"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
October 5, 1938 – Radio Prague – English Translation of Speech by Edward Benes – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Edward Benes, President of Czechoslovakia from 1935 until his resignation in 1938 was strongly opposed to the German annexation of…
Scottish Indie duo The Vaselines in this 2010 session for BBC 6 Music. Click on the link at the Past Daily site and listen to the full session. And chip in what you can in order to keep us alive.
Intergalactic Lovers – live at Pukkelpop 2017 – August 17, 2017 – RTBF Belgique – Continuing our look at some of the festivals in Europe this summer, Pukkelpop 2017 in Kiewit, Belgium has been one of the go-to Summer festivals…
August 23, 1978 – CBS Radio – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 23, 1978 – A Postal Strike was threatening, and disruption of mail service loomed. The National letter Carriers Union rejected the contract…
August 8, 1950 – MBS – Gabriel Heater and the News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 8, 1950. With all the talk, bluster and saber rattling going on these past few days over North Korea and the alarming…
July 18, 1988 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 18, 1988 – A day starting with optimism. In Tehran, surprise word came from Government officials that they had tentatively accepted a UN agreement for…
Nat “King” Cole with Quincy Jones Big Band – Live In Paris – April 19, 1960 – Radio France FIP – Much as I like to rely on my own archives to offer those unique and historic recordings on Past…
IAMX – In Concert from The Casbah, San Diego California – October 7, 2016 IAMX tonight in concert, purportedly from The Casbah in San Diego this past October 7th. Last night I ran a session from the criminally neglected and…
Douglas Moore – Farm Journal – CBS Symphony – Alfredo Antonini – 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Some mid-century Americana this week. A performance of American composer Douglas Moore’s seldom played Farm Journal, as performed by the CBS…
Leo Sowerby – Comes Autumn Time – NBC Studio Orchestra – Joseph Stulpak, cond – July 1, 1943 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – American this weekend – Music of the early and mid-twentieth century by Leo Sowerby. Often…