NASA Graphic Standards Manual — 1976

What with the final shuttle flight and all, NASA has been in our thoughts. Frankly, NASA is always in our thoughts. Thoughts like "Can I get a pair of adult sized NASA space-suit pyjamas?" or "Where can I buy rolls of NASA wallpaper?" That's why I was delighted to see pictures of their 1976 graphics manual over at www.aisleone.net. Now at least I'll know the correct branding when I knit my own NASA TV blanket and slipper combo.

PMB034 Disco From Another Galaxy: Space Project, Manzel, Solla Solla, Arling and Cameron, High Llamas, Enoch Light, Biddu, Billy Preston

On the show this week we welcome back special guest Space Disco Jeff for his annual visit to the Moonbase. As you can probably guess, this means it's time to get out your galactic glitter ball and clear a space in your lounge for some serious flare-swinging action.

As well as space disco, we also have a selection from a new "Kollywood" compilation on Finders Keepers and a rather hard to find curio from the High Llamas.

Listen now:

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The Music

1.	Space Project: Conquest of the Stars from Disco from Another Galaxy
2.	Manzel: Space Funk from Spaced Out + Mixed In Outer Space
3.	Moebius: Light My Fire from a 12" single
4.	Ilaiyaraaja featuring S.P. Sailaja & S.P. Balasubramanyam: Thithikkum from Solla Solla
5.	Spatial & Co: Electric Manèges from Spatial Disco
6.	Dymaxion: Ant'lrd Ally from Dymaxion X 4 + 3 = 38.33
7.	Arling & Cameron: Le Flic Et La Fille from Music For Imaginary Films
8.	Enoch Light: Summer of 42 from Big Hits of the Seventies Vol 2
9.	The Biddu Orchestra: Medley from Disco Gold
10.	The High Llamas: Damby Delight from Record Store Day 7"
11.	Billy Preston: Space Race from Everybody Likes Some Kind of Music

The Unnecessary News

• Electrons 'almost perfectly round', scientists find
• Marmite makers urged to fight Denmark ban
• Woman tried to sell £1m moon rock... to NASA
• Time is Money: World's most evil clock.
• Was Roswell UFO a Russian craft sent to scare US?
• Basement wall knocked out to extract plane

Nadia Cassini - Encounters

As a perfect antipasto to this evening's space-disco themed edition of Project Moonbase, we invite you to enjoy this extraordinary silver-clad vision from late 70s Italy:

There are many things to enjoy about this video: the tin-can based entry and exit, many never-before-witnessed dance moves, a lighting operator who is clearly so bedazzled by Nadia's performance that he often plunges her into complete darkness, the entirely static orchestra and a microphone cable wrapped in foil: a lovely detail.

Many thanks to listener Squig for bringing this urgent matter to our attention.

It Is Rocket Science

If you were tuning in to Project Moonbase back in those heady days when we were using an FM transmitter for our broadcasts from the recent future, you may recall that we interviewed Helen Keen who was bringing her first solo show, It Is Rocket Science, to the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh. Well despite the fact that the first performance had just one lone audience member, the show went on to be a bit of a surprise hit at the Fringe. In fact the BBC quickly decided to turn it into a series for Radio 4, co-writen by Helen Keen and Miriam Underhill. The first (of four) episodes goes out this every evening at 11pm. As well as Helen Keen, it also stars Peter Serafinowicz and Susy Kane. Watch the skies! (Or at least listen to airwaves!)

Playlist, 23 May 2010

The Show
We were delighted to have special guest Space Disco Jeff aboard the Moonbase for tonight's show. Apart from space disco, we also had chiptune/8bit music, soundtrack music from Henry Mancini, Singapore A-Go-Go and plenty more.

In addition to the music, MC Zirconium told us tall tales about Pac-Man, pink Hitler and scientific sarcasm.

The Music
1. Henry Mancini: Star Trek from Mancini's Angels & The Theme Scene
2. Dick Doerschuk: Scenic Route from Liquid Sunshine
3. Telex: Eurovision from Neurovision
4. DMX Krew: All Aboard from The March to the Stars
5. The Ritchie Family: Quiet Village from Disco Discharge Diggin' Deeper
6. Bundes Jugend Jazz Orchester (directed by Peter Herbolzheimer): Caravan from Focus On Vocals
7. Human League: The Dignity Of Labour, Part 2 from Reproduction
8. Tristram Cary: Music For Light from It's time for Tristram Cary
8. Phalangius: Percival Pembroke C1 from The Cambridge Library Murders
9. Brad Smith: Time from MOON8
10. The Ventures: She's Not There
11. Charlie Electric Guitar Band's Sound of Japan: Carnation from Singapore A-Go-Go
12. Henry Mancini: Car Wash from Mancini's Angels & The Theme Scene
13. Vivien Vee: Give Me a Break from Disco Discharge Euro Disco
14. Alan Parker & Alan Hawkshaw: Sweet Summer from Liquid Sunshine
15. YMCK: Hateshinaisekai
16. Hosokawa Fumie: Poupée De Cire Poupée De Son from Gainsbourg made in Japan
17. Billy Preston: Outa-Space (Single Version) from Cool - Funk

The Disinformation

• Google marks 30th anniversary of Pac-Man by changing its logo into a playable version of the game and here.
• Pink Hitler Ad Campaign Upsets Some in Italy
• Daleks going on UK tour
• Bouncy Castle Crashes International Regatta
• Bees Prefer Flowers with Caffeine
• £57.2m is lost down the back of British sofas
• Facebook Quitting Pledge Gaining Thousands of Supporters and here
• Cooey Cynthia. Creating Self-Replicating, Synthetic Life — Are We Now God?
• Austrian motorway bosses hire druids to drain negative energy from accident black spots
• Scientists develop algorithm to detect sarcasm in written text
• Ninjas come to the rescue
• Japan sends probe to Venus

Playlist, 28 March 2010

The Show
On the show tonight we had spectacular space disco, magnificent chip prog, Swedish pop, an Indian space raga and much more besides.

