Stand By For Blast Off
Today was a bit of a ‘sitting in the shed wondering why my fingers are cold even though the heater is on’ kind of day. I did manage to get that 1970 music post written, which was a plus, but mostly I’ve been reading junk all day 🙂 A walk this afternoon in daylight was a good thing, even if it was just down to the main road and back to buy a Santa-Claus hat.
At the risk of repeating myself, there isn’t a lot to say about today and I haven’t really been in reflective mood that would generate random pontification. As I write, our Prime Minister is in Brussels in the final stages of decided what species of disaster is about to be inflicted upon us. Meanwhile, Space-X are trying to get another experimental rocket off the ground (launch is paused at T-2.06 as I write), I’d like to think it will allow future generations to go somewhere better, but I’ve read enough SF not to count my chickens, especially if the aim is to sell Teslas to the aliens.
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Music: I felt sure I’d already posted this, but it didn’t show up on a search, so… After yesterdays link to that piece about Paul McCartney, and Space-X’s continuing efforts to boldly go, this is Ray Cathode’s Waltz in Orbit from1962. Ray Cathode was early BBC Radiophonic Workshop pioneer Maddalena Fagandini, aided and abetted by young EMI whizz-kid George Martin. Whenever people marvel at the techniques Martin developed in the studio with the Beatles, his association with the Radiophonic Workshop tends to be forgotten.
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