Fly Me To The Moon

I've talked a bit before about space history, and today is a particularly significant date in the field: 40 years ago today, Apollo 11 lifted off from Cape Canaveral on its mission to land on the moon. Astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins were aboard and would reach the moon four days later for their landing.

I did a brief writeup on the leadup to the moon mission, if anyone's interested: http://jeditrilobite.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/the-road-to-the-moon There'll be more on the 20th and 24th at the same site to cover the actual landing and aftermath.

Fly Me To The Moon - Frank Sinatra

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Merry Christmas from Carry You Away

No matter what you celebrate, Carry You Away would like to wish everyone a safe and enjoyable holiday season! Thanks for a good year, we'll see you in 2009 with our best songs from 2008.

The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole
O Holy Night - Troy Andrews
River - Rosie Thomas
Silent Night - Skye
Let It Snow - A Fine Frenzy
When I Get Home For Christmas - Snow Patrol
2000 Miles - Coldplay
White Christmas - Frank Sinatra
Christmas Time Is Here - Vince Guaraldi Trio
(There's No Place Like) Home For the Holidays - Perry Como
Silver Bells - Kate Smith

Merry Christmas!

Geek Mix

From Wikipedia: "The word geek is a slang term, noting individuals as "a peculiar or otherwise odd person, especially one who is perceived to be overly obsessed with one or more things including those of intellectuality, electronics, gaming, etc."

Geek stuff seems to be 'in' right now, which is fine by me. I've been one for years, and a little social acceptance isn't a horrible thing, although I honestly don't care one way or the other. I'm also an unabashed Star Wars fan, and today's release of the Clone Wars is as good an excuse as any to geek out today.

30 Century Man (Scott Walker) - The Jigsaw Seen
Bleached Bone Fields - We'll Write
Do You Believe In Magic? - The Format
Fly Me To the Moon - Frank Sinatra
It Is Pitch Dark - MC Frontalot
Man on the Moon - R.E.M.
Paranoid Android - Radiohead
Sci-Fi Kid - Blitzen Trapper
Skullcrusher Mountain - Jonathan Coulton
Subterranean Homesick Alien - Radiohead
Sunshine Superman - Donovan
White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane

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Catch the trade winds in your sails

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain


I'm on a short trip out to a conference in Utah this week and the weekend - I really can't wait to get back on a plane again, see somewhere new. Here's some songs that I've been listening to recently:

Come Fly With Me - Frank Sinatra
Falling or Flying - Grace Potter & the Nocturnals
Freeway - Removed by Request - Aimee Mann
International Airport - Carbon Leaf
It's My Turn To Fly - The Urge
Leaving on a Jet Plane - John Denver
Minutes to Memories (John Mellenkamp) - Carbon Leaf
Out of Town - Zero 7
See The World - Gomez
Venture Highway - America
Where Are You Going? - Dave Matthew's Band

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