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“My God, It’s Full of Stars”
Posted by Danielle in Entertainment, Picspam on May 14, 2010
The classic line, “My God, it’s full of stars” strikes fountains of sparks in my imagination (and has done so since first I watched 2001: A Space Odyssey.) It crosses my mind often. Especially when looking at an image like this! Less welcome are the images of those stewardesses in their Pepto-Bismol pink outfits. Squick.
Globular clusters once ruled the Milky Way. Back in the old days, back when our Galaxy first formed, perhaps thousands of globular clusters roamed our Galaxy. Today, there are less than 200 left. Many globular clusters were destroyed over the eons by repeated fateful encounters with each other or the Galactic center. Surviving relics are older than any Earth fossil, older than any other structures in our Galaxy, and limit the universe itself in raw age. There are few, if any, young globular clusters in our Milky Way Galaxy because conditions are not ripe for more to form. Pictured above by the Hubble Space Telescope are about 100,000 of M72′s stars. M72, which spans about 50 light years and lies about 50,000 light years away, can be seen with a small telescope toward the constellation of the Water Bearer (Aquarius).
Star Wars Day
Posted by Danielle in Entertainment, Picspam on May 4, 2010
I found this post weeks ago. I wasn’t intentionally waiting for Star Wars Day, but here we are, so here you go: “Artist Steve Bialik represents legendary Star Wars characters as samurai from traditional Japanese art.”
Drops of Jupiter
Posted by Danielle in Entertainment on April 1, 2010
Okay, so I’m one of the last dozen people (apparently) on Earth to have discovered this wonderful, wonderful song: Drops of Jupiter by Train. And now I’m passing it on to the rest of you, because if you have not had the pleasure, it has the most marvelous lyrical imagery. Seriously, I am in love with this song. Here are the lyrics.
Now that she’s back in the atmosphere
With drops of Jupiter in her hair
She acts like summer and walks like rain
Reminds me that there’s time to change
Since the return from her stay on the Moon
She listens like spring and she talks like JuneTell me, did you sail across the sun?
Did you make it to the Milky Way to see the lights all faded
And that Heaven is overratedTell me, did you fall for a shooting star?
One without a permanent scar
And did you miss me while you were looking for yourself out thereNow that she’s back from that soul vacation
Tracing her way through the constellation
She checks out Mozart while she does tae-bo
Reminds me that there’s room to growNow that she’s back in the atmosphere
I’m afraid that she might think of me as plain ol jane
Told a story about a man who is too afraid to fly so he never did landTell me, did the wind sweep you off your feet?
Did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of day
And head back to the Milky Way
And tell me, did Venus blow your mind?
Was it everything you wanted to find
And did you miss me while you were looking for yourself out thereCan you imagine no love, pride, deep-fried chicken
Your best friend always sticking up for you, even when I know you’re wrong
Can you imagine no first dance, freeze dried romance
Five-hour phone conversation
The best soy latte that you ever had . . . and meTell me, did the wind sweep you off your feet?
Did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of day
And head back toward the Milky WayTell me, did you sail across the sun?
Did you make it to the Milky Way to see the lights all faded
And that Heaven is overratedTell me, did you fall for a shooting star
One without a permanent scar
And did you miss me while you were looking for yourself
Planet Posters
Posted by Danielle in Art & Architecture, Entertainment on February 10, 2010
All art on this post © justinvg.
I owe my finding of these fantastic Star Wars planet “poster” graphics to my friend Lexa (who makes me look like I have merely a casual interest in the Star Wars universe. Which, uh… is really not the case!!) I dearly hope justinvg gets these made as actual posters; they’d go so well with the IYA 2009 posters which I long to own.
UPDATE: Posters available here!!
Album Covers, Nagaoka Redux
Posted by Danielle in Art & Architecture, Entertainment on December 4, 2009
More space-faring album covers from Shusei Nagaoka. Check out the rest of his art for an amazing array of bellbottoms, launching into the final frontier….
Album Covers, Nagaoka Edition
Posted by Danielle in Art & Architecture, Entertainment on December 1, 2009
It’s been a while since I’ve posted album cover art, and I just couldn’t stop with the Shusei Nagaoka awesomeness. Viva la 1970s!
Japanese Futurism
Posted by Danielle in Art & Architecture, Entertainment on November 26, 2009
Another hat-tip to Sci-Fi-O-Rama for showcasing some of the 1970s-80s artwork of Shusei Nagaoka. (Unknowingly I featured his ELO album cover art quite a while ago. He has quite the funky, spacey portfolio going, as far as album covers go!) There is an amazingly hi-res selection of Nagaoka-san’s art at Pink Tentacle — don’t miss it! (It was hard to restrain myself to just two images, I admit. I may yet publish more.)
Tomorrow
Posted by Danielle in Entertainment, Parks & Installations on October 23, 2009
I’ve only been to Disneyland once — I was six, and it was Disneyland’s 25th anniversary that year. With a modicum of research, now you know how old I am. Sigh. I honestly don’t remember much anymore, but this photo is all the proof I need that indeed, Disneyland is the happiest place on Earth.
History of Space Films
Posted by Danielle in Entertainment on October 16, 2009
Go to DailyFill.com for the full-size version of their brief history of space films since Star Wars, mapped by location (and color-coded for box-office hits… and misses.)
Silver Stars
Posted by Danielle in Art & Architecture, Entertainment on September 23, 2009

I saw this beautifully framed on Saturday — it’s actually the sheet music for Silver Stars by Carl Bohm. (As I was in an antique store, the pictures I took secretly are of terrible quality; these are from eBay.) Definitely would not mind hanging this art on my office wall!



















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