The new episode of the always-fascinating Twenty Thousand Hertz podcast is a play-through of the Voyager Golden Record, the iconic message for extraterrestrials attached to the Voyager I and II space probes launched in 1977. Listen below. The Golden Record tells a story of our planet expressed in sounds, images, and science: Earth’s greatest music from myriad peoples and eras, from Bach to Blind Willie Johnson to Chuck Berry, Benin percussion to Solomon Island panpipes to, yes, Mozart's The Magic Flute. This wonderful episode of Twenty Thousand Hertz features insightful track-by-track commentary by science and philosophy writer Timothy Ferris, producer of the original Voyager Record, and a rare interview with Linda Salzman-Sagan who compiled the greetings on the record. Two years ago, my friends Timothy Daly, Lawrence Azerrad, and I released the Voyager Golden Record on vinyl for the first time as a lavish box set.
The Voyager Golden Record Deconstructed On The Twenty Thousand Hertz Podcast
David Pescovitz, Boing Boing
Mon, 04/22/2019 - 9:35am
Topics: voyager i ii listen the golden record bach blind willie johnson chuck berry benin solomon island mozart's the magic flute timothy ferris voyager record linda salzman-sagan timothy daly lawrence azerrad ferris salzman-sagan ann druyan frank drake carl sagan the voyager golden record 3xlp vinyl box set ozma records twenty thousand hertz voyager golden record i project
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