dreyma – in session – RNE Radio 3, Madrid – March 4, 2019 – Radio Nacional España – Dreyma to wind up the weekend. I ran one of their concerts last year and had very high hopes for them, calling the band a work-in-progress. A year later, they’ve arrived. This...
Linda Ronstadt – live from The Record Plant, Sausalito – broadcast by KSAN-FM – November 18, 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A blast of Americana this weekend. Linda Ronstadt in concert at The Record Plant in Sausalito and broadcast live by KSAN-FM in San Francisco on November 18,...
Sleeper – In concert from Brixton Academy – June 7, 1996 – BBC Radio 1 In concert – Sleeper to end the weekend. The last concert from the UK portion of their 1996 tour, recorded for posterity by the BBC for Radio 1’s In concert series on June 7, 1996....
Are Women Changing Our Party Alignments? – American Forum Of The Air – January 18, 1953 -Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In 1952, when General Eisenhower swept into the White House, becoming the first Republican President since Herbert Hoover, it caused for a considerable amount of speculation and soul-searching on...
Mother Was A Blackshirt – BBC Radio 4 – January 4, 2010 – BBC Radio 4 – Mother Was A Blackshirt was a documentary produced by BBC Radio 4 in 2010. It tackled the almost totally overlooked role of Women in the British Fascist movement of the 1930s, but how...
The Feels – in session for Pressure Drop.tv – October 2017 -Pressure Drop.tv – Ending up the week’s worth of checking out what’s been going on in L.A. these past few months with a set by The Feels – recorded by the ever-present Pressure Drop.tv in October of last year....
The Paranoyds – live at Pressure Drop.tv – May 19, 2017 – Pressure Drop.tv – Starting off the week with a brief survey of what’s going on in L.A. music of late. And the answer is; lots. One of the nice things about the current state of access to new...
Billie Holiday – In Concert – Embassy Theatre, Los Angeles – April 24, 1946 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Billie Holiday in concert this weekend. Relevant on a lot of levels; you can choose any or all you want to, Billie Holiday was a symbol, not only as an...
Gordon Skene, two-time Grammy Nominee and archivist runs The Gordon Skene Sound Archive and this website, which is dedicated to preserving and encouraging an interest in history and historic news, events, and cultural aspects of our society. Past Daily is the only place on the Internet where you can hear a Nixon speech, listen to an interview with John Cassavettes or play a broadcast of Charles Munch rehearsing the Boston Symphony in 1950, all in the same place. It's living history and it's timeless.
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