"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Become a Patron! President Eisenhower delivered his Christmas Eve message, on December 24, 1953 with a feeling of gratitude. Gratitude that the War in Korea had finally come to an end, and that the word was at peace for the first time since Christmas 1949. President Eisenhower: For us, this...
Depeche Mode – Live At Amsterdam Paradiso – December 6, 1983 – VPRO, The Netherlands – Depeche Mode in concert and on the verge in 1983. Recorded by VPRO, The Netherlands, on December 6, 1983. Depeche Mode are an English electronic band formed in Basildon, Essex in 1980. The group...
Marc Bolan – 1. Misfit – Parlophone Records – 1966 – 2. San Francisco Poet – Decca Records – 1966 Long before Marc Bolan became a household name and the harbinger of Glam, he was a struggling singer/songwriter like everyone else at the time. Born Mark Feld, he went through...
One Thousand Violins – In session for John Peel – Sept. 15, 1985 – BBC Radio 1 – 1,000 Violins to end the working week. A short-lived band (only together from 1985-1989), 1,000 Violins (or One Thousand Violins, depending on where you’re looking) released a goodly chunk of single, three...
Throwing Muses – In session for Marc Radcliffe – January 1, 1996 – BBC Radio 1 – Throwing Muses for the middle of the week. Perennial favorites since their self-titled Debut album in 1986. They’ve been categorized as unorthodox and surreal in their music and lyrics (with Kristen Hersh and...
The Telescopes – in session for John Peel – May 16, 1989 – BBC Radio 1 – The Telescopes to start the week. One of those bands who heralded the coming state of the 90s and the whole re-evaluation of what music was coming from and where it was heading....
January 22, 1999 – BBC World Service – News Hour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 22, 1999 – Most eyes were on Bucharest this day. Between 7,000 and 10,000 demonstrators armed with Molatov cocktails, clubs and shovels clashed with riot police and special interior ministry forces and twice...
The Cranberries (Dolores O’Riordan) In Session for Dave Fanning – RTE 2FM, Dublin – March 9, 1991 – RTE 2FM Dublin – With the sad and shocking news of the passing of Dolores O’Riordan at the way-too-early age of 46 I am sure, like a lot of people, it’s taking...
Motorhead In Session – John Peel – Sept. 25, 1978 – BBC Radio 1 – With the sad news that Fast Eddie Clarke passed away earlier today of complications from pneumonia at age 67, it truly marked the end of an era. Because Fast Eddie was the last surviving member...
The Pretenders – live at The Boardwalk, Sheffield – October 1, 1999 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert – The Pretenders in concert tonight. Recorded live at The Boardwalk in Sheffield on October 1, 1999 and preserved for posterity by BBC Radio 1 for their In Concert series. This...
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.
Donations through Fractured Atlas help keep this project alive.
Donate now!
