31 August 2016

Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection, CD2006-1

It's the "ultimate" because this trip through music, space, and time keeps growing. More than 2,700 music tracks organized chronologically, spanning more than a century, plus voice clips from space missions and other historical events. More than 200 hours of musical exploration... and counting.

SelectionTitlePerformerRelease
Year
1 Battlestar Galactica - Main Title Bear McCreary 2006
2 Starfighter Space Project 2006
3 Battlestar Galactica - Colonial Anthem Bear McCreary 2006
4 "Космические нимфы Space Nymphs" "(неизвестный исполнитель) (unknown artist)" 2006
5 Battlestar Galactica - Baltar's Dream Bear McCreary 2006
6 Cosmic Surf Red Elvises 2006
7 Battlestar Galactica - Escape From The Farm Bear McCreary 2006
8 The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Albert Lee 2006
9 Battlestar Galactica - Standing In The Mud Bear McCreary 2006
10 Галактика снов The Galaxy of Dreams Анна Герман Anna Gherman 2006
11 Battlestar Galactica - Pegasus Bear McCreary 2006
12 Soyuz TMA-8 - Launch Mission Audio 2006
13 Космонавты The Cosmonauts Б.Г. B.G. 2006
14 Battlestar Galactica - Lords Of Kobol Bear McCreary 2006
15 Alien Voices Space Project 2006
16 Battlestar Galactica - Gina Escapes Bear McCreary 2006
17 Fly Me to the Moon Bart Howard 2006
18 Battlestar Galactica - The Cylon Prisoner Bear McCreary 2006
19 Space Monkeys in Orbit Casper del Blanco 2006
20 Battlestar Galactica - Reuniting The Fleet Bear McCreary 2006
21 Space Harrier Chosc 2006
22 Battlestar Galactica - Black Market Bear McCreary 2006

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30 August 2016

Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection, CD2005-6

It's the "ultimate" because this trip through music, space, and time keeps growing. More than 2,700 music tracks organized chronologically, spanning more than a century, plus voice clips from space missions and other historical events. More than 200 hours of musical exploration... and counting.

SelectionTitlePerformerRelease
Year
1 Stargate Atlantis - Main Title Joel Goldsmith 2005
2 Fly Me to the Moon Simon White Jazz Duo 2005
3 Countdown SweetS 2005
4 Марш Космических Войск Space Force March Тарас Ворона Taras Vorona 2005
5 Stargate Atlantis - Atlantis Wakes Joel Goldsmith 2005
6 The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Tone Damli Aaberge 2005
7 Martian Colony Torley Wong 2005
8 Vision of Alpha Centauri Troupe 2005
9 Stargate Atlantis – Rising Joel Goldsmith 2005
10 Shenzhou 6 - Launch Mission Audio 2005
11 Continuum (Final Mix) Vanna Bonta 2005
12 Lunar Dawn Wayne Galery 2005
13 Transatlantic Orbit Space Cossacks 2005
14 Stargate Atlantis - Our New Home Joel Goldsmith 2005
15 Трава у дома (extended) The Grass at Home Земляне Earthmen 2005
16 Mars utoci Mars Attacks Znouzectnost 2005
17 Transylvanian Orbit Space Cossacks 2005
18 Звездная колыбельная Stellar Lullaby Елизиум Elizium 2005
19 Stargate Atlantis - Orchestral Extended Version Joel Goldsmith 2005

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29 August 2016

Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection, CD2005-5

It's the "ultimate" because this trip through music, space, and time keeps growing. More than 2,700 music tracks organized chronologically, spanning more than a century, plus voice clips from space missions and other historical events. More than 200 hours of musical exploration... and counting.

SelectionTitlePerformerRelease
Year
1 Outer Space "Тату t.A.T.u." 2005
2 Kill Kill Kill Kill Kill Kill Klingons Warp 11 2005
3 I Turned Into a Martian Misfits 2005
4 Moonwalk Moon Taxi 2005
5 Ghosts of Mars Mythril Nazgul 2005
6 Man on a Mission Warp 11 2005
7 Лунный ТВ Lunar TV Odyssey & Chestnuts 2005
8 Lunar Bass Origin Unknown 2005
9 Gagarin Pannonia Allstars Ska Orchestra 2005
10 Soyuz TMA-7 - Undocking From ISS Mission Audio 2005
11 My Electric Man Warp 11 2005
12 Colour Space Paul Cooper 2005
13 Moon Rock Phil Maynard 2005
14 Fly Me to the Moon Rick Scheideman 2005
15 She Make It So Warp 11 2005
16 Песня космонавта Song of the Cosmonaut Радиотранс Radiotrance 2005
17 The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Renee Fleming 2005
18 Fly Me to the Moon Rob Stoneback 2005
19 Welcome to Our Cube Warp 11 2005

Index to Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection

28 August 2016

Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection, CD2005-4

It's the "ultimate" because this trip through music, space, and time keeps growing. More than 2,700 music tracks organized chronologically, spanning more than a century, plus voice clips from space missions and other historical events. More than 200 hours of musical exploration... and counting.

SelectionTitlePerformerRelease
Year
1 Sleeping Satellite Karnivool 2005
2 A Song for People Who Never Watch Star Trek Warp 11 2005
3 Fly Me to the Moon John Donovan & the Dotbiz 2005
4 Star Wars Justin R. Durban 2005
5 Auto Destruct Warp 11 2005
6 Space Probe Space Cossacks 2005
7 Jupiter Kendall Station 2005
8 Rage Against the Federation Warp 11 2005
9 Soyuz TMA-6 - Undocking From ISS Mission Audio 2005
10 Космический мужик Space Music Ландыши Landyshi 2005
11 Галактика огня Galaxy Fire Майор З Major Z 2005
12 Give It Up for the Captain Warp 11 2005
13 Launch Matt Sommers 2005
14 Fly Me to the Moon Olivia Ong 2005
15 Space Victory Theme Space Cossacks 2005
16 Invasion Warp 11 2005
17 Planet Caravan Mercury Rev 2005
18 Star Wars Imperial March Metallica 2005

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22 August 2016

Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection, CD2005-3

It's the "ultimate" because this trip through music, space, and time keeps growing. More than 2,700 music tracks organized chronologically, spanning more than a century, plus voice clips from space missions and other historical events. More than 200 hours of musical exploration... and counting.

