Random music news for Thursday, June 12, 2025
In Texas, you can now legally shoot sheep from a helicopter for sport. ‘Murica. As for music news for June 12, 2025… More music news? Go here. BONUS: Nice one, kids! (Via Rick
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Chris Hadfield
Ongoing History Daily: Songs in space
A lot of music has been played in space starting with a Ukrainian folk song called “Watching the Sky and Thinking a Thought” performed by cosmonaut Pavlo Popovych on August 12, 1962 aboard
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Read and rock for mental health
Ever find yourself sitting at home wondering, gee, what could I possibly do on a Thursday night in October that could be both fun and uplifting while benefiting mental health efforts? Circle October
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A Brief History of Sending Music into Space
Humans love music so much that we’re determined to export it to the rest of the universe. It started with our invention of radio, which inadvertently sent music into space starting about a
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Concerts in the Sky: A List of Live Performances Aboard Passenger Aircraft (And Other High-Altitude Gigs)
[Another list from current intern-in-residence, Dorothy Lee. We want to make this the definitive list of airborne concerts, so if you have anything to add, please do. Bascially, if you have anything that
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Canada’s Musical Astronaut is Going on Tour
[From current intern-in-residence Dorothy Lee. – AC] After his amazing Canada 150 Tour this year, Canada’s first spaceship commander Colonel Chris Hadfield has announced he’ll be touring again in 2018 for his Canada 151
Read MoreRandom Music News for Saturday, September 10, 2016
At least I think it’s Saturday. I started writing this post after a 15-hour flight from Toronto to Taipei. Good wifi at the airport, though. Here’s some music news. You know those new
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Here’s How Commander Chris Hadfield Recorded “Space Oddity” in, er, Space
Thanks to FYI Music News for bringing this to everyone’s attention.
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This Week’s Top 11 Playlist: 25 September 2015
All kinds of new music comes out today–it is Friday, of course, the day when the world spews out all its new releases–so let’s take a listen to a few of them shall
Read MoreCanadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield’s New Album
Rock has had many spaced-out characters but only one has actually been to space. Former International Space Station Commander Chris Hadfield–a Canadian, of course–has a major label record deal with Warner Music. Come
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11 Celebrities Who Have Released Albums for Some Reason
Whether it’s simply an opportunity to cash in, or they just want to make music like anyone else might, when a celebrity releases an album, sometimes it’s good, sometimes it’s really not good,
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