America First Rally, New York – June 7, 1941 – Mutual Broadcasting – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With the recent change of political climate here in the U.S. and the rallying cry America First drowning the airwaves, many people have remarked over how familiar that phrase sounded – how
January 22, 1969 – Newsfront – News + Nixon’s Foreign Policy – EEN – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 22,1969 – The first few days of a Nixon White House – the changes were coming in. One of Richard Nixon’s big campaign promises was ending the war in Vietnam
January 24, 1958 – Dag Hammarskjold Nuclear Disarmament Talks – UN Radio Today – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 24, 1958 – the Cold War 50s and the United Nations was filled with anticipated Nuclear Disarmament talks. At the helm, and pleading the case for sanity in this new
Inspiral Carpets – Live At Manchester Academy – March 19, 1992 – Mark Goodier’s Evening Session – BBC Radio 1 – Inspiral Carpets tonight. One of the pivotal bands in the Madchester movement of the late 80s/early 90s, in concert on home turf at The Manchester Academy and broadcast on
Joseph Alexander – Williamsburg Suite (2 movements) 1943 – NBC Radio orchestra, Henri Nosco, cond. Oct. 19, 1944 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The music of Josef Alexander this weekend. An American composer, who was also an educator and spent much of his teaching career in the Music Department
David Duke – interviewed by Michael Jackson – KABC Radio – January 9, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In 1974, David Duke was something of a minor figure. The National Information director and Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan, it was his job to paint pretty pictures
Charles Mingus – Live at Théåtre des Champs Elysées, Paris – April 19, 1964 – Radio France Musique Charles Mingus in concert from Paris this weekend. Recorded by Radio France on April 19, 1964. I ran across this concert a couple of weeks ago via the newly revamped Radio Musique
Election 1956 – American Forum – May 27, 1956 – NBC-Monitor – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Election 1956. Political parties battling for the hearts and minds of America – the beauty contest, the innuendo, the festival of mud tossed back and forth. Same as it ever was. There has
Congress And The CIA – National Town Meeting – November 30, 1974 – NPR – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Central Intelligence Agency, long the shadowy figure in world affairs, it began in 1947 when President Truman signed The National Security Act into law. And since that time the
December 21,1947 – Story Behind The Headlines – Marshall Plan news – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Secretary of State George Marshall put together a plan for the economic rehabilitation and the reconstruction of post-war Europe. Two years after the end of World War 2, Europe was still struggling under