SelectionTitlePerformerRelease
Year
1 Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith - Anakin's Dream John Williams 2005
2 Звездная колыбельная Stellar Lullaby Элизиум Elizium 2005
3 Solaris Stomp Space Cossacks 2005
4 Columbia Here Are the Facts You Requested 2005
5 Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith - Anakin's Dark Deeds John Williams 2005
6 Mars Hogleg 2005
7 STS-114 - Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver Mission Audio 2005
8 STS-114 - TPS Tile Repair EVA Mission Audio 2005
9 Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith - The Birth of the Twins and Padme's Destiny John Williams 2005
10 Space Cowboy (Classic Club Mix) Jamiroquai 2005
11 Lunar Flares J. Russell Reynolds 2005
12 Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith - Enter Lord Vader John Williams 2005
13 Planet Rock Jason Moran 2005
14 Lunar Landing Jason Sturges 2005
15 Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith - A New Hope and End Credits John Williams 2005

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Trump's Exit Strategy

Copyright © 2016 by Thomas Gangale

Part 1: Premises
Predicting the course of a political campaign, like predicting the course of a peacetime geopolitical game or of a shooting war, is difficult. There are a huge number of variables, some of them not well characterized. Always important, however, are the minds of the individuals in the lead roles. I am inclined to give credence to what several sources are writing about Donald Trump's psyche, his reasons for getting into the presidential race, for conducting it as he has, and for staying the course even as it becomes increasingly evident that his style of campaigning will result in a catastrophic loss for the Republican Party. Starting from a set of premises, I will make a prediction regarding Mr. Trump's future moves in the campaign.

Premise 1: Trump announced his candidacy as a ploy to extract a better deal from NBC-TV for renewing his reality show, and failing that, to make his program more marketable to other networks.

Somewhat plausible; however, he should have realized that branding illegal Mexican immigrants as rapists would burn his bridge back to NBC. Far from strengthening his negotiating position, NBC severed all business relationship with him, and none of the other networks will touch his brand, which has become as marketable as toxic waste. At this point, his only path back to television would be to own his own cable channel, which he would be forced to operate largely out of his own pocket because he would not be able to sell much advertising time. Oops!

Premise 2: Trump never expected to become the Republican Party's nominee.

Absolutely plausible! Who did expect it? Whether by conscious design or otherwise, he went through the book and broke each and every law of political campaigning. Who would do that who did not expect to lose? On the other hand, being such a showman, he probably figured he could finish in the middle of the pack without breaking a sweat, it would be fun to play to live audiences for a few months, at the end of which he could find some other way to gratify his vanity. Just beating up Jeb Bush and driving him out of the race would have been enough to declare victory. Then the unexpected happened: he tapped into a niche market of pissed-off, poorly-educated, white men of precarious economic prospects and rapidly dominated that market. It wasn't because he is any sort of genius, it was just dumb luck, a perfect storm of idiocracy which swept him to the Republican nomination. Oops!

Premise 3: Trump never wanted, nor now wants, to be president.

Who can doubt that Trump would be the most miserable president in American history? I don't mean to say that he would do an absolutely miserable job as president; that goes without saying. I mean to say that he would be absolutely miserable in the job of president. That's just not who he is. Sitting in the Oval Office, taking phone calls, sitting in cabinet meetings, listening to advisors drone on and on and on about policies and regulatory issues and budgets and legislation, It's done off-camera and it's tedious as hell. Fuggedaboutit! But now he's a few weeks away from the general election, and it's obvious that what got him to Cleveland won't get him to the White House. It's starting to be not so fun to be Donald Trump. He can't grow his brand out of his captured niche market of stupid white guys, so he's going to lose big time. That's no fun. The Republican professional political class is on his case to pivot to presenting a presidential image, but that's not who he is. He doesn't want to drone on and on and on about policies and regulatory issues and budgets and legislation, Even if it's done on-camera, it's tedious as hell. That's no fun. So, Trump can't win by playing himself, and he can't have any fun by playing someone he's not. Oops!

Part 2: Prediction

So what is the third option? What is Trump's exit strategy?

Since he's not going to get to gush and blush teary-eyed at the adoring crowd as the pageant's crown is placed on his head, he must have in mind some other way to declare victory. And, most of all, it must be fun. Since he can't beat Hillary Clinton, and he's beaten all of his many opponents for the nomination, who else is around that he can beat?

The Republican Party itself. It's easy pickings. It's already sprawled on the mat. All he needs to do is a big fat drop on it. Oooh! I'll bet that hurt!

But until that final slam, Trump must maintain the pretence of wanting to win. Hell yeah, like pro wrestling, the election is fixed, but he's the fixer. He'll mumble through a policy speech, then he'll go back to saying something outrageous for the cameras. He'll shakeup his campaign staff, like he gives a damn what they say or do. That'll create some buzz, then he'll go back to saying something outrageous for the cameras. The more provocative the better, as addicted onlookers need to increase their habit to maintain the same high. Alternating his public personae, he will torment the Republican leadership through a dance of the seven veils as they cling agonizingly to the desperate delusion that he is almost about to reform himself into a serious candidate. The hiring of Stephen Bannon signals a further step away from sanity, but Trump's next move could very well signal a step toward traditional campaigning. The object of Trump's game is simply to keep signaling, to keep the attention on him. Nothing else matters.

