"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Bennet – in session for John Peel – January 18, 1997 – BBC Radio 1 – Bennet, a band possibly no one has heard of here in the U.S. and a band which achieved a tiny modicum of success in the UK, via the Indie circuit and also for their...
March 30, 1954 – Frank Hemingway News and Comment – Mutual Broadcasting – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 30, 1954. Word from French Indochina (Vietnam) that a desperate battle was taking place at Dien Bien Phu, a strategic French military base which had come under full-scale assault by Vietminh...
Erich Kleiber – NBC Symphony – Music Of Wagner – March 10, 1946 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Considered one of the giants of the podium during the 20th century, Erich Kleiber had a distinguished, yet frustrating career. The Austrian conductor had come to prominence after conducting a performance...
– President Nixon Press Conference – November 17, 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Probably one of the most famous and often-quoted lines associated with a President of the United States in history. The infamous “I Am Not A Crook” quote, given during a press conference, this November 17th...
– CBS World News Roundup – CBS Hourly News – October 7, 1980 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With 4 weeks to go, the 1980 Presidential campaign was in the home stretch. On this October 7,1980, the polls were all over the place and the candidates were in high...
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – President Roosevelt – At Temple University – Feb. 22, 1936 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Since today is Presidents’ Day, I thought it would be a good reminder of those past Presidents in history and a few...
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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