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"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
A few good subscribers: Become a Patron! At the risk of sounding like a broken record and belaboring a point over and over, the argument over Universal Healthcare, Affordable Healthcare, proposed legislation for some subsidized Healthcare are all old issues.…
– NBC Radio – Conversation: Christmas 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Christmas Eve 1956. Certainly a different time – different sets of values, different communication skills, different world all together. But then, as now, the times were nervous…
A special concert this week from the archives of Radio Suisse Romande (RSR Espace 2). Recorded on February 8, 1956 and featuring legendary conductor Ferenc Fricsay leading Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in music of Bartok, Liszt and Brahms. Famed…
– CBS Radio – Update- Nasser’s Egypt – Jan. 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Continuing our series of memorable documentaries of the 50’s, 60s and 70’s; Nassar’s Egypt from CBS Radio – January 23, 1957. 1956 and 1957…
UN Security Council – Emergency Session – NBC Radio Report – Nov. 1, 1956 – November 1st in 1956 was met with the boiling crisis in the Middle East. Trouble in the Suez region of Egypt had hit crisis point…
Robert Casadesus – Quintet for Piano And Strings – Gaby Casadesus and The Pascal String Quartet – Back to French Radio transcriptions this week with a work by legendary pianist Robert Casadesus, who was not as well known as a…
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”6551″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”January 18, 1956- Keys To The Capitol – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] For the week ending this day in 1956, all attention seemed to be on an interview, conducted by Life…
Mental Health in the 1950’s was still something of a mystery when the first medications were introduced to treat symptoms of depression, anxiety and psychosis. The introduction of Tranquilizers to the American public was met with a goodly amount of…
Over to The Cameo Room in New York City this week for a session with The Bobby Troup Trio with Julie London on vocals. Bobby Troup’s earliest musical success came in 1941 with the song “Daddy” written for a Mask…
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”7463″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”April 22, 1956 – The Great Challenge – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] By 1956 it would be pretty safe to say America was headed well into nervous breakdown territory. Everything was…