MU Music Special 2009

Dec 24th in Podcasts by Benjamin Grundy

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As promised, here’s a little tasty treat to keep your head nodding over the holiday break.

There’s a 1 hour mix here (a 90 minute version for our Plus+ Members) taking you from Downtempo Electronica and Instrumental Hip Hop, all the way through to Deep House, Tech House and even some wobbling Dub Step towards the end.

Aaron and I will be back for Plus+ Members on the first weekend of January and we will return to our regular show on or around January the 6th.

Happy holidays and enjoy the tunes! Full track list after the jump.

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It’s Tesla’s World, We’re Just Reinventing it

Dec 24th in Featured & Science & Technology by Amelia Crater

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Well, it’s bright, but merry? If you like to bask in the glow of a firestorm, I suppose so. Besides, we should probably get used to global warming-caused landscape combustibility and the air scented with sulfur instead of pine scent in Christmases yet to come.

In fact, two evilish elves–Nimbus and Darpa–are already rehearsing for that Apocalyptic Christmas Carol. They’re not really elves, of course, but they’re definitely mischief makers. Nimbus is the brainchild–or should I say brainstorm–of DARPA, the research and development arm of the U.S Defense Department, which is currently…

“soliciting innovative research and development (R&D) proposals on the underlying physics of lightning. Proposed research should investigate innovative approaches that enable revolutionary and fundamental advances in atmospheric and ionospheric science relating to lightning.”

In other words, the military research agency wants to “‘harness control over ‘the natural mechanism of lightning initiation’ by coming up with a way to launch man-made lightning bolts, and prevent or redirect natural lightning strikes — and their accompanying destruction. “

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Episode 102 – Mysterious Universe Plus+

Dec 20th in Featured & Plus+ Podcasts by Aaron Wright

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Our last show for 2009 kicks off with two amazing encounters, one eventually leading into exo-sex and tours of the galaxy.

Things then take a morbid, yet ultimately fascinating turn as Aaron digs up grave robbing stories from the 1700s.

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Episode 302 – Mysterious Universe

Dec 17th in Podcasts by Benjamin Grundy

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More mind bending conspiracy theories regarding the Spiral Light show over Norway propel us into this week’s offering.

We look at some surprising new UFO coverage, Christmas phone calls from the dead, SC’s Lizardman, and we speak with Alison Kruse about the almost constant stream of strange activity she is capturing outside her Murrysville, PA home.

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Can Bulgarians Decode Norway’s Aerial Crop Circle?

Dec 17th in Featured & UFO Phenomenon by Amelia Crater

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As Aaron often reminds us (owing to his daring buy-the-world-a-Pepsi bet), November 27 didn’t turn out to be the Day of Disclosure. Or so we’ve been led to believe.

But what about the blue sky spiral that redefined Norway’s Midnight Sun? True, it happened in December. Sure, they say its was caused by a Russian rocket gone awry, but take another look and tell me it’s not the aerial manifestation of a crop circle. And who just cracked the crop-circle code?

On or about November 27, it was widely reported that Prof. Lachezar Georgiev Filipov, Deputy Director of the Bulgarian Space Research Institute, was claiming that ETs are real and are answering questions via crop circles .

Careful googling in the ensuing days and now weeks found no follow-up stories. Really? Not one of those newspapers or online sites wanted to know what the alien crop circles were saying? Certainly MU listeners wanted to know if only to demand their Pepsi payment if the Bulgarian claim could pass muster as disclosure.

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