December 21, 2010: Winter Solstice Lunar Eclipse Freak-Out

The Moon and Winter

It was tremendous fun to accumulate songs about the moon. Unfortunately, the clouds covered the spectacle in Kingston, but I have it on good authority that the moon was eclipsed by the Earth and the it was the longest night of 2010. 

Apparently one was supposed to be able to see the stars behind the Moon while in full eclipse.

The show was a spectrum of early prog, classic psych, curios, comedy, folk, ambiance and heaviness. Dulcimer sounds of Jean Ritchie along with a trove of youtube videos were an exiting discovery in preparing for the show. Also joyful was re-discovering the Tom Waits, Phillip Glass and Baraka  (see below), a sample of a very small collection of music that got Tree through the 1990's.

Many excellent powers on this Album

I was a Platonic Ideal of Restraint in not playing Duran Duran and Gowan, but I couldn't help slowing down the Police and mixing it up with some Sly and Robbie.

The Playlist

Artist - Track - Album

Brian Eno -  Slow Ice, Old Moon - Small Craft on a Milk Sea

Twilight Time - The Harmonicats - Peg 'O My Heart

Pink Floyd - Speak to Me/Breathe - The Dark Side of the Moon

King Crimson - Moonchild - Court of the Crimson King

Genesis - Dancing with the Moonlit Knight - Selling England by the Pound

Song for New Moms:

Jose Feliciano -California Dreamin'  - Feliciano!

Bond Arrives in Rio and Boat Chase - John Barry - Moonraker [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ]

Blow up the Moon - Bob Odenkirk (C.S. Lewis Jr.) and David Cross - Mr Show, The Complete Third Season

Moon River - Jean Jacques Perry and Gershon Kingsley - Kaleidoscopic Vibrations: Spotlight on the Moog

Robot News:

 



Robot Made from Crashed Bomber - Daily Mail

Henry Mancini - The Moon of Manakoora - Music of Hawaii

Tom Waits - Black Wings - Bone Machine 

Jean Richie - Wintergrace

The Sword - Lament for Aurochs - Age of Winters

Brian Eno and David Byrne - Moonlight in Glory - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts

Fursaxa - Poplar Moon - Mycorrhizae Realm 

Walking on the Moon - Sly & Robbie / The [slowed down] Police - Regatta Modatta/ de Blanc

Phillip Glass and Allen Ginsberg - from Iron Horse - Hydrogen Jukebox

Micheal Kamen - Days and Nights in Kyoto - Brazil [The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

"Rainbow Voice" - David Hykes & The Harmonic Choir- Baraka [The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

Nick Drake - Pink Moon - Pink Moon

His Name is Alive - Blue Moon - Mouth by Mouth

The Moon was Yellow - Marty Gold and his Orchestra - Soundpower! Music To The Limits Of Audibility

Pink Floyd - The Great Gig in the Sky - The Dark Side of the Moon

Pink Floyd - Eclipse / Brain Damage - The Dark Side of the Moon