"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– Ben Webster With MJQ – Live At Birdland – Feb. 21-28, 1953 – WADO-AM – Something not all that rare, but certainly noteworthy this week. An unusual pairing between Sax legend Ben Webster and The Modern Jazz Quartet. Recorded…
Although they were together for a comparatively short period of time (1978-1984), and really had only one hit, The Waitresses were one of those early 80s bands which had a lot more going for them than they were credited for.…
November 2nd in 1936 was the last day before the Presidential election that year. As a “final word”, President Roosevelt, along with Postmaster General James Farley and New York Senator Robert Wagner, addressed the nation via that relatively recent mass-media…
– Purported last recording of President William McKinley – September 5, 1901 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – When the highest mountain in North America was recently given back its old name; one that was around long before President…
Day 15 – Halfway to our deadline and 11% of our goal. True, there’s a lot of distraction going on lately and I know a some of you like to put off things until the last minute –…
Another long-lost rarity tonight. A demo session from the then-newly-formed Runaways, recorded on September 3, 1975. The history on this demo tape is a little fuzzy. It arrived with a box of other demos, out-takes and miscellaneous unidentified bits and…
Day Number 3 of our Fundraiser and things are taking a turn for the amazing. There are rumors – yes, rumors of a Matching Grant! This is great – because what it means, if we reach our $15,000 goal within…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – President Roosevelt- Address at University of Pennsylvania – Sept. 20, 1940 – Gordon Skene Sound collection Celebrating the University’s Bicentennial, President Roosevelt addressed the students of the University of Pennsylvania, the…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – The Open Mind – interview with Upton Sinclair – May 2, 1962 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection If Upton Sinclair were alive today it would be hard to say what his…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Pres. Wm McKinley Address – Sept. 1901 If you were hoping for on-the-scene coverage of the assassination of President William McKinley with eye-witness reports and team coverage – I’m afraid you’re out…