Right up until the first debate with Clinton. One would almost make the mistake of calling that the Moment of Truth were it not that there is no truth in Trump, but it will be the Reckoning. It will be the last stop on the Trump reality road show, because it will be an environment he can't control, a show he can't dominate with bombast and insult. He was able to play his Republican rivals off each other, they were more concerned about savaging each other than taking him down, but he is going to be the only one in Clinton's sights... Second Amendment people, don't go there! As much of a megalomaniac as Trump is, he has to know that Hillary will have him not only for dinner, but she will dine off his carcass from one debate to the next straight through to Election Day. A good hunter doesn't waste meat. That first debate is when it stops being fun and he is humiliated as the boorish ignoramus he is.

So this is my best guess as to how the Trump's series finale will play out. At the beginning of the first debate, the candidates will make their opening statements, as is traditional. It doesn't really matter who goes first; that will have been determined beforehand by a coin toss. If Clinton goes first, whatever she says is... whatever. It won't be remembered by anyone. Trump's opening statement will be the big reveal. It will be the last moment he can absolutely dominate. He will announce his withdrawal from the presidential race, and exit stage right. The limousine waiting outside the venue will whisk him away into the night as all hell breaks loose in the auditorium, in the reporting booth, in the country, but most of all, in the Republican Party.

October Surprise is going to come about a week early this year. Six weeks before the November election, the ballots will already have been printed and mailed to absentee voters. Trump's name will be on them as the Republican candidate for president of the United States of America, except that the party will no longer have a candidate. Trump's sudden exit will create a political vacuum which the party will scramble to fill but will be unable to at that late date, resulting in an implosion. No pitcher coming off the Republican bench will be able to save the game. It will be a laugher, a game far beyond reach. And what happens toward the end of a laugher? The stadium is mostly empty. Most of the crowd has gone to the exits to get in their cars ahead of everyone else. This presidential election will have the lowest turnout in the history of the republic.

Why would Trump do this? Because when all else is said and done, Donald Trump is an entertainer. What better than to make a grand exit which leaves even his legions of detractors wanting more, especially the broadcast media, which will cut from one talking head to the next, each one more open-mouthed and goggle-eyed than the last, for the remaining 80 minutes of the scheduled presidential debate, and for the remaining 40 days of the presidential campaign. What better way flip the finger to the Republican Party he has come to despise, from its swelling number of principled defectors to his dwindling number of amoral apologists.

Yes, he is that vindictive. Yes, he is that vainglorious. The one ambition remaining open to Trump is to play the part of the greatest political villain in American history. It's at least the next best thing to playing the hero, and arguably even better. After all, everyone remembers Richard III; no one remembers the Earl of Richmond. Also, it has been said that every person is the hero of his own story, and certainly Trump has show this to be at least as true of himself as of anyone, but who else but Trump could be both the hero and the villain in his own mind, and relish every act, scene and line?

My prediction assumes that there is some method in Trump's madness, an assumption which may be incorrect, as he may have no method at all. It may also be that I don't believe a word of what I have written here, that I am just another political entertainer. You might very well think that....

Thomas Gangale's Lies and Politics
 

21 August 2016

Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection, CD2005-2

It's the "ultimate" because this trip through music, space, and time keeps growing. More than 2,700 music tracks organized chronologically, spanning more than a century, plus voice clips from space missions and other historical events. More than 200 hours of musical exploration... and counting.

SelectionTitlePerformerRelease
Year
1 Battlestar Galactica - Baltar Speaks With Adama Bear McCreary 2005
2 Космический бездомных Cosmic Homeless Будда Майтрайя Budda Majtrajya 2005
3 Fly Me to the Moon Busch 2005
4 Battlestar Galactica - Flesh And Bone Bear McCreary 2005
5 Space Calling Carl Cox 2005
6 Satellite of Love Chris Swisher 2005
7 Battlestar Galactica - Battle On The Asteroid Bear McCreary 2005
8 Da Lunar Groove Christian Laffitte 2005
9 To Mars ConseQuencE Pattysplanet 2005
10 Battlestar Galactica - Wander My Friends Bear McCreary 2005
11 Cassini - Saturn Radio Emissions Mission Audio 2005
12 Low Earth Orbit Co-Pilot 2005
13 Satellite Star Dave Stoops 2005
14 Battlestar Galactica - Kobol's Last Gleaming Bear McCreary 2005
15 Космическая одиссея 2005 Space Odyssey 2005 Dj Кефир и Е. Арсентьев Dj Kefir & E. Arsentyev 2005
16 Твоя нежность Your Tenderness Дмитрий Хворостовский Dmitrij Hvorostovskij 2005
17 Battlestar Galactica - Destiny Bear McCreary 2005
18 Planet of the Apes Space Cossacks 2005
19 Battlestar Galactica - Bloodshed Bear McCreary 2005
20 In Orbit Elephantum 2005

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20 August 2016

Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection, CD2005-1

It's the "ultimate" because this trip through music, space, and time keeps growing. More than 2,700 music tracks organized chronologically, spanning more than a century, plus voice clips from space missions and other historical events. More than 200 hours of musical exploration... and counting.

