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” Space Station Some: Spaced-out ambient and mid-tempo electronica.”
Great music but even greater for watching live NASA TV.
Last time live NASA feed was put in with the music. Heavy man.

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Freedom cheese carver Troy Landwehr unveils Abraham Lincoln sculpture today in D.C. | Postcrescent.com | Appleton Post-Crescent

Enjoy your 4th o’ July Weekend.

We were just talking about who merits the sorrowful, montage filled, death tribute. We were interested in Ed til Farrah died. Interested in her for a few scant hours til Michael Jackson died.

We still remember Neda right?

And now Billy Mays. He gets a brief mention on CNN and we’re moving on. Does he deserve round the clock coverage? What are the guidelines for who to cover?

Billy was a Pitchman, and a damn entertaining one. Watching his show of that name, you saw a cranky guy, the rough exterior, but also someone who seemed to genuinely like helping a li’l inventor get a break.

He wasn’t music or television show, he was a commercial and you were forced to watch. But alot of us didn’t feel forced, he was usually more entertaining than what we were currently watching.

He was a happy force in the world, a nice guy, and of all the celebrities, A through D list, he’s the one that gets me wiping the tears from my eyes.

“That’s gonna leave a mark”

I don’t need round the clock coverage to know that.

RIP Billy Mays.

Moon Bounce | Echoes of ApolloWorld Moon Bounce Day – June 27th 2009

“On Saturday, June 27th, many of the world’s large parabolic antennas (sometimes called dishes) will stop their normal space work and swing around to track the moon when it rises. EOA volunteers will then use the EME or Moon Bounce transmissions to link up with other dishes worldwide via the moon. Signals are literally being bounced off the moon’s surface and back to other stations on earth where they are received some 2.5 seconds later.

There has never been so many dishes pointed at the moon since the lunar landings and possibly this will even break that record.”

Also a good article on Wired: Moon Bounce

Photo USA TODAY

VIDEO: Buzz Aldrin- Rocket Experience

Space Gangsta Buzz Aldrin tells it like it is with Snoop Dog and Talib Kweli.

This is cute as hell. And you better think so too, because you know, Buzz can still kick your ass.

The Summer season begins with Sun entering Cancer.

For East Coast June 21, 2009, 1:45 am EDT
And West Coast June 20, 2009, 10:45 PM PDT

Down under, Winter begins.

Solstice means the Sun Standing Still and
The days the sun stands still varies by where you live. A few days in the north east to over a week in the south west.

The US Naval Observatory has an online calculator for looking up how long the sun will be hanging out in your area:

United States Naval Observatory Sunrise/Set

Iran Updates (VIDEO): Live-Blogging The Uprising

Nico still doing a great job on Huffington Post gathering the news and live blogging.

Follow news at twitter:

ABC’s@jimsciutto

#iranelections

Andrew Sullivan is also worth a look for ongoing coverage, even if you don’t normally like him.

Some beautiful photos of terrible things at TehranLive.org: