It’s a bit surprising to learn that the folks at NASA have great taste in music. Rolling Stone offers the play list for Curiosity. Okay, it may be a bit odd to send music up to an unmanned craft, but they are geeks, after all.
More interesting is the far more extensive list of songs, via MIT, that were played to the Mars Rover’s Spirit and Opportunity when they landed in 2004. It’s quite a list.
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Here are some books to check out.
Duke Ellington brought class, sophistication and style to jazz which, until that point, was proudly unpolished and raucous. His story is profound. The author, Terry Teachout, also wrote "Pops," the acclaimed bio of Louis Armstrong. Click here or on the image.
What else is there to say? Here is the story behind every song written by The Beatles. Click here or on the image.
The Grateful Dead don't get enough credit for the profound nature of its lyrics. Many of the band's songs are driven by a deep and literate Americana ("I'm Uncle Sam/That's who I am/Been hidin' out/In a rock and roll band" and "Majordomo Billy Bojangles/Sit down and have a drink with me/What's this about Alabama/Keeps comin' back to me?").
David Dodd's exhaustive study tells the story, song by song. Click here or on the image.
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