SelectionTitlePerformerRelease
Year
1 Космос Space Тату t.A.T.u. 2005
2 Battlestar Galactica - Prologue Bear McCreary 2005
3 Battlestar Galactica - Main Title (UK Version) Bear McCreary 2005
4 Cossack Rocket Patrol Space Cossacks 2005
5 Космос Space Айвенго Ajvengo 2005
6 Battlestar Galactica - The Olympic Carrier Bear McCreary 2005
7 Transit of Mars Alan Fraser 2005
8 March of the Astronauts Alan Lorber & the 21st Century Orchestra 2005
9 Battlestar Galactica - A Good Lighter Bear McCreary 2005
10 Большое космическое путешествие - Голубая планета The Great Space Journey - The Blue Planet Алексей Рыбников Aleksej Rybinkov 2005
11 Starship Groove Animusic 2005
12 Soyuz TMA-6 - Launch Mission Audio 2005
13 Battlestar Galactica - Two Funerals Bear McCreary 2005
14 Mir Rescue Space Cossacks 2005
15 Battlestar Galactica - Starbuck Takes On All Eight Bear McCreary 2005
16 На Марсе большое жизни нет On Mars There Is No Life АЗ AZ 2005
17 Баийконур Bajkonur Bad Sector 2005
18 Battlestar Galactica - The Card Game Bear McCreary 2005
19 Space Cowboy Banaroo 2005
20 Martian Band Big Eyed Beans From Venus 2005
21 My Flying Saucer Billy Bragg & Wilco 2005
22 Battlestar Galactica - Starbuck On The Red Moon Bear McCreary 2005

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19 August 2016

Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection, CD2004-4

It's the "ultimate" because this trip through music, space, and time keeps growing. More than 2,700 music tracks organized chronologically, spanning more than a century, plus voice clips from space missions and other historical events. More than 200 hours of musical exploration... and counting.

SelectionTitlePerformerRelease
Year
1 To the Moon and Back (Almighty Transensual Mix) Savage Garden 2004
2 Space Girl Phenomenauts 2004
3 Space Dirt Space Trucker 2004
4 Moons of Jupiter Steve Ball, Paul O'Rear & Pat Mastelotto 2004
5 Песня о космических войсках Song of the Space Forces Тарас Ворона Taras Vorona 2004
6 Space Oddity Tulus 2004
7 Столкновение в космосе Collision in Space Галина Яшина и Доминиа Бойкова Galina Yashina & Dominika Bojkova c. 2004
8 Saw a Satellite Tony Carey 2004
9 Low Orbit Vampire Rodents 2004
10 Soyuz TMA-5 - Launch Mission Audio 2004
11 Space Rock Vikramjit Banerjee 2004
12 Welcome Back Phenomenauts 2004
13 Sexy Astronaut Volumen 2004
14 Fly Me to the Moon Wally's Swing World 2004
15 Rings of Saturn Wataka 2004
16 Rings of Saturn Steve Ball, Paul O'Rear & Pat Mastelotto 2004
17 Fly Me to the Moon Westlife 2004
18 Apollo 17 Yellow Sunshine 2004
19 Venus Air 2004
20 Where Is the X-38? Phenomenauts 2004

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18 August 2016

Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection, CD2004-3

It's the "ultimate" because this trip through music, space, and time keeps growing. More than 2,700 music tracks organized chronologically, spanning more than a century, plus voice clips from space missions and other historical events. More than 200 hours of musical exploration... and counting.

SelectionTitlePerformerRelease
Year
1 To the Moon and Back (Almighty club class radio edit) Savage Garden 2004
2 Progress vs. Pettiness Phenomenauts 2004
3 Space Cowboy (Morales Classic Club Mix) Jamiroquai 2004
4 Is There Love in Space Joe Satriani 2004
5 Soyuz TMA-4 - Launch Mission Audio 2004
6 Тьма, космос и звезды [Космические рейнжеры] Darkness, Space and Stars [Space Rangers] Ксенья Ларинова Ksen'ya Larionova 2004
7 Rocket Roll Phenomenauts 2004
8 Космос Space Лена Кауфман Lena Kaufman 2004
9 Звездам навстречу Meet the Stars Людмила Зыкина Lyudmila Zykina 2004
10 Fly Me to the Moon Matt Monro 2004
11 New Planet Medeski, Martin & Wood 2004
12 Mars Mission Nerd Processor 2004
13 Into the Void Orange Goblin 2004
14 Jupiter Presidents of the United States of America 2004
15 Cassini - Saturn Radio Emissions Mission Audio 2004
16 Space Fight Phenomenauts 2004
17 Star Wars Cantina Richard Cheese 2004
18 Планета Planet Саша З. Sasha Z. 2004
19 Space Lion Seatbelts 2004

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Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection, CD2004-2

It's the "ultimate" because this trip through music, space, and time keeps growing. More than 2,700 music tracks organized chronologically, spanning more than a century, plus voice clips from space missions and other historical events. More than 200 hours of musical exploration... and counting.

SelectionTitlePerformerRelease
Year
1 To the Moon and Back (Almighty club class radio edit) Savage Garden 2004
2 Hurry Let's Go Phenomenauts 2004
3 Folding Space Craig Padilla 2004
4 Space Crash Curl 2004
5 Satellite David Doruzka 2004
6 Mission Phenomenauts 2004
7 Deep Space Dj the fRont 2004
8 Astronaut Duran Duran 2004
9 SpaceShipOne - Launch Mission Audio 2004
10 Satellite Dynamite Boy 2004
11 Elvis in Space Elite Inner Echelon Blood-Circle 2004
12 На Марс To Mars Елизиум Elizium 2004
13 Neptune City Phenomenauts 2004
14 Death in Space Freezerman 2004
15 Звезда Вселенского Разума Star Universal Mind Галина Яшина и Доминика Бойкова Galina Yashina & Dominika Bojkova c. 2004
16 Space Man Glenn Case 2004
17 Space Marathon Igor Belsky 2004

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16 August 2016

Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection, CD2004-1

It's the "ultimate" because this trip through music, space, and time keeps growing. More than 2,700 music tracks organized chronologically, spanning more than a century, plus voice clips from space missions and other historical events. More than 200 hours of musical exploration... and counting.

