Golden Record Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Science says that aliens might not be able to play NASA’s Golden Record

The two most unattainable records in the universe are aboard the Voyager spacecraft, which are both flying beyond our solar

We’ve heard a lot about that golden record aboard Voyager as its journey to the stars continues, at least for

Okay, okay. We’ll restart the show. After an 18-month-ish hiatus and much whingeing by the general public, Michael Hainsworth and

When the Voyager spacecraft were launched 40 years ago, each of them carried a Golden Record (that’s the official name),

One of the coolest music projects ever was the Carl Sagan-curated Golden Record, phonograph records attached to the Voyager 1

I’m somewhere between Perth, Australia, and home in Toronto. Through the miracle of traveling east across the date line and

Voyagers 1 and 2 are now a long way off (20.6 billion and 16.9 billion miles away) and still light-years

The two rarest and most unattainable records are the golden discs curated by Carl Sagan aboard the two Voyager spacecraft.

When the Voyager probes were launched in mid-1977, they were each equipped with the rarest record in the universe: gold

Way out there in that direction (19,468,009, 525 km, as I write this) and also in that direction (15,994,031,747 km),

Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver
The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver
The Custodian of Toronto Sports – Richard Peddie in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 033 May 27, 2021
Over a 20+ year span, as the Toronto pro sports scene evolved from older venues and stands filled with blue and white (Leafs, Blue Jays, Argonauts) to a more intense red (Raptors, TFC), and grand coliseums that define the city’s skyline, there is one sports executive in particular who ownership looked to. We’re of course […]
Mark Silver