"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– August 15, 1945 – VJ Day celebrations continue – Reports around the Country – WEAF, New York – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 15, 1945 – On this day, 77 years ago, the party wasn’t about to let…
Robin Trower – In Concert at Golders Green, London – 1975 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert – Robin Trower in concert, recorded at Golders Green Hippodrome in London in 1975 for the BBC Radio 1 In Concert series. Robin…
– July 19, 1947 – NBC Radio: Our Foreign Policy – Europe and The Marshall Plan – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This day, 75 years ago, the discussion was what to do about the situation in Post-War Europe. The…
A 1975 interview with the Father of Gonzo Journalism, Hunter S. Thompson. Click on the link at the Past Daily site and listen to the complete interview.
– May 25, 1942 – NBC News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 25, 1942, news from many war fronts this day. The lead story was the Russian offensive on the all important Kharkov front, as…
NBC Nightly News – May 4, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Many have said the events outside the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago started the shift in national opinion of the War in Vietnam. The events at Kent State…
April 29, 1992 – 3:45-4:30 pm – KNX-AM Los Angeles – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 29, 1992 – 4:30-5:30 pm – KNX-AM Los Angeles – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 29, 1992 – 5:30-7:00 pm – KNX-AM/KCRW-FM…
Christian Manen – Piano Concerto – Aline van Barentzen w/The ORTF Symphony, Pierre Dervaux, cond. – 1965 – ORTF – The music of Christian Manen this week – a French composer, still very much with us and with a prodigious…
– Pussy Riot – Putin zazhigayet kostry – August 2012 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Pussy Riot – remember them? The Russian Punk band/Social movement who grabbed the world’s attention with a little ditty entitled Putin zazhigayet kostry (Putin…
– February 21, 1942 – News Of The World – Special Report By Martin Agronsky – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 21, 1942. In the midst of news regarding the worsening situation in the Pacific, there also came word…