SelectionTitlePerformerRelease
Year
1 Fly Me to the Moon Adam Pfeffer & Lenny Obregon 2004
2 Surfing on a Rocket Air 2004
3 Astronaut Alan Wilkis 2004
4 На взлёт To Take Off Анатолий Королев Anatolij Korolev 2004
5 Giant Asteroid Phenomenauts 2004
6 My Space Buggy Asleep at the Wheel 2004
7 Fly Me to the Moon Agnetha Faltskog 2004
8 Vision for Space Exploration Address George W. Bush 2004
9 Space Oddity Ayreon 2004
10 Juri Gagarin Banda Bassotti 2004
11 Песенка звездочета Song of the Astrologer Борис Гребенщиков и Александр Васиьев Boris Grebenschikov i Aleksandr Vasil'ev 2004
12 Пустите Меня В Космос Let Me Go Into Space Бригадный Подряд Brigadnyj Podryad 2004
13 The Star Wars Song Campers & Staff 2004
14 Gravity Phenomenauts 2004
15 Blast Off! Capcom 2004
16 Mars Face Christian Heinke 2004
17 Fly Me to the Moon Claire Littley 2004
18 Martian Sands ComradeF 2004

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14 August 2016

Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection, CD2003-5

It's the "ultimate" because this trip through music, space, and time keeps growing. More than 2,700 music tracks organized chronologically, spanning more than a century, plus voice clips from space missions and other historical events. More than 200 hours of musical exploration... and counting.

SelectionTitlePerformerRelease
Year
1 Sleeping Satellite (Rob Searle mix) KLC Aurora feat. Michelle 2003
2 Fly Me to the Moon Michael Roselli 2003
3 Rocket Roll (live) Phenomenauts 2003
4 Гимн УМЦ "Голицыно" Anthem UMTs "Golitsyno" Р. Гуцалюк R. Gutsalyuk 2003
5 Soyuz TMA-3 - In Orbit Mission Audio 2003
6 Rocketman (Live) Red Elvises 2003
7 Rockets Land Rockets 2003
8 To the Moon and Back (Kuta Remix) Savage Garden 2003
9 Space Man Smash Mouth 2003
10 Rocket Ship Stark Reality 2003
11 Mercury Man Steve Ball 2003
12 Lost Satellite Superstring 2003
13 Планета Planet T. Love 2003
14 Мы запускаем в космос We Are Launching Into Space Звери Beasts 2003
15 Space Jazz ComradeF 2003
16 Satellite Rock Bill Fadden & the Silvertone Flyers 2003

Index to Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection

13 August 2016

Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection, CD2003-4

It's the "ultimate" because this trip through music, space, and time keeps growing. More than 2,700 music tracks organized chronologically, spanning more than a century, plus voice clips from space missions and other historical events. More than 200 hours of musical exploration... and counting.

SelectionTitlePerformerRelease
Year
1 Battlestar Galatica - Are You Alive (Main Title) Bear McCreary 2003
2 Battlestar Galatica - Goodbye, Baby Bear McCreary 2003
3 10, 000 Light Years Phenomenauts 2003
4 Battlestar Galatica - Six Sex Bear McCreary 2003
5 Battlestar Galatica - Deep Sixed 1 Bear McCreary 2003
6 Battlestar Galatica - Deep Sixed 2 Bear McCreary 2003
7 Telstar Howlin' Wilson 2003
8 Battlestar Galatica - Cyclons Fire Bear McCreary 2003
9 Battlestar Galatica - The Lottery Ticket Bear McCreary 2003
10 Battlestar Galatica - Inbound Bear McCreary 2003
11 Flying Saucer Rock N Roll JD & the Chasers 2003
12 Battlestar Galatica - The Storm and the Dead Bear McCreary 2003
13 Battlestar Galatica - Thousands Left Behind Bear McCreary 2003
14 Космический Чудак Space Kook Киоск Kiosk 2003
15 Battlestar Galatica - Silica Pathways Bear McCreary 2003
16 Battlestar Galatica - Reunited Bear McCreary 2003
17 Галактика Galaxy Космонавтика Astronautics 2003
18 Battlestar Galatica - The Sense of Six Bear McCreary 2003
19 Battlestar Galatica - Starbuck's Recon Bear McCreary 2003
20 Progress vs. Pettiness Phenomenauts 2003
21 Battlestar Galatica - Battle Bear McCreary 2003
22 Космонавт Cosmonaut Люмен Lumen 2003
23 Battlestar Galatica - Good Night Bear McCreary 2003
24 Battlestar Galatica - By Your Command Bear McCreary 2003

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Donald Trump, Professor of Public Sociopathy


Copyright © 2016 by Thomas Gangale

When you consider any one thing in isolation that Donald Trump says, you're left scratching your head, "No one is going to believe that, right?" But the crowds at his rallies cheer every word. The more outrageous the remark, the louder the response. Are they gullible? Are they crazy? Are they just enjoying a show, suspending disbelief like an audience watching the latest superhero blockbuster? Is it possible that they have watched so much so-called "reality television," which is so obviously scripted, that they no longer sense where reality ends and fantasy begins? To borrow a couple of Trump's stock phrases, I have to be honest, I don't know.

More to the point, when you consider everything in its totality that Donald Trump has said, you're left scratching your head, "He doesn't really believe that, does he?" I'm pretty sure that if you asked him, he would answer, "Of course I do. I really mean it. I'm a truth teller." And when he walks back a particular statement a day or two later, he declares with equal sincerity, "It was a joke. Don't you get sarcasm?"

What I get is this: Trump actually does believe every word he says, not only at the moment he says it, but even the next day when he emphatically repudiates it. He actually believes "A" and "not A" simultaneously, simply because he made both statements and he is never wrong. In Trump's conception of reality, he has the awesome, cosmic power to reshape the universe to his whim from moment to moment, a power which religious fundamentalists assign to a divine being, although they usually expect it to be exercised with far less caprice.

Since Trump believes two contradictory statements simultaneously, the rest of us cannot take either statement at face value. The safest course is not to trust one damned thing he says. For instance, when Trump says he will have American civilians tried by military tribunals at Guantanamo, neither applaud nor tremble, for it has a much validity as if he had said that he has no such intention. What he says comes not from any principles, but from his need to draw raucous reactions from his rapt followers. He will tell them whatever he imagines they want to hear.

