Lakespeed1

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Member Since: 8/22/2000
Total Mixes: 74
Total Feedback: 60

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One Day Music Came From The Skies (A Cosmic Rock Opera hosted by Leonard Nimoy)

Artist Song
Foehn  One Day Music Came From The Skies 
  Leonard Nimoy: A Visit To A Sad Planet 
Roky Erickson  You Are An Unidentified Flying Object 
Man Or Astro Man?  Escape Velocity 
  Leonard Nimoy: You Are Not Alone 
Screeching Weasel  I Believe In UFOs 
Husker Du  Books About UFOs 
Guided By Voices  Hardcore UFOs 
  Leonard Nimoy: Alien 
Photek  UFO 
Credance Clearwater Revival  It Came Out Of The Sky 
Supernova  Close Encounters 
Tubeway Army  Praying To The Aliens 
The Wipers  Alien Boy 
  Leonard Nimoy: Where Is Love 
The Byrds  Mr. Spaceman 
The Crabs  Alien Girl 
Holy Modal Rounders  Mr. Spaceman 
Avocado Baby  Outer Space Lover 
  Leonard Nimoy: Where No Man Has Gone 
Sun Ra  There Are Other Worlds (They Have Not Told You Of) 
Dump  Spaceways, Inc. 
Magnog  Asleep At Light Speed 
  Leonard Nimoy: Lost In The Stars 
Hawkwind  Space Is Deep 
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282  Cornad Adrift Towards Mars 
  Leonard Nimoy: Beyond Antares 
Dexter Wansel  Life On Mars 

Comment:

wrapping up my vacation fueled spree of mixes: a cosmic love story, hosted by the one & only Leonard Nimoy [whose interludes in the above are roughly :30 second edits of tracks off his infamous album, preceded by a turn-the-page 'ding!' in the style of those old audio children's books]. after a brief introduction (#1), the scene shifts to Mars, and our protaganist alien, a self-defined teenage rebel alien boy without a cause (#3) and his virtual escape from his surroundings (#4) in search of...SOMETHING. act II is set back on earth, where we meet an earthling kindred spirit girl, with her eyes fixed to the stars, reading books about ufos and sitting on her roof watching the skies. (#6-#8). our alien lands! (#10) the fallout that ensues is beyond his imagination: the media, the attempts at communication, the worship, the crackpots...(#10-#13), and finally, despair: feeling hunted and without hope (#14). but, alas, to the rescue: our earthling girl is different: hey mr. spaceman, would you take me for a ride? (#16) why, who is this alien girl? [and she is an alien to our alien boy]. alien boy. alien girl. they don't understand, cuz they're from another world. (#17) . oh, mr. spaceman, what have you done? LOVE. LOVE! (#18, #19). what ensues next is the David Lynch portion of the drama: is it metaphor? metaphysical? metamorphic? whichever interpretation you prefer, our alien boy shows our earthling heroine there are other worlds they have not told you of, alien girl..(#21)...and if you're bored on earth, outerspaceways, inc. is the way to go...let me show you (#22). and they're off, asleep at light speed (#23), into the vastness of space (or is it vastness of love?), drifting... (#25, #26)...until, the triumphant finale: guilty feet have got no rhythm, so it's a disco party: LIFE ON MARS! (#28). happily ever after, etc.

Feedback:

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Moe
Date: 12/5/2002
Far out! as John Denver (R.I.P.) might say. This looks fifty times better than Solaris. It appears you're enjoying your vacation. Have you found time for water skiing?
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Radar12
Date: 12/5/2002
wow i really really like this!!!! no for real thats awsome! what a amazing idea. this is one of my favs!!!
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Sean Lally
Date: 12/5/2002
Great! See my space mix. Perhaps we can trade. Nice use of those Nimoy tracks.
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Rob Conroy
Date: 12/5/2002
Looks awesome, Jeff, both in conception and execution.
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lo-fi jr.
Date: 12/5/2002
Fantastic picks plus a cool concept. Especially dig the Magnog.
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Curtis_Burns
Date: 12/5/2002
This is great. Love the Sun Ra through TFUL282 bit especially.
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p the swede
Date: 12/6/2002
extremely cool mix, love to have this
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laufi
Date: 12/6/2002
superb mix! sounds very very entertaining!
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valis
Date: 12/6/2002
...as someone purportedly from Frolix 8 I can get behind that "outerspaceways, inc." idea...great stuff for excursions in the "big spaces."
Happy vacation Lakespeed!
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Fundak
Date: 12/6/2002
this is either brillance or madness. or both.
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Dom1
Date: 2/24/2004
Ditto all the above!