"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
James Levine, Conductor – Alfred Brendel, Piano – The Philadelphia Orchestra Concert – November 8, 1980 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Historic concerts back in the U.S. this week – The Philadelphia Orchestra, guest conducted by James Levine and…
February 16, 1974 – CBS Radio: The World This Week – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 16, 1974 – a week focusing on a dissident and a hostage. The dissident in question was writer and outspoken Soviet critic Aleksandr…
WABC – 12:00 midnight – 1:00 am – November 6, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – It’s Election Night: November 6, 1968. It’s also a school night, but you don’t care. You want to find out who’s going to…
October 27, 1995 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 27, 1995 – this day was marked by another mass shooting – this one on an Army base at Ft. Bragg North Carolina, killing one…
Winston Churchill – Address for Al Smith Dinner – October 14, 1947 – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Winston Churchill, addressing the annual Al Smith Dinner, on October 14, 1947. This was the year there were two…
United Nations Press Conference – Andrei Gromyko – October 13, 1962 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Although it was bubbling just under the surface, the soon to be the near-catastrophic Cuban Missile Crisis wasn’t on the front page of…
10 hours left to go before we close up shop and end our Spring Fundraiser – 10 hours and its been nail-biting all the way. Here we are; Friday and getting ready for the weekend – the last thing you…
2 Days left – Two days before our Spring Fundraiser comes to an end. Still under half our goal – but I hold out a whole bunch of hope that those of you who are still on the fence right…
8 days left – 8 days to meet our goal. Can we do it? I’m one of those “glass is half-full” guys. I believe a lot of you are waiting for the last minute to decided whether or not…
The Credibility Gap – January 25, 1971 – KPPC-FM – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Credibility Gap. During that period of the 1960s when topical humor took a definite political, and somewhat drugged-out twist, The Credibility Gap were…