The only constant in Trump's world is his pathological compulsion to attract attention. He revels in being an entertainer, and an entertainer doesn't need to have any political convictions or to offer any realistic solutions. His only real message is, "Dig me!"

He's merely the shock jock of the campaign trail, and I'm beyond being shocked by his vanity insanity. If Trump concocts a new "birther" theory and accuses Barack Obama of having giving birth to Osama bin Laden and having had a sex change operation afterward (why else would he pushing so hard for transgender restrooms?), no one should be shocked at this point. And that's the real problem with the Trump Show. He's pegged the shockometer and people are beginning to switch to another program.

I have to be honest with you. I'm a truth teller.

Thomas Gangale's Lies and Politics
 

11 August 2016

Make America Great Again: Just Be Fucking Polite

Copyright © 2016 by Thomas Gangale

I have always cringed when a certain California Democratic Party bigwig, whom I will refrain from exposing in respect for our longtime acquaintance, refers to Republicans as "Repugs," primarily because it serves no useful purpose for Democrats to stoop to name-calling any more than it serves Republicans; rather, it urges a lot of us to react like Shakespeare's Mercutio: "A plague o' both your houses!" Secondly, I have had rewarding conversations with some prominent Republicans such as former California Secretary of State Bill Jones and former US Secretary of Labor Bill Brock, to name a couple. That being said, the linked MSNBC story sums up a truly repugnant strain of hateful, mentally retarded, faux conservatism which makes conservative philosophers vomit:

Trump's Conspiracy Theories Aren't Far Outside GOP Mainstream

I once had the honor of being interviewed on radio by progressive talk show host Peter B. Collins and by Heritage Foundation co-founder Paul Weyrich... on the same day, about the same issue, and both conversations were very pleasant. Respectful, principled bipartisanship is how things got done in American politics back in the days when things actually got done. If you get off on Donald Trump's trash-talking, you had better be prepared for a daily diet of it for four years straight while nothing constructive gets accomplished and America descends further into a hell of its own making. What we need is a president who can make friends and play well with others.

If you want trash-talking, I'll give it to you straight. Don't question Barack Obama's patriotism, faith, birth, or parentage. Don't call Hillary Clinton a bitch who should be locked up, executed, or assassinated. Don't even blame Trump for the gutter language into which American political discourse has degenerated. Blame yourselves. Most of you make the concept of government by the people a sick joke. Most of you don't have the first idea of how to govern yourselves as individuals much less as a nation. American political life has come to resemble Lord of the Flies, vicious tribes driven by childlike ignorance of political principles, lost on an island without adult supervision. Remember how our grandparents conducted themselves? I don't recall any of mine ever verbally abusing anyone. It just wasn't done. One thing you could do to really help make America great again is to just be fucking polite. If not, as Nixon would have said, you can all go to hell. You are already well on your way anyhow.

Thomas Gangale's Lies and Politics
 

Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection, CD2003-3

It's the "ultimate" because this trip through music, space, and time keeps growing. More than 2,700 music tracks organized chronologically, spanning more than a century, plus voice clips from space missions and other historical events. More than 200 hours of musical exploration... and counting.

SelectionTitlePerformerRelease
Year
1 Earth Is the Best Phenomenauts 2003
2 Deep Space BeatNabob 2003
3 I Am the Satellite Bicycle Thieves 2003
4 Rocket Powered Daddy Bill Fadden & the Silvertone Flyers 2003
5 Red Planet Rock Bill Smarme with the Western Star House-Band 2003
6 Galactic Pioneers Phenomenauts 2003
7 Space-Hopper Rock Blue J's 2003
8 Spaceman Came Travelling Chris DeBurgh 2003
9 Shenzhou 5 - Launch Mission Audio 2003
10 Orbital ComradeF 2003
11 Burning Planet Cyberman 2003
12 Man From Mars David Sanborn 2003
13 Mission Phenomenauts 2003
14 Moon Patrol Dor-X 2003
15 Космонавты Всегда Мечтатели Cosmonauts Are Always Dreamers Дюна Dune 2003
16 Космос Space Елизиум Elizium 2003
17 Marooned Frozenplastic 2003
18 Starship Andromeda Intelligentsia 2003

Index to Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection

10 August 2016

Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection, CD2003-2

It's the "ultimate" because this trip through music, space, and time keeps growing. More than 2,700 music tracks organized chronologically, spanning more than a century, plus voice clips from space missions and other historical events. More than 200 hours of musical exploration... and counting.

SelectionTitlePerformerRelease
Year
1 Sleeping Satellite (Super8 Remix) KLC Aurora feat. Michelle 2003
2 कोई... मिल गया - कोई मिल गया Koi... Mil Gaya - Koi Mil Gaya Found Someone - Found Someone उदित नारायण, क स चित्र Udit Narayan, K. S. Chithra 2003
3 कोई... मिल गया - इधर चला Koi... Mil Gaya - Idhar Challa Found Someone - Here Goes उदित नारायण, अलका याग्निक Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik 2003
4 Марс Mars Ассанзинаторьу Assenizator'u 2003
5 कोई... मिल गया - जादू Koi... Mil Gaya - Jaadu Found Someone - Magic उदित नारायण, अलका याग्निक Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik 2003
6 कोई... मिल गया - इसका जादू Koi... Mil Gaya - Isaka Jaadu Found Someone - Its Magic ताज Taz 2003
7 Soyuz TMA-1 - In Orbit Mission Audio 2002
8 Dancing in Outer Space Atmosfear 2003
9 कोई... मिल गया - इन पंछियों Koi... Mil Gaya - En Panchiyon Found Someone - These Birds शान, कविता कृष्णामूर्ति, बेबी स्नेहा Shaan, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Baby Sneha 2003
10 कोई... मिल गया - जादू Koi... Mil Gaya - Jaadu Found Someone - Magic अदनान समी, अलका याग्निक Adnan Sami, Alka Yagnik 2003
11 Saturn Blues Beat Under Control 2003
12 कोई... मिल गया - हैल्ला हैल्ला Koi... Mil Gaya - Hailla Hailla Found Someone - Hailla Hailla उदित नारायण, अलका याग्निक Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik 2003
13 कोई... मिल गया - विषय Koi... Mil Gaya - Visaya Found Someone - Instrumental Theme प्रीती उत्तम Preeti Uttam 2003

