You’re A Teenager – You Live In L.A. – It’s February 1967 – It’s A Happening Thing.
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Category: Youth
1970 – Youth Culture, Society And Protest: Myths And Realities – Past Daily Reference Room
June 12, 1970 – Stephen Hess – Commonwealth Club Of California Lecture – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the tide of opposition to the ongoing Vietnam War grew larger, and in 1970 more lethal, the issue of Youth Culture; Americas Youth, Youth in protest, youth and drugs, youth and
Helen Trent Vs. The Beat Generation – 1959 – Past Daily Weekend Pop Chronicles
The Romance Of Helen Trent – July 27, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Like any social/cultural movement, when it finally arrives at the mainstream it comes with a goodly degree of baggage brought on by the very same mainstream subjecting it to vast amounts of ridicule via stereotypes.
It’s November 1971 – You’re A Teenager – You Live In L.A. – The 50s Are Over – No, They’re REALLY Over.
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February 3, 1959 – “An Airplane Crash Near Clear Lake Iowa”- The Deaths Of Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, The Big Bopper.
KSYD – Snuff Garrett Program – February 3, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 3, 1959 – A tragic day in Rock n’ Roll history, the first of what would be many over the years. But this one was especially poignant because it was something of a first
It’s January 30, 1977 – You’re A Teenager – You Live In L.A. – You Have A Fake I.D. That Works.
January 30, 1977 – KTNQ-AM – The Real Don Steele – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – If they looked at your i.d. closely they would realize you weren’t 250 pounds – you weren’t 6 foot 6 and you weren’t 40 years old. But your Fake i.d., the one you got
It’s 1967 – You’re A Teenager – You Live In L.A. – It’s Monday Night, October 2, And BMR Means Better Music Radio on KFWB
Another installment of Teenage life in the 1960s and the L.A. Radio that was inseparable along with it. Tonight it’s BMR and KFWB and Monday night, October 2, 1967. The news was strange – San Francisco just had the Death of Hippy march in the Haight earlier – the new
It’s January 1968 – You’re A Teenager – You Live In L.A. – It’s Raining – It’s Wet Hair – It’s Soggy Lunch.
KFWB – Joe Yocam – January 11, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – You should know by now they can’t predict the weather in L.A. – they always get it wrong. When it’s supposed to be in the 70s it barely scratches 60 – when it’s supposed to be
It’s 1974 – You’re A Teenager – You Live In L.A. – You’re Smack In The Middle Of January – You Have Entered The World Of “So What”?
KIQQ – The Real Don Steele – Billy Pearl – January 18, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – It’s happening – you’re heading into senior year and suddenly you don’t care about anything. Your parents look strange, your teachers act strange – everything is way too corny for you
If You Were A Teenager, And You Lived In L.A., January 9, 1959 Sounded Exactly Like This – Past Daily Pop Chronicles
As long as we’re in dire need of some distractions (or at least alternatives), here’s a trip back to Los Angeles on January 9, 1959, via KFWB and disc jockey Elliot Field. Not quite Top-40, KFWB’s slogan was “full color radio”. But what it was, was a wild stew of