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Nocturne, and the Stars Go Blue

1,218 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 rating

Narrator Gare is founder of the Home Planetarium Association, and 'A Planetarium in Your Own Backyard' podcast on Podbean. ([email protected])

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Trailer - WELCOME - the Stars In Culture!

November 01, 2021 10:00 - 1 minute - 754 KB

   There's an ever-turbulent crosswind of culture blowing the stars around, but do they like it?   Maybe we should ask them!   Narrator Gare can be reached at [email protected] Gare also hosts 'a Planetarium in Your Own Backyard' on Podbean.   (https://homeplanetariumassociation.podbean.com/)

Thalia, on the Scarcity of Ghosts

October 31, 2021 18:00 - 42 seconds - 380 KB

quoting from Washington Irvings 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'

Clio, Quoting Keats & Lovecraft

October 31, 2021 17:00 - 24 seconds - 243 KB

That night the Baron dreamt of many a woe. And all his warrior-guests , with shade and form, Of witch and demon And large coffin-worm. Were long be-nightmared. Keats, as Quoted at the Beginning of The Outsider, by H.P. Lovecraft

Final Lines of Ulalume

October 31, 2021 10:00 - 1 minute - 787 KB

Conclusion of Edgar Allan Poe's famous poem.  Set in the ghoul haunted Woodland of Weir.  Weir else?

Short Story - The Loud Jacket Man

October 30, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.04 MB

Original fiction.  The Loud Jacket Man was he.  Until he wasn't ...

Halloween Story - The Loud Jacket Man

October 30, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.04 MB

The Loud Jacket Man was ????

Erato does a Reading

October 29, 2021 22:00 - 54 seconds - 472 KB

Halloween is a bit out of her ilk, but she delivers the goods.  Wink. 

Short Story - She Can See thru the Trees

October 29, 2021 20:00 - 2 minutes - 1.59 MB

Original fiction.   Concerning this ... watcher....

Poem - Silence (1970)

October 29, 2021 10:00 - 1 minute - 1.14 MB

 Original poetry.  Found in my high school poetry portfolio, this little poem somehow survived over half a century for another late October night.  no I wasn't weird in high school, why lol

Friday!

October 29, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 1.68 MB

Narrator drop by !

the Eternals - Stars

October 28, 2021 17:00 - 3 minutes - 2.21 MB

NOT to be confused with Marvel's Eternals movie, this ancient reggae vinyl is what the stars originally had in mind maybe - made in Jamaica all the way!  

Dark Forebodings - a Halloween Poem

October 28, 2021 16:00 - 2 minutes - 1.54 MB

originally published as Episode 31-5

Narrator Drops By with Stars & Guitars

October 28, 2021 11:00 - 3 minutes - 2.35 MB

these are a few of his favorite things

Urania Returns

October 27, 2021 23:00 - 20 seconds - 208 KB

with a quick Halloween poem

N-Dubz - Morning Star

October 27, 2021 22:00 - 3 minutes - 2.26 MB

British hip hopsters ride off into the sunrise ......

The Monster Mash Re-Imagined!

October 27, 2021 19:00 - 1 minute - 1.38 MB

Karaoke turns it into 'the Starball Mash' ....  Its still a graveyard smash though

Episode 21-10 - Rename Tin Can

October 27, 2021 19:00 - 5 minutes - 3.5 MB

Special Episode - Podcast Overview Article!

October 27, 2021 17:00 - 4 minutes - 3.31 MB

submitted to the Planetarium Journal of the IPS, here narrator Gare reads the draft outlining what goes on here ....   at least his version of it ...

Kayla Ember - Talking to the Stars

October 26, 2021 23:00 - 3 minutes - 2.34 MB

2020 American Idol Goddess talks to the stars.   They seem interested...

Episode 21-08 - Lightning in a Bottle

October 26, 2021 13:00 - 5 minutes - 3.5 MB

The Shining - Midnight, the Stars & You - (credits)

October 25, 2021 23:00 - 2 minutes - 1.87 MB

with the photograph of Jack at the Overlook Hotel  4th of July Celebration - 1921 This most famous recorded version was performed in 1934 by Ray Noble and his Orchestra with an uncredited Al Bowlly on vocals.

Episode 21-07 - Variacs

October 25, 2021 20:00 - 5 minutes - 3.5 MB

Variac attack ack ack ack ...   

Special Episode - Halloweenie Songs!

October 25, 2021 19:00 - 5 minutes - 3.5 MB

I just like saying Halloweenie.  (originally Episode 27-01)

Rant - the Tyranny of Pictures!

October 25, 2021 16:00 - 7 minutes - 5.1 MB

Digital Images in our lives are out of control!!

Shakespeare's Sonnet 14

October 24, 2021 23:00 - 57 seconds - 500 KB

 The main theme of Sonnet 14 is the eternal nature of love. It is not eternal, says the poet, if one lover loves the other for earthly, temporal reasons. These reasons are detailed in lines 3-12. Earthly reasons fade, as do human beings. ----------------------------------------------------- Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck; And yet methinks I have Astronomy, But not to tell of good or evil luck, Of plagues, of dearths, or seasons' quality; Nor can I fortune to brief minutes tell,...

Halloween Story! The Man in the Third Row

October 24, 2021 19:00 - 2 minutes - 1.75 MB

(originally published as Episode 23-08) ...  

Top Ten List of Recent Astro Discoveries!

October 24, 2021 14:00 - 4 minutes - 2.13 MB

Liam (aka Digital Gare) provides this surprising list, along with a few unsolicited observations of his own, which as always you didn't hear HERE ....  

Episode 21-02 - Look to the Skies (reading)

October 24, 2021 08:00 - 2 minutes - 1.76 MB

poem

Episode 21-01 - Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?

October 23, 2021 22:00 - 5 minutes - 3.5 MB

who HASN'T asked that ....

Episode 20-11 - Horizon Cutoffs

October 22, 2021 21:00 - 5 minutes - 3.5 MB

avoids the embarrassment of stars on your chest!

Haunted Planetaria - (the Blinking Light)

October 22, 2021 15:00 - 5 minutes - 3.62 MB

the morning of the blinking light

Baby et Lulu | Jardin Aux Souvenirs

October 21, 2021 23:00 - 2 minutes - 1.43 MB

You'll recognize the tune instantly, but the somewhat sappy lyrics in English sound so much more beautiful in French.....

the 2002 Band - River of Stars

October 21, 2021 20:00 - 4 minutes - 3.18 MB

A key part of my first 15 foot dome soundtrack, this particular piece was on 'Alpha', my first CD.  It brings back many fond memories of good times spent in that theater. 

Haunted Planetaria - (the Firefly)

October 21, 2021 15:00 - 4 minutes - 3.41 MB

the great Lightning Bug caper

Episode 20-10 - Observatory!

October 21, 2021 15:00 - 5 minutes - 3.5 MB

Sarah Jeffery - Even the Stars

October 20, 2021 23:00 - 2 minutes - 1.63 MB

Princess Audrey (Descendants)  delivers a powerful lyric I thought, though the stars would like to point out they still shine in the day too.   If it wasn't for that REALLY BRIGHT guy things would be different....

Haunted Planetarium - (the Owl Picture)

October 20, 2021 18:00 - 4 minutes - 2.87 MB

The future picture

Episode 20-9 - Alien

October 20, 2021 10:00 - 5 minutes - 3.5 MB

what could that possibly mean?  find out in 3 minutes!

Harry Styles - Lights Up

October 19, 2021 22:00 - 2 minutes - 1.77 MB

he certainly does, as all the stars sing   ummm .. La-da-da-da      ?

Haunted Planetaria - (Ghost Cat)

October 19, 2021 20:00 - 9 minutes - 6.32 MB

a palindrome:    ? was it a cat i saw ?

Episode 20-8 - Monday

October 19, 2021 13:00 - 5 minutes - 3.5 MB

oops a day late

Episode 20-7 - Trouble

October 18, 2021 22:00 - 5 minutes - 3.57 MB

Episode 20-6 - Fanfare

October 17, 2021 22:00 - 5 minutes - 3.5 MB

Haunted Planetaria - (the Burned Out Projector)

October 17, 2021 13:00 - 3 minutes - 2.58 MB

the 2011 projector incident

Break of Reality - Let Her Go (Passenger Cover)

October 16, 2021 22:00 - 3 minutes - 2.25 MB

If I get a cello, this will be my first song.  

Special Episode - Don't Park Under THAT!

October 16, 2021 19:00 - 3 minutes - 2.35 MB

 Look up to see what might be coming DOWN at you before planting that planetarium -  high velocity walnuts, plummeting branches, and I'm not even mentioning birds  you'll notice! 

Episode 20-5 - a Dipper Full

October 16, 2021 16:00 - 5 minutes - 3.5 MB

Linus from the Stars - Clouds Beneath our Feet

October 16, 2021 12:00 - 3 minutes - 2.18 MB

nanobii is a Swedish producer, the rest speaks for itself!  If the stars would embrace any peanuts character, it would be Linus.  they like to blanket the earth with their radiance for example... 

Sea Stars - Mind Over Matter

October 15, 2021 22:00 - 4 minutes - 2.86 MB

You can see it in the cars It's playing on the radio It's written in the stars and living in me And its out there right now. 

Episode 20-4 - Lost and Found

October 15, 2021 11:00 - 5 minutes - 3.5 MB