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Music News 

And the winner of Eurovision 2023 is…

May 14, 2023May 14, 2023 Alan Cross 1 Comment 2023, Eurovision, Let 3, Loreen, Voyager

I watched the whole bloody goofy insane thing. Nothing anywhere else in the universe is as OTT and cheesy as

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: The most-traveled record in the universe

October 21, 2022October 21, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Golden Record, Ongoing History, Voyager

Here’s a fun question: what is the rarest and most unattainable gold record in the universe?  Actually, there are two. 

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Music News 

Random music news for Thursday, July 5, 2018

July 5, 2018July 4, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bruce Springsteen, Drake, Kate Bush, Michael Jackson, Pinball, Psy, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Tina Turner, Tragically Hip, UP Cannabis, Vans, VHS, Voyager, Warped Tour

I got my first back-to-school school supplies email yesterday. Too soon, people. Too soon. And now, music news for July

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Music News 

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

May 29, 2018May 28, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments aliens, Golden Record, NASA, Voyager

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

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Cool! 

This Is Cool: A Message From Earth

December 17, 2017December 14, 2017 Larry Lootsteen 0 Comments A Message From Earth, Golden Record, Voyager

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

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Cool! 

Gift Idea: A Voyager Golden Record

November 28, 2017November 27, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Golden Recorrd, Voyager

Bolted to the side of the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft are the famous “Sounds of Earth” Golden Records, a

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Music News 

40 Years After They Were Launched, The Voyager Golden Records are Now Available to Non-Extraterrestrials

August 29, 2017August 28, 2017 Alan Cross 1 Comment Golden Records, Voyager

When the two Voyager spacecraft were launched on their grand tour of the solar system, they each left Earth with

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Music History 

The Laughter Mystery of the Golden Record Has Been Solved

July 6, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Golden Record, Voyager

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

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Cool! 

Spacecraft Fact of the Day: Why Chuck Berry is Flying Through the Universe and the Beatles Aren’t

March 25, 2017March 24, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beatles, Carl Sagan, Chuck Berry, Golden Record, Voyager

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

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Music News 

Random Music News for Thursday, February 23, 2017

February 23, 2017February 23, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments AC/DC, Avenged Sevenfold, Beethoven, Best Song, Bob Marley, Bono, Completely Ignored, Depeche Mode, Eddie Van Halen, Golden Record, Headphones, James Brown, Jay Z, Kanye West, KISS, Metallica, Mike Pence, Oscars, Thom Yorke, Voyager

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

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Cool! 

Monday Timesuck: A New Way to Experience the Voyager Gold Records

November 21, 2016November 20, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Golden Record, Voyager

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

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