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THE LAST SHUTTLE ( May 2012 Update/Remix)

From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
Length: 57:37

On April 27th, 2012, I stood on the banks of the Hudson River in NYC.. and watched Space Shuttle Enterprise make a fly-by, strapped to the back of a 747...the last time I would ever see a space shuttle in the air with my own eyes. It was a final reminder that an entire era.. The 30 year era of the U-S Space Shuttle..is over. This program explores that era...an era I covered as a writer for the CBS Evening News...through narration, music and soundbites. Read the full description.

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Playing: THE LAST SHUTTLE ( May 2012 Update/Remix)
From: Paul Fischer

Default-piece-image-1 This is a stand alone episode of the "newsical" series "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?"

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Piece Description

This is a stand alone episode of the "newsical" series "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?"

Musical Works

Title	Artist	Album	Label	Year	Length
Wandering Star	Portishead	Dummy.	Polygram	1995	01:20
Mr. Spaceman	The Byrds	The Byrds.	Columbia	2008	02:10
Catch A Falling Star	Perry Como	Greatest Hits .	RCA	1999	02:39
Satellite	The Kills	Blood Pressures.	Domino	2011	03:23
Supersonic Rocket Ship	The Kinks	Everybody's In Show Biz.	RCA	1972	03:29
Ride Sally Ride	Lou Reed	Sally Can't Dance.	RCA	1976	04:04
Wild Wild Life	Talking Heads	True Stories.	Sire	2006	03:39
Mad World	Gary Jules	Trading Snakeoil for Wolftickets.	Sanctuary		00:20
What a Wonderful World	Louis Armstrong	What a Wonderful World.	Decca	1996	02:20
Goodnight Moon	Shivaree	I Oughta Give You A Shot In The Head For Making Me Live In This Dump.	EMI	2000	04:04
Everyone's Gone to The Moon	Jonathan King	Many Faces of Jonathan King.	UK Records	1965	02:27
Titan Landing	NASA	Titan Landing.	NASA.gov	2005	04:05
Codex	Radiohead	King of Limbs.	King of Limbs.com	2011	04:46
BlueNose(remix from NASA's astronaut Catie Coleman on board the International Space Station	NASA astronaut Catie Coleman(composer:StanRogers)	from the International Space Station.	NASA.gov	2011	01:30
Living In The Past	Jethro Tull	Essential.	Chrysalis	2010	03:27
Over,Under,Sideways,Down	The Yardbirds	The Yardbirds(Roger The Engineer).	Columbia	1966	02:21
Windows	Broken Bells	Meyrin Fields.	Columbia	2011	03:13
I Know Places	Lykke Li	Wounded Rhymes.	LLRecordings	2011	06:07
Copenhagen	Lucinda Williams	Blessed.	Lost Hwy	2011	04:31
We Are All Made of Stars	Moby	18.	V2		02:00
Caffeinated Consciousness	TV on The Radio	Nine Types of Light.	Interscope	2011	03:21
God (excerpt)	John Lennon	John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band.	Apple/EMI	1970	00:10

Additional Credits

shuttle launches, landings, Soyuz launch, mission control, Astronaut Catie Coleman, Challenger investigation sound, Titan probe telemetry from NASA.gov and C-span

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THE LAST SHUTTLE ( May 2012 Update/Remix)

Also in the What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series series

Student Loan Debts and Other Disasters ( IRS, AP, etc) (56:46)
From: Paul Fischer