"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Freddie Snakeskin – KROQ – July 2, 1981 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The endless quest for Saturday night – the night above all nights, when all the planets align and everything is possible. You’re in your last semester…
Hurricane Katrina Coverage – Part 1 Hurricane Katrina Coverage – Part 2 August 29, 2005 Hurricane Katrina made land and New Orleans has never been the same. Initially, reports put the eye of the Hurricane away from New Orleans as…
September 12, 1987 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 12, 1987 – To the tune of When The Saints Go Marching In, Pope John Paul II made a stop and an appearance in New…
September 1,2005 – CBS Radio News On The Hour/WTOP Newsradio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection September 1, 2005. The worst of Hurricane Katrina was over – but the horror had just begun. As the storm passed, the devastation was overwhelming…
– Allen Toussaint with Guitar Slim Jr. – Live At Jazz Fest 2013 – Day 1 – WWOZ-New Orleans – The very sad news today of the passing of musical legend Allen Toussaint – a fixture in the sound of…
– CBS News – August 29-30, 2005 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – When Hurricane Katrina made landfall, all the fears were confirmed and all the warnings were true. Those who stayed behind, and survived, were reporting unfathomable scenes of…
– CNN Radio – Hourly News 1:00 am – 7:00 pm EDT – August 28, 2005 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Ten years ago today, Hurricane Katrina was bearing down on New Orleans in what became one of the…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – WJBO – Baton Rouge, LA – aircheck – August 29, 2005 Click on the link here for Audio Player – ABC Radio News Reports throughout day – August 29, 2005 9…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: I originally ran this story in 2013, when the legendary Fats Domino turned 85. Today, with the sad news of his passing, it’s not only a reminder of the giant…