luna reduxe: and the moon is full of wrinkles

"It was forty years ago today..."
 
Well, almost. Essentially a re-up of a post from a year back; on this
occasion simply to commemorate what many continue to regard as an elaborate
hoax designed to cement President John F. Kennedy's vision of the USA's
triumph in the Space Race and set in stone the mission statement
first put before a joint congress on May 25th, 1961.

from Wiki:

"On September 9, 2002, filmmaker Bart Sibrel, a proponent of the Apollo moon landing hoax theory, 
confronted Aldrin and his granddaughter outside a Beverly Hills, California hotel. 
Sibrel confronted Aldrin, shouting, "You're the one who said you walked on the moon and you didn't!" 
He then called Aldrin a "thief, liar and coward".
Aldrin, at that time 72 years of age, responded by punching Sibrel in the face."

"I saw the new moon late yestreen,
Wi' the auld moon in her arm:
And if ye gang to sea, maister,
I fear we'll suffer harm."

From the anonymous Scottish ballad by Sir Patrick Spens.

Credit to DJ Danny from Office Naps for unearthing following Johnny Harris composition.

▼ THE POGUES: SUMMER IN SIAM from "Hell's Ditch" LP (Island) 1990 (UK)
▼ THE ROLLING STONES: CHILD OF THE MOON from "Jumpin' Jack Flash b/w Child Of The Moon" 45 (Decca) 1968 (UK) 
▼ BIG STAR: BLUE MOON from "Third: Sister Lovers" LP (PVC) 1978 (US) 
▼ THE JOHNNY HARRIS ORCHESTRA: FOOTPRINTS ON THE MOON from "Chance b/w Footprints On The Moon" 45 (Warner Bros) 1969 (UK) 
▼ ELVIS PRESLEY: BLUE MOON from "Elvis Presley" LP (RCA Victor) 1956 (US) 
▼ KRONOS QUARTET: MARQUEE MOON from "Rubaiyat: Elektra's 40th Anniversary" CD (Elektra / WEA) 1990 (US) 
▼ NICK DRAKE: PINK MOON from "Pink Moon" LP (Island) 1972 (UK)▼ CUL DE SAC: THE MOON SCOLDS THE MORNING STAR from "ECIM" CD (Northeastern) 1992 (US)

HELL'S DITCH REMASTERED; STONES: SINGLES 1968-1971 BOX SET;
THIRD / SISTER LOVERS REMASTERED; JOHNNY HARRIS: MOVEMENTS;
ELVIS PRESLEY REISSUED; RUBAIYAT 2 x CD;
PINK MOON REMASTERED; ECIM REISSUED

and the moon is full of wrinkles

I saw the new moon late yestreen,
Wi' the auld moon in her arm:
And if ye gang to sea, maister,
I fear we'll suffer harm.
From the anonymous Scottish ballad, Sir Patrick Spens.



"la voyage dans la lune" by george méliès, 1902.
"I'm melting..."

I've tried the new moon tilted in the air
Above a hazy tree-and-farmhouse cluster
As you might try a jewel in your hair.
I've tried it fine with little breadth of luster,
Alone, or in one ornament combining
With one first-water start almost shining.

I put it shining anywhere I please.
By walking slowly on some evening later,
I've pulled it from a crate of crooked trees,
And brought it over glossy water, greater,
And dropped it in, and seen the image wallow,
The color run, all sorts of wonder follow.
- "The Freedom of the Moon", by Robert Frost, 1928.


Thanks once again to DJ Danny from Office Naps, this time for turning me on to the following Johnny Harris composition.

▼ THE POGUES: SUMMER IN SIAM from "Hell's Ditch" LP (Island) 1990 (UK)

▼ THE ROLLING STONES: CHILD OF THE MOON from "Jumpin' Jack Flash b/w Child Of The Moon" 45 (Decca) 1968 (UK)

▼ BIG STAR: BLUE MOON from "Third: Sister Lovers" LP (PVC) 1978 (US)

▼ THE JOHNNY HARRIS ORCHESTRA: FOOTPRINTS ON THE MOON from "Chance b/w Footprints On The Moon" 45 (Warner Bros) 1969 (UK)

▼ ELVIS PRESLEY: BLUE MOON from "Elvis Presley" LP (RCA Victor) 1956 (US)

▼ KRONOS QUARTET: MARQUEE MOON from "Rubaiyat: Elektra's 40th Anniversary" CD (Elektra / WEA) 1990 (US)

▼ NICK DRAKE: PINK MOON from "Pink Moon" LP (Island) 1972 (UK)

▼ CUL DE SAC: THE MOON SCOLDS THE MORNING STAR from "ECIM" CD (Northeastern) 1992 (US)

HELL'S DITCH REMASTERED
STONES: SINGLES 1968-1971 BOX SET
THIRD / SISTER LOVERS REMASTERED
JOHNNY HARRIS: MOVEMENTS
ELVIS PRESLEY REISSUED
RUBAIYAT 2 x CD
PINK MOON REMASTERED
ECIM REISSUED