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"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– Galaxie 500 – In Session for John Peel – recorded September 24, 1989 – broadcast October 17, 1989 – BBC Radio 1 – Galaxie 500 to drag us kicking and screaming into Friday. An American Indie band who were…
Dexys Midnight Runners – Newcastle – June 6, 1982 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert – BBC Radio 1 – Dexys Midnight Runners, an extended excerpt from a concert they recorded in Newcastle on June 6, 1982 for BBC Radio…
– February 9, 1979 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 9, 1979 – The ongoing situation in Love Canal, the Niagara Falls area of New York State was escalating on this particular day, 37…
– WOR – Martha Deane Pgm. N.Y. Teachers Strike – 1968 A reminder of Teachers’ strikes past – The New York City Teachers’ Strike of 1968 was a months-long, arduous and deeply dividing strike that dragged on for a total…
– News of the Day – February 3, 1946 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day in 1946 was about a glimpse of the future. Air travel was about to become a commonplace thing. The Lockheed Constellation…
– January 19, 1987 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 19, 1987 – The Iran-Iraq War was in the news this day. With reports that Iranian troops were making advances towards the southern Iraqi…
ABC News Around The World – December 2, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Peace seemed to be the illusive goal, this December 2nd in 1967. With fighting in Vietnam continuing, B-52’s staging raids, South Vietnamese incursions into Cambodia…
The inimitable PJ Harvey tonight. In session for John Peel on the occasion of his 60th birthday and recorded on Sept 23, 1998 for BBC Radio 1. In January 1991, following her departure from Automatic Dlamini, Harvey formed her own…
– NBC Radio: Stars In Jazz from Birdland – September 4, 1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Heading back to the 50s this weekend. The first of a series of broadcasts coming from Birdland on 53nd Street and Broadway…
The Timex All-Star Jazz Concert – Dec. 30, 1957 – NBC-TV – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Live Jazz on radio had been around practically since radio was invented. But Jazz on TV was something new – and Jazz on…