Beyond the Wall of SPACE

Set your controls to the heart of the sun and let's take a journey 'round the galaxy:
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David Bowie - Space Oddity (Space Oddity - 1969)
Pink Floyd - Interstellar Overdrive (Piper at the Gates of Dawn - 1967)
Rolling Stones - 2000 Light Years From Home (Their Majesties Satanic Request - 1967)

Man, Or Astro-Man? - Rocketship XL-3 (Your Weight On the Moon - 1994)
The Ventures - Journey to the Stars (On Stage - 1965)
Comsat Angels - Red Planet Revisited (Fiction - 1982)
The Rezillos - Destination Venus (Destination Venus 7" - 1978)

Frankie Rose - Interstellar (Interstellar - 2012)
Air - Surfing on a Rocket (Talkie Walkie - 2004)
Galaxie 500 - Leave the Planet (On Fire - 1989)

Clint Mansell - Leaving Earth (Mass Effect 3 OST - 2012)
Brian Eno - Drift (Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks - 1983)
John Murphy - Sunshine Adagio in D Minor (Sunshine OST - 2007)

Elton John - Rocket Man (Honky Chateau - 1972)

And if all that talk of the infinite has got you down, don't frown; this Monty Python bit should take care of it:

New John Carpenter!

Absolutely nothing for the past year or so has gotten me as excited as the new John Carpenter record, out February 3rd. You bet your ass I pre-ordered it immediately. Eye-tunes apparently has a version with many remixes from people I admire (Zola Jesus, ohGr, JG Thirwell), but I hate how Apple does business so I just picked it up on vinyl like a normal, rational fanatic. But I thought I'd pass the info along.

Anyway, this episode is mostly synth-driven atmospheric stuff, with a dash of prog for that authentic retro feel.

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John Carpenter - Halloween (Halloween OST - 1978)
Goblin - Profondo Rosso (Deep Red OST - 1975)
Zombie Zombie (feat. Roman Turzi) - Assault on Precinct 13 (Zombie Zombie Plays John Carpenter - 2010)
Chromatics - Killing Spree (Night Drive - 2007)

Geoff Barrow & Ben Salisbury - Lawmaker / Pursuit (Drokk: Music Inspired by Mega-City One - 2012)
Geoff Barrow & Ben Salisbury - Helmet Theme (Drokk: Music Inspired by Mega-City One -2012)
John Carpenter - Night (Lost Themes - 2015)
John Carpenter - Vortex (Lost Themes - 2015)

Padded Cell - Beautiful Gloom (Night Must Fall - 2008)
Blouse - Ghost Dream (Blouse - 2012)
Holy Other - Yr Love (With U - 2011)
oOoOO - Seaww (Emotions split 7" - 2010)

Soft Moon - Into the Depths (Soft Moon - 2010)
Soft Metals - Interobserver (Lenses - 2013)

In the ultimate tribute to John Carpenter, the band Zombie Zombie created this amazing short film/music video tribute to The Thing. It is FANTASTIC. There is no excuse for not pressing the play button:

Remembering the Future

This episode features songs dealing primarily with technology, simulation, and authenticity. It's co-hosted by Heather, a text-to-speech program.

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David Bowie - Saviour Machine (The Man Who Sold the World - 1970)
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Metal Postcard (Scream - 1978)
Joy Division - Isolation (Closer - 1980)
Kraftwerk - The Man Machine (The Man Machine - 1978)

Depeche Mode - Photographic (Speak & Spell - 1981)
Ultravox - Mr. X (Vienna - 1980)
John Foxx - A New Kind of Man (Metamatic - 1980)
Gary Numan & Tubeway Army - We Have a Technical (Replicas - 1979)

Orchestral Manoevres in the Dark - The Future Will Be Silent (English Electric - 2013)
Pet Shop Boys - Minimal (Fundamental - 2006)
Visage - Lost in Static (Hearts & Knives - 2013)
Duran Duran - Blame the Machines (All You Need is Now - 2011)

Image by Hideaki Kodama, 1987.