Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBC Radio – Only One Earth – documentary series – 1972 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Hard to imagine, but not surprising, the warning signs of our global pollution catastrophe were being sounded as early as 1972 (earlier than that, but
Click on the link here for Audio Player – News on the death of William Randolph Hearst – WISN Radio – August 14, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As much as we would like to think the current state of Journalism is a product of Rupert Murdoch and Newscorp,
Click on the link here for Audio Player – LBJ signs The Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution – August 10, 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Fifty years ago this week, the seemingly innocuous event of signing a bill pledging support of the South Vietnamese government from further intrusions by the
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – August 5, 1993 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Twenty years ago to the day, it was about arm-twisting and squeaker votes on Capitol Hill, scandals at the IRS, the Middle-East and Bosnia. In short – a
I hate to keep bugging you all, but the Past Daily Fundraiser is lumbering along slowly. If we hadn’t had a pile of unexpected disasters to deal with, we might be finished with the fundraiser by now. But no. It’s August and a flurry of bills just hit (and dead
Click on the link here for Audio Player: News Of The World – NBC Blue Network – July 31, 1940 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Despite it not being a busy news day, in the middle of Summer and one of the hottest days of the year in Washington, news
As you know, we’re knee-deep in our Summer Fundraiser, and still a ways off before we hit our goal. I know it’s a pain, to keep appealing, but it costs a lot and it takes a lot to keep Past Daily up and running. I know times are tight,
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Edward Burlingame Hill – Concertino for Piano and Orchestra – June 28, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection I originally posted this a few years ago on my other long-gone site, but the sound was awful and the player made everything sound
Click on the link here for Audio Player – JJ Cale – Live in Concert At Ebbets Field, Denver – Feb. 13, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Another sad passing to report – another in the growing list of talent no longer with us. This one is JJ Cale,
As you probably may know by now, Past Daily is a few days away from finishing up its Summer Fundraiser. Thankfully, we don’t do this all the time. But when we do it’s because there are bills to pay and obligations to meet. This site takes an inordinate amount of
