Calexico To Ground Control
Talk about spaced out!!! This little piece of information has emerged from the Calexico camp:
On May 31st, the Space Shuttle Discovery took off toward the International Space station, carrying Commander Mark Kelly on his third flight into space. During shuttle flights, friends and family of astronauts are allowed to choose the music that is played to wake up the pilots from sleep in space. His wife, Gabrielle Giffords, a U.S. representative from Arizona's 8th Congressional District, has chosen songs to wake the crew on two days. The first will be the bugle call Kelly used to wake up to when he went to college at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, and the second - CALEXICO! Their song, "Crystal Frontier," will be beamed into space to wake up the astronauts!
The good folks at Touch And Go/Quarterstick thought this was pretty cool so they have made the song available for the rest of the space mission, through landing day June 14.
You'll be able to actually hear the astronauts waking up to Calexico on Flight Day 14 - Friday June 13th - by checking out NASA TV live at around 3am EST (check your local provider). If you miss it, starting at 8pm every hour on the hour they run the highlights starting with the wake up song. Also, the whole thing is live on www.nasa.gov - just click on watch NASA TV live.
Crystal Frontier - Calexico
Calexico's new album, "Carried to Dust," is being released September 9 on Quarterstick Records!
More Calexico:
Across The Wire (acoustic) - Calexico
On May 31st, the Space Shuttle Discovery took off toward the International Space station, carrying Commander Mark Kelly on his third flight into space. During shuttle flights, friends and family of astronauts are allowed to choose the music that is played to wake up the pilots from sleep in space. His wife, Gabrielle Giffords, a U.S. representative from Arizona's 8th Congressional District, has chosen songs to wake the crew on two days. The first will be the bugle call Kelly used to wake up to when he went to college at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, and the second - CALEXICO! Their song, "Crystal Frontier," will be beamed into space to wake up the astronauts!
The good folks at Touch And Go/Quarterstick thought this was pretty cool so they have made the song available for the rest of the space mission, through landing day June 14.
You'll be able to actually hear the astronauts waking up to Calexico on Flight Day 14 - Friday June 13th - by checking out NASA TV live at around 3am EST (check your local provider). If you miss it, starting at 8pm every hour on the hour they run the highlights starting with the wake up song. Also, the whole thing is live on www.nasa.gov - just click on watch NASA TV live.
Crystal Frontier - Calexico
Calexico's new album, "Carried to Dust," is being released September 9 on Quarterstick Records!
More Calexico:
Across The Wire (acoustic) - Calexico
posted by Bruce at 4:16 PM
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