NASA is spamming the universe with Meet The Beatles.
If you’re out there in deep space, you’ll want to be tuning in at 7 p.m. Eastern time on Monday, Feb. 4 (plus however long it takes electromagnetic radiation to reach you from Earth doing the 186,000-miles-a-second speed limit).That’s when NASA will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of its first space mission — the launch of the Explorer 1 satellite — by using the system of huge antennas that usually listen for inbound signals from space to send one outbound instead: the Beatles’ song “Across the Universe,” which as it happens was mostly recorded exactly 40 years earlier, on Feb. 4, 1968.
Have those cocksuckers at the RIAA sued to stop them?
I know that it's the anniversary for The Beatles, sure, but is there another album or composition that's a better representative of the human experience?
Comments (3)
If someone wrote a song named "this song should be played at every faintly opportune moment" the royalties would be adequate.
Posted by colin | February 2, 2008 2:18 PM
Posted on February 2, 2008 14:18
Uh maybe something more current like Bringing Sexy Back or Britney Spears?
Jai Guru Dev OM
Posted by Caleb | February 3, 2008 10:57 AM
Posted on February 3, 2008 10:57
In other Don't you have bigger things than the Beatles to worry about? news: Israel apologizes to the (remaining) Beatles for canceling a scheduled concert from 65 and asks Paul and Ringo to play for the 60th birthday party.
I think it might be time for a Kyoto Protocol to limit the world governments Beatle actions.
Seriously, when will The Four Seasons get theirs?
Posted by Caleb | February 3, 2008 6:48 PM
Posted on February 3, 2008 18:48