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ONE SMALL STEP FOR MOONCHEESE



40 years ago, as I'm sure you haven't heard a bajillion times by now, we (and by we, I mean Americans everywhere, I mean God bless us, I mean mankind obviously) put a man on the moon. men on the moon. a PLAQUE on the moon. some people don't believe it and think it was a conspiracy. I don't really care about these people.



http://news.aol.com/moon-landing?icid=main|aimzones|dl1|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fnews.aol.com%2Fmoon-landing

^ interesting stuff! (amateur astronomy nerd)

I was pretty bummed as a youngster to hear that we hadn't done anything along that magnitude since the 1970s. But, apparently, we're looking to point someone on Mars in the near future (or at least Russia is).

now a lot of people think, with the economy as is and other matters pressing, that the space program should be put on the backburner. but judging by the technology that we derived from the moon race, I disagree. LET'S GO TO MARS!

Space Mix

"My Moon, My Man"- Feist: http://www.sendspace.com/file/fqb6lq
"Major Tom (Coming Home)"- Shiny Toy Guns: http://www.sendspace.com/file/5apu51
"Space Hero Suits"- Those Dancing Days: http://www.sendspace.com/file/yanej3
"Stars"- Dubstar: http://www.sendspace.com/file/6203rc
"Gifted"- N.A.S.A.: http://www.sendspace.com/file/zmxhp8
"Subterranean Homesick Alien"- Radiohead: http://www.sendspace.com/file/bmrfha (m4a)
"Sky Phenomenon"- Jens Lekman: http://www.sendspace.com/file/ubd5sr

Not on mix, but, to put you in the mood:
"Major Tom"- David Bowie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-g_Y0UCxmg
"Man on the Moon"- R.E.M.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ezPotNSNqg
"Yuri G"- PJ Harvey: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxo0W_oXoK8
"Spacetravel" Bush & Gwen Stefani: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UUiV_O4IqA
"The Moon"- Cat Power: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR1LJ_Orp5k
"Utopia"- Goldfrapp (not necessarily about space but it feels eerie enough anyway)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB5Qoy8JHdI
"Blue Moon"- Elvis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NkLUh_zMP8
"Pink Moon"- Nick Drake: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE0ODrmaiFE

I unfortunately have abandoned my dreams of being an astronaut. Or cosmonaut.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsZYqaSc4cU


- MAJOR BRITTANY (ho har ho har)
p.s. next post (by me, I don't control Al) will be the Theoretical Girl interview- I've had an unusual surge of articles to write lately.
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  1. CaraJuly 20, 2009 at 1:56 PM

    I scrolled down to the bottom to see who wrote this one (as I always do) and I can say right now, my favorite thing about this entry is the 'ho har ho har' part.

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  2. Ned UsaJuly 20, 2009 at 3:01 PM

    I love man on the moon by REM.

    Now Blue Moon by Elvis is classic. Way better than Blue Moon by Bobby Vinton.

    PS: Never abandon your dreams.

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  3. the_useless_criticJuly 21, 2009 at 1:17 AM

    :D

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