"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Juvenile Delinquency in 1956 – the big problem centered around hubcaps and hubcap stealing for fun and profit. Sounds silly, but apparently it was quite lucrative in 1956, and it drove many teenagers to a life of crime in Los Angeles and other cities around the country. In this documentary,...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – February 28, 1997 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this day in 1997 (also a Friday) had much to do with the subject of Teen smoking. A new law, starting this day, was slated to...
Click on the link here for Audio Player: George Olsen And His Music – Sugar Plumb – 1925 Since the Studio/Past Daily Nerve Center has been undergoing renovations this past week, I’ve been stumbling over buried shelves of old 78’s – some I haven’t played since they arrived. And since...
Click on the link for audio player: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow – Narcotics – July 27, 1951 If you thought our preoccupation with drugs, drug addiction and law enforcement of anti-drug laws was new, I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings but, no. It’s been with us for...
