Space Capsules
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - 11:56 AM
How would you describe life on Earth to an alien? In 1977, the Voyager spacecraft launched into space. And with it, went the Golden Record-- a sort time capsule, a collection of sounds and images that would describe life on Earth to whomever or whatever might find it.
Imagine trying to sum up existence on Earth into one little record... for an alien or humans of the far-off future. What sounds would you use? What music? What images? We put this charge to a bunch of artists, and asked what they would put into a space capsule. And in this week's podcast, a few of the answers we got back. From Margaret Cho, Philip Glass, Alice Waters, Michael Cunningham, and Neil Gaiman.
Comments [4]
Thank you so much!!!!!!! I just bought in on iTunes. Was looking for information on this song for the longest time!!!
Found it!!! The song is Merilyn Set Me Free by Casino verses Japan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta7d1Z5-7QU. Also featured in Radiolab's Sleep episode.
I've always wanted to know the name of the song too, but don't know. Can anybody help?
They have used the song at the beginning of the show in another episode. Anyone know who it is?
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