"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Hurrah! in session BBC Radio 1 – November 27, 1982 – BBC Radio 1 – Hurrah! in session at The BBC tonight. One of the purveyors of Jangle-Pop in the 1980s, Hurrah! had a modicum of success both in the UK and in the States. One of the first bands...
Oskar Morawetz – Overture To A Fairy Tale – CBC Symphony – Geoffrey Waddington, cond. circa 1957 – CBC Transcription Service – Back up to Canada this week for a sampling of the music of Czech-Canadian Composer Oskar Morawetz. His 1956 composition Overture To A Fairy Tale in this circa...
The Changing Presidency – NPR-National Town Meeting – 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Presidency. In 1975, with the country reeling over Watergate and the White House now occupied by someone not elected to the highest office, the question arose as to just how much power the President...
Alois Reiser – 1936 Music Guild Awards – 2nd Prize – String Quartet op. 18 – Roth String Quartet – Jan. 1, 1937 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The 1936 Music Guild Awards, as broadcast on January 1, 1937. This is the second of three programs where the winners...
Mayor LaGuardia – Address to New York – Dec. 30, 1945 – WNYC – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Mayor LaGuardia. Probably the most colorful Mayor New York witnessed in its history, made his end-of-year address on December 30, 1945. It was also one of his very last addresses...
Day #26 – 4 days left. 9% of our goal and we haven’t budged since the weekend. I’m beginning to think most people really don’t like history, don’t like being reminded or making discoveries; don’t like hearing anything unusual. Sad really. But with all the distractions and eye candy and...
Day #13 – A little under half-way and not past 5% of our funding goal. Sometimes it’s hard to compete with all the noise. The noise of other sites – the noise of the day – the noise of distraction. I’m trying to offer an alternative to that. History that’s...
Day #4 – It’s the start of our first full week of campaigning, and so far it’s slow getting up to speed. The competition for funding is fierce – we’re coming up on election season (I know; 2016 is next year, but you wouldn’t know it) and seemingly every...
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – March 30, 1995 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Another busy news day, this March 30th, 20 years ago. With word from Capitol Hill of the defeat of a Term Limits amendment, the...
As you all know by now, we’re in Emergency mode, trying to raise enough contributions to prevent a pending eviction and Past Daily passing into oblivion. It’s the end of our first week – and we’ve gotten a LOT of incredible responses from you. Everyone who has pitched in so...
