– September 18, 1938 – EIAR, Rome – Address by Benito Mussolini on the Munich Crisis – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 18, 1938 – as tensions increased in Europe, the Fascist government of Italy and Axis ally of Germany, Benito Mussolini voiced his support of the German stance
– News for the week ending September 16, 1980 – ABC Radio News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Hard to forget this week in September of 1980 was all about the Presidential Election campaign and the upcoming debates between Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and that thorn in both of
– President Ford – Amnesty Proposal for Vietnam era Deserters and resisters – September 16, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The War in Southeast Asia; the seemingly endless conflict that consumed Vietnam, as well as Cambodia and Laos and left them countries enveloped in widespread destruction for almost
Billy Joel – in concert at Nassau Coliseum – December 11, 1977 – WLIR-FM – Heading into much less frantic territory this weekend with a concert from Billy Joel, recorded at the Nassau Coliseum in New York on December 11, 1977. I ran across this one the other day, and
September 13, 1983 – A world in conflict. In Beirut, Marines were given authority to call for air support in case artillery attacks from Lebanese rebel groups. Earlier in the day, President Reagan extended the Marines authority to defend themselves by allowing them to call for airstrikes against any units
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– September 5, 1981 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News from Gdansk today, as the Solidarity labor Movement held its first Congress in Gdansk, while the Soviet Union was staging military maneuvers nearby. It was a bold and defiant move on the parts of
– BBC Home Service – Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain – declaration of War – September 1, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This day 85 years ago, we were about to plunge into the most devastating and costly wars in our history. After many attempts at negotiating and diplomatic
August 30, 1951 – Edward R. Murrow and The News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this August 30th in 1951 had a lot to do with the War in Korea. Attempts at negotiating a ceasefire in July had fallen apart and fighting was escalating. President Truman announced
Skip The Use in concert at l’Olympia in Paris from 2012 to end up the working week. Not that long ago, if you were a band from Continental Europe, you’d have a hard time getting arrested looking for a label deal, or even a pair of willing ears, in the
