"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Covering some familiar territory tonight. Familiar composer, but a less familiar work. Jacques Ibert has enjoyed a popularity undiminished with time. Versatile and well regarded during his lifetime, his popularity has only increased since his death 50 years ago. Ibert pursued a successful composing career, writing (sometimes in collaboration with...
Could you Kick in a few bucks to The Past Daily Fall Fundraiser? – If you can, do it right here: (Past Daily Fall Fundraiser) The interesting thing about Past Daily is that, a lot of people come to the site for a lot of different reasons. Some come...
Click here to contribute: Past Daily’s Fall Fundraiser Beer can be cheap or expensive, depending on how you look at it, or where you’re having it. If you drink at home, it can be pretty economical. If you go out with friends and get sloshed, you can, as the billboards...
Gaby Casadesus – Robert Casadesus: Etudes for Piano – 1939 – ORTF Radio Recording circa 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A very short one this weekend; a little over a minute. But a charming piece nonetheless. Robert Casadesus’ Etudes as performed in this radio studio recording by...
A little less than a day to go – I can’t tell you how close we are to reaching half-way to our goal. I have my fingers crossed that we get a last minute surge in pledges and we get over the top. That would be the best of...
4 Days left – just 4 days for you to make a difference and to chip in what you can to keep us up and afloat and to continue the seemingly endless process of preserving and restoring the thousands of hours of news, history, broadcasts, interviews and Music of...
5 Days left – We’re a little under half our goal with less than a week to get there. To say we’re going a little crazy is an understatement – we’re pulling our hair out, trying to figure out how we can convince those of you who haven’t chipped in, that...
Looks can be deceiving. Judging by the tally on Indiegogo, we’ve only raised a little under $800 in 22 days. But that’s not quite true – we’ve actually raised a little over $1,000 in that time. The discrepancy? Well, when you donate via Indiegogo (the ones putting on the...
Day #30 – 12 hours left – so I’ll be brief. I cannot begin to thank those amazing and incredible supporters who have pledged and contributed during this campaign – you are the reason Past Daily exists – you are the backbone of what we’re all about. Your encouragement and...
Day #25 – 5 days left – still at the 9% mark, hoping it can inch up in the next five days. I don’t know about you, but my in-box is jammed with appeals for donations, contributions, time, energy, effort, and action all day long. Seems one emergency...
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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