Index to Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection

Clinton vs. Trump, Lies and the Lying Liars, and the Lesser of Two Evils

Copyright © 2016 by Thomas Gangale

It began with a dig at Donald Trump, short enough to "tweet:"

In political science #‎Trump‬ is what we call an outlier, well outside the bounds of past data. Less scientifically, he's an out and out liar.

An acquaintance of many years who tends to vote Republican responded, "If your against lying, then who are you voting for based on that? It can't be Hillary. If it is you just negated your own argument."

Not at all. Everyone lies sometime. That doesn't mean that we should condone lying, nor does it mean the we should equally condemn all liars, for then who would be left to utter even the smallest truth? As Hamlet quipped, "Use every man after his desert, and who should 'scape whipping?" Thus it is incumbent upon each of us to judge who lies the least. In this presidential election, I am more than satisfied as to the identity of that candidate, but admittedly the bar is not set very high, more is the pity.

"Sounds to me like a Ph.D. stating we should vote for the lesser of two evils."

If we weren't friends, your initial remark could easily be taken as ad hominem. I'm 9 months away from earning my doctorate in juridical science, insh'allah.

However, let's examine your implied premise that we should not vote for the lesser of two evils, and let us further stipulate, as I know from personal experience, that you are a good man. If you vote for the greater evil, then you are complicit in its triumph, and as a good man you will not do that. If you do not vote at all, then you are also complicit in the triumph of evil, for as Edmund Burke observed, "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." As a good man, you should do something. However, voting for the lesser of two evils is not your only option. There will be several other candidates for president on the ballot in November. So, let's posit a choice between supporting the lesser of the two major party evils versus the minor party candidates. Whether evil or good, since the latter have no chance of winning, voting for one of them has very nearly the same utility as doing nothing if your objective is to deny evil its triumph. It's a feel-good, thrown away vote. So, according to rational choice theory analysis, you should vote for the lesser of two evils.

"At its most basic level, behavior is rational if it is goal-oriented, reflective (evaluative), and consistent (across time and different choice situations). This contrasts with behavior that is random, impulsive, conditioned, or adopted by (unevaluative) imitation." --Wikipedia, "Rational choice theory"

"Impulsive, conditioned, or adopted" describes the voting of most of the electorate. Were this not so, possibly our available choices would be between the greater of two goods, although Lord Acton might argue otherwise: "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men." Hillary Clinton has political power, but operating within a political system of checks and balances, she has never wielded absolute power. In contrast, as either the sole owner or majority owner of his business enterprises, Donald Trump has enjoyed nothing but absolute power throughout his life. He diverts attention from his own absolute corruption by ranting about "crooked Hillary."

My great-grandmother used to state emphatically that she never read any of the dozen or so San Francisco newspapers which published in her day because they were full of lies and politics. I do not know whether she intended an ironic redundancy or that the latter was worse than the former.

Thomas Gangale's Lies and Politics

09 August 2016

Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection, CD2003-1

It's the "ultimate" because this trip through music, space, and time keeps growing. More than 2,700 music tracks organized chronologically, spanning more than a century, plus voice clips from space missions and other historical events. More than 200 hours of musical exploration... and counting.

SelectionTitlePerformerRelease
Year
1 Sleeping Satellite KLC Aurora feat. Michelle 2003
2 D.O.A. Phenomenauts 2003
3 Дорога в космос The Road to Space 5m 2003
4 Lost in Space Aimee Mann 2003
5 Fireball XL5 Howlin' Wilson 2003
6 STS-107 - Final Cockpit Recording Mission Audio 2003
7 STS-107 - Mission Control and PAO Mission Audio 2003
8 STS-107 - A Fire in the Sky CNN Live Coverage 2003
9 Columbia Accident Address George W. Bush 2003
10 Contact Lost Deep Purple 2003
11 Columbia: The Last Flight Cosmi DJ 2003
12 Way Up There Patti LaBelle 2003

Index to Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection

07 August 2016

The Films of Dylan Gangale: The Eye of the Tigress

Copyright © 2016 by Dylan Gangale

Nie Haisheng Fainga'a
The Eye of the Tigress

Thomas Gangale's Dogs and Cats: Stories, Songs, and Images
  

Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection, CD2002-5

It's the "ultimate" because this trip through music, space, and time keeps growing. More than 2,700 music tracks organized chronologically, spanning more than a century, plus voice clips from space missions and other historical events. More than 200 hours of musical exploration... and counting.

SelectionTitlePerformerRelease
Year
1 Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones - Main Title and Ambush on Coruscant John Williams 2002
2 Surfing Swamp Monster From the Planet Zon Vampire Beach Babes 2002
3 Satellite Video Kids 2002
4 Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones - Love Theme From Attack of the Clones John Williams 2002
5 Космические Рейнджеры (muz No 6) Space Rangers (No 6) Григорий Семёнов Grigorij Semyonov 2002
6 Fly Me to the Moon Johnny He 2002
7 Soyuz TMA-1 - Docking to ISS Mission Audio 2002
8 Soyuz TMA-1 - Leonid Meteor Shower Mission Audio 2002
9 Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones - Yoda and the Younglings John Williams 2002
10 Трава у дома (Metal Remix) The Grass at Home Земляне Earthmen 2002
11 Flying Saucer Zlep 2002
12 Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones - Anakin and Padme John Williams 2002
13 Впервые The First Тарас Ворона Taras Vorona 2002
14 Человек в космосе Man in Space Зов роботов Call of the Robots 2002
15 Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones - Confrontation With Count Dooku and Finale John Williams 2002

Index to Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection

06 August 2016

Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection, CD2002-4

It's the "ultimate" because this trip through music, space, and time keeps growing. More than 2,700 music tracks organized chronologically, spanning more than a century, plus voice clips from space missions and other historical events. More than 200 hours of musical exploration... and counting.

