space flute

so last week, april 12th, was the 50th anniversary of yuri gagarin's space flight... the first ever manned space flight, which is, let's be honest about it... pretty mental

there's the whole "wow... we were in space" angle, followed by the "wow... mankind sent neil armstrong to the moon using computers less technical than modern mobile phones" angle, and even the "why haven't we gone further afield, and where the f**k is my hoverboard" angle too...

but that's a whole other rant...

what i liked was the space-earth flute duet to celebrate the event... i love the idea of two people in different places jammin', especially when one of those places is space...

although i gotta be honest, part of me does wish they were playing guitars or something a bit more upbeat... but still space flute... i like that right about there...

who they? well the one on the left is nasa astronaut cady coleman, currently residing on the international space station... the other is jethro tull founder member ian anderson (obviously)...

oddly though, only one of these people looks like they are struggling in the vacuum of space...

the other one just has really crazy hair...

i've also been reliably informed that the one who looks a bit like jim bowen will NOT be wheeling out a speedboat to taunt you with... (although i'll wager he digs his real ale)...

i'd love to do a space music duet... bwoi on guitar, floating in the space station... i'd love to see the interaction between weightlessness and thang-shakery...

right on