August 9, 2011: Space Is Deep(ends)

I would love to see a movie version set in the late 1800s.

If you are a regular listener, you will have heard the topic of outer space raised in previous episodes. Why an entire space show this time? The answer lies in Peterborough. I picked up Pac-Man Fever and the Yes Album in the electric city last week. I couldn't bear to play the title Pac-Man track, but found the assortment of video game sounds circa 1980 to be particularly fun, especially The Defender. Couple that with Star-ship trouper from Yes, and we have a theme.

This picture is somewhat misleading as to the graphics contained therein.

Great reason to play some Hawkwind!

Searching for Space?

Robot news this week is arguably, hum drum. But perhaps it is a great statement of our times that despite the economic pressures, we are still sending robots to Jupiter! 

There is other space news which I cannot resist noting. Scientists at the Harvard-Smithsonian Institute for Astrophysics have apparently used Kepler data to locate the Harkonnen home world of Geidi Prime!

Space findings! Blacker than coal!

Ended things off with Journey of the Sorcerer, the best thing the Eagles ever did, thanks to Douglas Adams' use of the tune.

Played List

Artist - Track - Album

 

Jeff Wayne - The Eve of the War - Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds

Hawkwind - The Black Corridor - Space Ritual

Hawkwind - Space is Deep - Space Ritual

Donovan - Intergalactic Laxative - Cosmic Wheels

Buckner & Garcia - The Defender- Pac-Man Fever

Saga - Give 'Em the Money - Saga

Yes - Starship Trooper - The Yes Album

(the) Ventures In Space - War of the Satellites - Out of Limits/Penetration

The Might Be Giants - For Science - Then: The Early Years

Brian Eno - Glitch - Drums Between the Bells

Robot News

The Eagles - Journey of the Sorcerer - One of These Nights