Rocket Ships and Rocket Chairs 11

Greetings. It is in the true spirit of exploration in which we launch broadcast 11 of Rocket Ships and Rocking Chairs. While ensconced in the inky envelope of the Milky Way, we seek to reach further and further into the womb of the universe and psyche of woman and man. At the core of  RS/RC11 is an homage to the thousands of shortwave broadcasters, who, like we here at 433Eros, look to find the odd and interesting signal without financial interest or return. We have gathered a fine assortment of rockets and rockers for your consumption. We hope that you all enjoy the fruits of everyone's labors. 

We start with a classic slow-core groove beamed oh-so-sooo-slowly from the archives with a ditty penned by The New Year (ex founding members of Bedhead) and continue the snails pace journey past Apollo's jewel with a fan video of amniotic proportions; As Described by the video's author Kinan Fahham:

"This clip was shot on Old Saybrook's causeway between 10PM & midnight as the moon nears its full size.The sky was cloudy and it looked like the moon was trying to navigate its way through the fluffs executing the same maneuver over and over again.This video was inspired by the music of William Basinski especially the famous Disintegration Loops. Music played in the clip is from The Silent Ballet Volume 16: Kluwekracht IV by Bas Van Huizen"

Our slide through the Earth's upper atmosphere with pianist and composer Dustin O'Halloran, and Spanish ambient synth pop groovers IAmDive is laced with high-grade tranquilizers (and gin). As we begin to enter the kingdom of Nod, there is an attempt to reach out (or back) to our roots: A live number from Sebadoh growls to life as the first stage boosters detach and we find ourselves in the clutches of the Mad Scientist Atomic Shadow! We the drift serenely into the awaiting arms of a pop gem by Matt Kivel only to be spun back to our cosmic reality by a Johnny Lzr video of Detroit psych-rockers Electric Lion Soundwave Experiment....

E.D. Out.

Lost alone in a Labyrinth with Smoke Dawson's "Fiddle"

The @tsq2 (Tompkins Square) release "Fiddle" featuring solo fiddle works by Smoke Dawson is really something else! I mean that in the most positive way, sugar! Staggering and oddly angled, "The Minotaur" is as refreshing as it is dizzying, highlighting an almost Bartokian approach to rhythm and melody.

Deavers Out.

Dark, Dense, Haunting and Filled with Beauty: Happy belated to Bela Bartok!

Darlings, in the chaos that has been what it has been during the latter half of last week, I'd forgotten to light a candle for a favorite composer Bela Bartok (25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945). Bartok is credited as being a forerunner to the ethno-musicology discipline and was know for creating unique soundscapes and often seemingly jagged and/or discordant melodies. Bartok was a contemporary even among his contemporaries as explained by George Perle in The Listening Composer(1990):

"Nowhere does he (Bartok) recognize the communality of his harmonic language with that of the twelve-tone composers that is implied in their shared premise of the harmonic equivalence of inversionally symmetrical pitch-class relations."

Bela Bartok Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, II movement from Ching Chen Juhl on Vimeo.

If ever there were inspiration for my less-than-spartan musical tendencies, I would point, in part, to early exposure to"Bluebeards Castle" an opera composed in 1911 and initially performed in Budapest in May of 1918. Like space, it is dark. it is dense, it is haunting and filled with wondrous beauty...

Deavers Out.

Back Down To Earth with @Buriedbeds Documentary "Small Stories"

Although I love my perch in the stars, I often lust for sunshine and a fresh breeze that can truly be appreciated in the company of good friends or alone with a tree and a good book....

Deavers Out.

Small Stories. from Nate Johnson on Vimeo.

"The Last Drift" by @linearbells

A sweeping gesture of not so manic love, grace and (implied) post rock from France from the work "The Stars Will Shine"

"Star Cycle" by @RBHuysmans Tastefully Depicts The Din of Existence

"Star Cycle" from Rene Baptist Huysman's 2013 work entitled "Anthropologies of the Void" is skinny yet voluminous, angular but organic- organic in the way a highway that consistently rumbles in the background is. It is perfect for crickets. It is perfect for planes.

Deavers Out.

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"Club Afterlife" by @butvessels makes its way to the head phones of the staff of 433Eros!

The sacred goo. Behold starry skies. A cosmic pun of universal proportions. "But Vessels" channel an anthem fit for @Bobby_Conn

E.D. Out.

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Rocket Ships and Rocking Chairs 10

As always, when sweeping through the many odd and sometimes distorted signals that are being thrown about the universe by intelligent and sometimes non-intelligent life forms, we here nestled in the bosom of 433 Eros, have gleaned chaos and form, structure and destructors... It is not for me to judge. I simply observe, organize and transmit.

 E.D. Out.

Since The 1890's @PercivalLowell Has Been Dancing with the Stars!

While I often look to the future, I also realize the importance of embracing and celebrating the past! This wonderful Documentary about the Lowell Observatory addresses both. Although I'm not sure that the Mars civilization theory has been "laid to rest"

"In the 1890s, astronomer Percival Lowell created a public sensation by declaring that strange markings on Mars were created by an advanced civilization.   While that theory has been laid to rest, other discoveries made at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, continue to reshape our view of the universe: It was here that Scientist first discovered Pluto, refined the big bang theory and mapped our moon for the Apollo missions.   Join the Discovery Channel as 'Stargazers' celebrates 100 years of scientific exploration at the Lowell Observatory."

Lowell Observatory's Mission is to "pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach programs to bring the results of astronomical research to the general public."

E.D. Out.