"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
MGMT – Live at SOS4.8 Festival, Murcia Spain – May 2011 – Radio Nacional España – MGMT in concert this weekend. Recorded live at the SOS4.8 Festival 2011 in Murcia Spain by the ever-present (and ever chatty) Radio Nacional España in May of 2011. MGMT formed in 2002 in Middletown,...
Become a Patron! You don’t hear about them much anymore, but Cooking shows on radio were practically a staple in the American diet all the way from the 1920 until somewhere around the 90s. It was only after TV became the predominant medium (and later on as Cable allowed narrow-casting...
It’s 1979 – September. School has started. You’re already a month in but you’re exhausted. You fall asleep in class all the time. Your teachers are noticing. You’ve discovered Madame Wong’s and Gorki’s and The Atomic Cafe and you don’t have time to go to sleep at night; there’s too...
The Who In Session – 1965-1966 – BBC Light Programme – BBC Radio – The Who in session from 1965-1966 tonight. In case you missed it, today was drummer Keith Moon’s Birthday – he would have been 73 this year. But fate had different plans and the legendary Keith Moon...
While Truce talks were stalling Korea, sabers were rattling in Iran, this August 23rd in 1951. With accusations flying back and forth between North Korea and the UN forces, it wasn’t looking optimistic that the guns would fall silent any time soon. Meanwhile, a contingent of 10 British warships were...
August 23, 1980 – Gdansk – a name that would figure prominently in the 1980s. Polish workers at shipyards in the port city of Gdansk were on strike for the 11th day, joined by some 150,000 other workers striking for better wages and recognition of the newly formed Labor Union,...
Moose – In Concert at The Marquee Club, London – September 3, 1991 – BBC Radio 1 – Become a Patron! Legendary band Moose in concert from The Marquee Club in 1991 tonight. The band credited variously as the ones who coined the phrase Shoegaze and launched it into the...
August 22, 1995 – A normal day, by all accounts – The crash of a commuter plane, many of the 24 passengers miraculously survived, but most were listen in serious or critical condition. Five died in the crash, including the pilot. FAA inspectors were poring over cockpit flight recorders and...
Honeybus – In session for John Peel – November 19, 1967 – BBC Radio 1 – Honeybus as a sort of quiet and non-confrontational alternative to our Classical offering tonight. Honeybus were one of those bands, like so many bands during the time; they were good, they were well-regarded by...
Georges Aperghis – Luna Park – World Premier performance – June 8, 2011 – Radio France Musique – Live Broadcast – Become a Patron! Since the entire purpose of Past Daily is to be reminded and to discover the new and the unfamiliar, I thought I would take the Mid-Week...
