Showing posts with label music and science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label music and science. Show all posts

2009-10-31

Moon landing: Still very real

New Apollo 17 Landing Photo Clearly Shows Lander, Flag [Gizmodo]

Good timing for that article, as last night I watched the documentary 'For All Mankind', a film about the Apollo program with footage from all six lunar missions, stitched together to make one story. It's that footage, plus interviews with the astronauts, no narrator. Absolutely breathtaking. A must watch.

Oh, and did I mention Brian Eno did the soundtrack? That's also a must-listen, especially the piece "Always Returning", which is used to great effect in the film.

Here it is on YouTube:

2009-09-28

Auto-tune: Alive and well in the Cosmos

This one's been posted a couple times already, but it's too good not to pass on once more... Carl Sagan remixed with auto-tune. Well worth it. Mp3 available too.



A Glorious Dawn [Audio Cookbook]