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May 15, 1998 – NPR News – All Things Considered – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – My 15, 1998 – A day of protest, violence and shock. Starting with news that riots in Jakarta, Indonesia had claimed hundreds of lives and that there was little in the way of relief...
The Strokes – Live at ULU, London Nov. 29, 2005 – BBC 6 Music In Concert – BBC 6 Music The Strokes for Hump Day. Recorded live at ULU in London in 2005, coinciding with the release of First Impressions Of Earth, which came out in January of 2006....
President Roosevelt – Addresses The Boy Scouts Of America – 27th Annual Jamboree – February 8, 1937 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A reminder of past Presidents and The Boy Scouts of America – this one, FDR broadcasts an invitation to the 27th annual Scout Jamboree in 1937: FDR:...
June 8, 1982 – CBS World News Roundup + Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 8, 1982 – Busy news day in 1982. President Reagan addresses Parliament during this second trip to the UK. With Cold War issues, and Britain in the midst of the Falkland Islands...
March 8, 1947 – NBC World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 8, 1947 – a day loaded with expectations. It was the opening of the Big Four Conference in Moscow; a conference that had a lot riding on it. People in the streets of the Russian...
December 13, 1941 – News Reports of the day – NBC – Red And Blue Networks – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 13, 1941 – almost a week since the U.S. got involved in the War, it was now a World War. And suddenly, America was preoccupied with reports,...
Leonard Cohen – In Session for John Peel – BBC Radio 1 – July 9, 1968 – BBC Radio 1 – With the incredibly sad news earlier this evening, of the passing of legend and icon Leonard Cohen, it gives further evidence 2016 has been a terrible year for loss....
President Eisenhower addresses a Fundraiser held in Boston on September 21, 1953. With the current election season heading to the final few weeks, begin reminded that Political Parties in America have changed dramatically over the years; none probably as much as the GOP. President Dwight D. Eisenhower was a popular...
August 5, 1990 – ABC Information Network News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 5, 1990 – unsettling news this day. The ongoing attempted overthrow in Liberia of the government of President Samuel Doe and the outbreak of Civil War, prompted President Bush to order the evacuation of all...
August 4, 2000 – The CBS World News Roundup Late Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 4, 2000 – an election year, and the campaigns were off and running while the polls were tripping over each other to declare a frontrunner. With a boost of convention momentum and...
