"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
KRLA – Bob Dayton – August 14, 1969 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Become a Patron! It’s August 14, 1969 – in a few weeks school will be starting. Summer will be over – well . . . until the Santa Ana winds start blowing in October, and then it’s...
Les Lignes Droites (The Straight Lines) – Live at FIMU Festival 2018 – Belfort, France – April 19, 2018 – France Bleu Radio – Starting off the week with something unconventional and not in English. Les Lignes Droites (The Straight Lines, according to their Webpage) are a relatively new band,...
Erasure – in session for Janice Long – BBC Radio 1 – Nov. 15, 1985 – BBC Radio 1 – Legends of Synthpop Erasure for a Thursday night. Erasure formed in London in 1985 as part of the club scene. Their debut was single “Who Needs Love Like That“. With...
Staël – Quand – Silence on Tourne – La Rage au Dents – circa 2010 – MySpace Band Page – You wonder sometimes – I was going through a hard drive full of songs I had downloaded from MySpace between 2006 and 2010 earlier today. Myspace, for those of you...
Dear Fans and Amazing Friends: In case you didn’t notice, our Past Daily Fall Fundraiser has been over a couple weeks now. It’s been crazy with a lot going on seemingly everywhere, but I wanted to reach out to everyone who donated time, money and energy and to sincerely thank...
KROQ – Larry Woodside – Hour 2 – 9:00 – 10:00 am – February 28, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – “I never looked that young” – “I can’t believe I got stoned that young” – “They actually let me drive that young?” In answer to those timeless questions;...
EUT – In session for Frequenzy – September26, 2017 – VPRO – The Netherlands – Taking a break from our dive into the 60s this weekend for a sampling of some new music coming from across the Atlantic. EUT are a Dutch Post-Punk/Post-Rock/Indie band who have been together only two...
Mass Killings – news reports – Sandy Hook, Columbine, Orlando, Oklahoma, San Bernardino – 1991-2016 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the news reports and bulletins continue to pour in over the latest mass shooting, the questions and the hand-wringing begin. The mantra of Gun legislation Now and the...
Forgive me for stepping outside my usual role of posting news of the past and reminding you of what you may have missed. The events that are unfolding in Las Vegas; the deadly mass killing of concertgoers to the last night of a Country Music Festival, are disturbing and horrifying...
August 24, 1939 – Pope Pius XII Plea For Peace – Vatican Radio With English Translation – August 24, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 24, 1939 – The world at the brink of war. Every effort, diplomatic and otherwise was being made to prevent what was increasingly...
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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