"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
NBC Radio – Nightline – March 26, 1958 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – An average day in the average life of the average American – March 26, 1958. Sixty years ago – the dim-distant past. If you were there, you’ve been around the block a few times. If you...
– Mickey Mouse 10th Birthday celebration – September 27, 1938 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As popular culture icons go, none is probably more recognizable and as popular for as long as Mickey Mouse. The Cartoon character which gave birth to an industry and established animation as an enduring...
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC News on The Hour + Eisenhower visits India – Dec. 11, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Arriving in India as part of his whirlwind tour of 11 countries in 11 days, President Eisenhower landed in...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – NET: Newsfront – Discussion on potential Chromosome damage with LSD use – Sept. 6, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As 1967 took alternate turns between violent and paisley, the groundswell of the Drug Culture began taking over headlines. LSD, popularized...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Newsfront – The Future of Cable TV – Dec. 16, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Difficult to imagine now, but in 1968 there was talk about Cable TV coming into our lives – and we weren’t quite sure why. Cable...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – NET Newsfront – Interview With Milton Friedman – May 8, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection In 1968 the age-old argument over Income Tax in America took a new twist. Since it was an election year, the subject of Income Tax...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Jacob Bronowski – Has The Truth A Future? – BBC Radio Jacob Bronowski is probably best known for his milestone 1973 BBC Series (run here in the U.S. on PBS) Ascent Of Man, the 13 part series exploring the history of...
Editors note: This was originally posted in 2013, but since today (August 16th) is Bill Evans’ birthday, it only seems fitting to celebrate a remarkable talent and light. In an era that produced a phenomenal amount of truly revolutionary talent in the Jazz World, a number stand out as pathfinders;...
Gordon Skene, two-time Grammy Nominee and archivist runs The Gordon Skene Sound Archive and this website, which is dedicated to preserving and encouraging an interest in history and historic news, events, and cultural aspects of our society. Past Daily is the only place on the Internet where you can hear a Nixon speech, listen to an interview with John Cassavettes or play a broadcast of Charles Munch rehearsing the Boston Symphony in 1950, all in the same place. It's living history and it's timeless.
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