In addition to the music, MC Zirconium, our chief of disinformation, told us all about crocheting, snake massages and Yoda way.

The Music
1. Galactic Light Orchestra: Also Sprach Zarathustra from Movie Themes Go Disco!
2. Ichisan & Nakova: Space 1999 from From The Stars Vol.1
3. Yakuza Heart Attack: Heart Pounding Prison from II
4. Roudoudou: Trust In Me from Tout l'univers
5. The Bird and the Bee: Maneater from Interpreting the Masters Vol 1
6. Ingert Hoffman: Kyss Mej Honey Honey, Kyss Mej from Diamanter - Femtiotalet
7. Charanjit Singh: Raga Bairagi from Ten Ragas To a Disco Beat
8. Rhythm Heritage: Caravan from Disco Jazz
9. Al Caiola: Stiletto from Let the Sunshine In
10. Bertil Englund: Tipi-Tii from Festivalfavoriter (Utländska Hits På Svenska)
11. Richard Hayman: The Girl From Ipanema from Genuine Electric Latin Love Machine
12. Piero Umiliani: Coast To Coast from To-Day's Sound
13. Mona Wessman: Hambostinta I Kort-Kort from Diamanter - Sextiotalet
14. Yakuza Heart Attack: Tears Of The Judge from II

The Disinformation

• Oddest book title goes to ...
• Theme park offers snake massages
• Men do not grow grumpy with age, research finds
• The truth is out - man flu is real
• Swedish prisoner warned over flatulence protests
• England's changing street names: goodbye Acacia Avenue, welcome to Yoga Way
• Woman aims to become world's fattest
• Super-Sizing Jeebus
• Imelda "I've got all the shoes" Marcos relaunches political career at 80
• Passengers worried by a pilots Brummie accent
• 'Witch doctor' fed blind motorcyclist LSD-laced gherkins
• And if you look to your left you’ll see a volcano
• Flame throwing scooter invented by angry rider

Playlist, 21 June 2009

The Show Tonight's show was the second of our two-part celebration marking two years on the airwaves at Leith FM! Yes, we really have been getting away with this nonsense for two whole years now. So, as we did on last week's show, the crew of Moonbase brought you some of your (and our) favourite tracks from the last two years. But that's not all - tonight's show also marked the annual appearance of our space disco correspondent from London, Jeff, who brought us some of the latest sounds from the funkier end of the galaxy. The Music 1. Tony Hatch & The Satin Brass - Sounds Of The 70s (Sounds Of The 70s, 1970) 2. KPM All Stars - Dave Allen At Large (Live At The Jazz Cafe, 2008) 3. Barry Gray - Robot Man (7") 4. European Sound Stage Orchestra - The Hell Raisers (Girl In A Suitcase (Upgraded), 2009) 5. Major Swellings (aka Prins Thomas) - Assquake (Major Swellings, 2005) 6. Jean-Jacques Perrey and Dana Countryman - Funky Little Spacegirl (Destination Space, 2008) 7. Squarepusher - A Real Woman (Just A Souvenir, 2008) 8. Setsubun Bean Unit - Rettsu Kissu (Setsubun Bean Unit, 2007) 9. Fanfare Savale - Ciocârlia (Speed Brass of the Gypsies, 2004) 10. The Bird & The Bee - Witch (Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future, 2008) 11. P.T. Walkley - The Lucky Ones (Mr. Macy Wakes Alone, 2009) 12. Sonseed - Jesus Is A Friend Of Mine (First Fruit) 13. The Advisory Circle - Civil Defence Is Common Sense (Other Channels, 2008) 14. John Baker - PM - Computers In Business (The John Baker Tapes Volume 1: BBC Radiophonics 1963-1974, 2008) 15. Arcadion - Fly Vision (EP, 2009) 16. Le Disco - Phantom Rock (Toby Tobias Mix) (Tele Music Remixed, 2009) 17. Kana TNT - Kod Hang Kam (The Circle of Karma) (Zud Rang Maa, 2008) 18. Vinnie Bell - Caravan - 16 Big Hits 19. Ladytron - Skools Out... (604, 2001) The News

• Solar LED Cap
• Burglar Chews Through Steel Bars
• Retrotweeting: using Twitter with a Commodore 64
• Orthodox Jews now have "kosher" search site
• Tennis star Maria Sharapova wears geeky light-up phone dress
• NASA to fire a big exploding rocket at the moon
• Men Are From Cheese, Women Are From Onions
• Documentary about Jean-Jacques Perrey
• New 'People Simultaneously Air Guitaring' Record Set

See you on the 26th of July!