SelectionTitlePerformerRelease
Year
1 Gazing Asteroid (Anuclear Theme) Night Watch 2002
2 Космические Рейнджеры (muz No 5) Space Rangers (No 5) Григорий Семёнов Grigorij Semyonov 2002
3 Sto Vo Kor Warp 11 2002
4 Открытый космос Extravehicular Activity Павел Кашин Pavel Kashin 2002
5 Space Anthem nr. 42 Photophob 2002
6 Lunar ComradeF 2002
7 Do the Picard Rusty Humphries and the Boneheads 2002
8 STS-112 - EVA Mission Audio 2002
9 Firefly - The Ballad of Serenity Sonny Rhodes 2002
10 Star Trek Life Sudden Death 2002
11 Warp Core (On the Dance Floor) Warp 11 2002
12 Fly Me to the Moon Ray Brown Trio 2002
13 Earthshine Rush 2002
14 Mars Scum of the Earth 2002
15 Mars Staff of Life 2002
16 Будь счастлив, Байконур Be Happy, Bajkonur Тарас Ворона Taras Vorona 2002

Index to Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection

04 August 2016

Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection, CD2002-3

It's the "ultimate" because this trip through music, space, and time keeps growing. More than 2,700 music tracks organized chronologically, spanning more than a century, plus voice clips from space missions and other historical events. More than 200 hours of musical exploration... and counting.

SelectionTitlePerformerRelease
Year
1 Imperial March (Metal Remix) Rage Against the Machine 2002
2 The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress John Serrie 2002
3 Countdown Jonathan Kreisberg 2002
4 Celestial ComradeF 2002
5 Космический полет Space Flight Карантин Quarantine 2002
6 Lunar Landings Kalliope 2002
7 Darth Vader (Who Gives a Sith) Left Rights 2002
8 STS-111- Launch Mission Audio 2002
9 No Echo in Space Meat Beat Manifesto 2002
10 Red Alert Warp 11 2002
11 Geroyam detstva 'Lapsuuden sankarille' Miljoonasade 2002
12 We Are All Made of Stars Moby 2002
13 Saturn Moe Koffman 2002
14 Teenagers From Mars Network 2002
15 Space Happy Warp 11 2002
16 А на площадке самой дальней And on the farthest site Тарас Ворона Taras Vorona 2002

Index to Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection

03 August 2016

Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection, CD2002-2

It's the "ultimate" because this trip through music, space, and time keeps growing. More than 2,700 music tracks organized chronologically, spanning more than a century, plus voice clips from space missions and other historical events. More than 200 hours of musical exploration... and counting.

SelectionTitlePerformerRelease
Year
1 Star Trek X: Nemesis - Remus Jerry Goldsmith 2002
2 Космические Рейнджеры (muz No 2) Space Rangers (No 2) Григорий Семёнов Grigorij Semyonov 2002
3 Sands of Mars David Newby 2002
4 Satellite Deine Lakaien 2002
5 Лето на Марсе Summer on Mars Дети Пикассо Picasso's Children 2002
6 Fly Me to the Moon Diana Krall 2002
7 Star Trek X: Nemesis - The Box Jerry Goldsmith 2002
8 Saturn Dj Grom 2002
9 STS-110 - Landing Mission Audio 2002
10 На взлет To the Stars Эдуард Хиль Eduard Khil' 2002
11 Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon (Utopia Planitia) Flaming Lips 2002
12 Звездная река Starry River Francis Goya 2002
13 Star Trek X: Nemesis - A New Friend Jerry Goldsmith 2002
14 46 Тарас Ворона Taras Vorona 2002
15 Космические Рейнджеры (muz No 3) Space Rangers (No 3) Григорий Семёнов Grigorij Semyonov 2002
16 Planet Rock Jason Moran 2002
17 Fly Me to the Moon Jazzamor 2002
18 Star Trek X: Nemesis - A New Ending Jerry Goldsmith 2002

Index to Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection

02 August 2016

Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection, CD2002-1

It's the "ultimate" because this trip through music, space, and time keeps growing. More than 2,700 music tracks organized chronologically, spanning more than a century, plus voice clips from space missions and other historical events. More than 200 hours of musical exploration... and counting.

SelectionTitlePerformerRelease
Year
1 Imperial March Rage Against the Machine 2002
2 Don't Klingon Me Warp 11 2002
3 Космические Рейнджеры (muz No 1) Space Rangers (No 1) Григорий Семёнов Grigorij Semyonov 2002
4 Saturn Aquagen 2002
5 Flying Saucer Astronaut Wife 2002
6 Everything I Do (I Do With William Shatner) Warp 11 2002
7 Космонавт Cosmonaut Братья Блюз Blues Brothers 2002
8 45 Тарас Ворона Taras Vorona 2002
9 STS-109 - Launch Mission Audio 2002
10 Old Country Dr. (The Ballad of Bones) Warp 11 2002
11 Jupiter Chimela 2002
12 Shepherd Moon Chris Juergensen 2002
13 Ancient Starlight ComradeF 2002
14 Q Warp 11 2002
15 Exploration of Space Cosmic Gate 2002
16 I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spaceship David Bowie 2002
17 Rand Warp 11 2002

Index to Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection