2009 is the International Year of Astronomy, marking 400 years from Galileo's first astronomical observations with a telescope. It is a universe itself, always expanding beyond recognizable references. Consider this a radio telescope into the center of your mind.
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Grateful thanks to Michael, Lisa Purdon, wfmu.org, and Astronomy Casts Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay.
The Chill Room February 22, 2009 00:00 PST killradio.org
Astronomical
You never understood me. You never really tried.
Jack Nicholson-The Brighter Side of Life (As Good As It Gets) / Expanding Universe / Floppy Sounds-Late Night / Michael Snow-(short)Wavelength / John Barry-Science Fiction (Midnight Cowboy) / Susan Alcorn-And I Await / White Noise-The Visitations (An Electric Storm) / Dark Matter / The Peter Peter Ivers Band-Alpha Centauri / Sky Cries Mary-2000 Light Years From Home / The RIAA-Say a Little Prayer for Religion / Merzbow-Live Deformation Holland / It's War Boys-The Invaders (private tape) / Dr. Benway-Tripping on LSD / Kate Bush-The Big Sky Meteorological Mix / Pink Floyd-Astronomy Domine (Ummagumma) / Kronos Quartet-Marquee Moon / Tonto's Expanding Headband-Aurora
William S. Burroughs-Words of Advice for Young People / Ms. CosMod-Burroughs and Lawrence KS (read by bt, from myspace) / Los Mirlos-La danza de los mirlos / Pink Floyd-Several Species / Lane Steinberg-Dark Star (Passion & Faith) / David Bowie-Life on Mars / Quasars and the Size of the Universe / Can't Get Blue Monday Out of My Head (Kylie Minogue & New Order mash) / Merce Cunningham-The Dance in Space + Time (ubuweb) / R. Stevie Moore-Third Stone from the Sun / Jimi Hendrix-Third Stone from the Sun / Walter Murphy-Fifth of Beethoven / Tommy James -Draggin' the Line / The Carpenters-Sing / The Incredible String Band-You Get Brighter
Technical data is from the Astronomy Cast podcast (http://www.astronomycast.com/), where you can get the best information about astronomy available today.
Go outdoors and look up into the sky. Get a telescope and see as far as you can. The more you know, the brighter you appear.