moon traveller herald

Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins were launched away in space Millions of hearts were lifted, proud of the human race Space control at Houston, radio command The team below that gave the go they had God's helping hand. Noting: Roger McGuinn always seemed to have a native understanding of technology. Its importance. Its myth. Its mystical elements. Thank God Buzz is still with us here! Roger, that! - J.V.

  Why did the band Television call itself television? To me, the singers were bathetic – overly off key, gushy, posing – posing as singers or feeling human beings anyway. So if they were thinking Television is lacking in human feeling, they picked a good name. They were in the punk days * , in New York, where lack of talent was not a show stopper. Was the name an attempt to challenge the dominant medium? To bring it - and all its production values - down from its pedestal? McLuhan called it medium cool. I am not too satisfied with the Internet's answers to these questions. I'd say by the time of the band Televison, TV was a drone - a hissing signal that put nations to sleep. Iggy had previously come up with "She's got a TV eye on me." I guess that is about whatever comes to your mind. Maybe the drone or the stare of TV is what Television was critique-ing...McLuhan focused on the CRT emissions and electromagnetic field effect possible ... and its effect on libido/p...

Moon Traveller Herald this year took on a new tenor, while upholding our dependable topical strategy as known for many past moons. Some space science, some essays, some reporting, some poems. A mudslinging world intruded only a bit..we even took some time to think about Man's Fate and AI. But that came up short. The world in a tumble, as the cookie crumbled. Let’s review some of the best stuff! - J.V. A few pages into The Philosophy of Modern Song you realize it doesn’t neatly attach to an expectation you might venture when hearing Dylan was publishing such a selection of essays. I understand that even some of his most dedicated fans wrestle with Dylan’s writings in The Philosophy of Modern Song. Dylan can surreally obscure, conceal and  cloak at the same time he unmasks bits of reality. I tried to share what I got out of the book in this write-up. With foot still in era of the Put-on, Dylan can be Off-putting. But I say ‘Dig it!” May 13 - The Philosophy of Modern Song Di...