Planet and Sky, Part II

10/04/22 • 24 min

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I couldn't wait to tell the rest of the story, covering the last four songs of Planet and Sky, a cosmic love story. Things take a darker turn as the relatively small planet lacks sufficient gravity to hold onto its atmosphere. First we hear from the Travelers again as they gradually become frozen below the surface, then Sky sings her mournful aria to Planet informing him of their demise. We then get an empty, barren world, until the scientists come up with a plan. I share some background on my favorite song and feature it at the end of the episode.

Transcript: Web (Read/Listen) | PDF | MS Word

Planet and Sky on Bandcamp

Planet and Sky, album and podcast
Planet My Love with Nomi Harper and Colyn Fischer performed at an Open Mic
Friedrich Edelmann and Rebecca Rust website

Video recordings of Friedrich and Rebecca
Literature and History Podcast

Theme Orchestration by Tom Barnes
Art by Sophia Valko

Planet My Love written and performed by the Max Wyvern Band:

Max Wyvern (aka Joel McKinnon): Bass and vocals, words, music
Melissa Olsen: Keyboards and vocals
Byron Bellamy: Vocals and Sound Engineering
Lance Tabor: Guitars
Darryl Dardenne: Drums
Mastering: Tom Barnes

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Transcript: Web (Read/Listen) | PDF | MS Word

Planet and Sky on Bandcamp

Planet and Sky, album and podcast
Planet My Love with Nomi Harper and Colyn Fischer performed at an Open Mic
Friedrich Edelmann and Rebecca Rust website

Video recordings of Friedrich and Rebecca
Literature and History Podcast

Theme Orchestration by Tom Barnes
Art by Sophia Valko

Planet My Love written and performed by the Max Wyvern Band:

Max Wyvern (aka Joel McKinnon): Bass and vocals, words, music
Melissa Olsen: Keyboards and vocals
Byron Bellamy: Vocals and Sound Engineering
Lance Tabor: Guitars
Darryl Dardenne: Drums
Mastering: Tom Barnes

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Previous Episode

Planet and Sky, Part I

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A little diversion to introduce a true labor of love, my rock opera entitled "Planet and Sky, a cosmic love story." Written and recorded in the first decade of this millennium and inspired by my experience as a member of the Mars Society. It's a creation myth wrapped in a sci-fi story in which scientists investigate a strange phenomena on a small arid planet and discover something truly astonishing. The album also has an accompanying podcast which you'll hear more about in Part II in a few weeks.

Transcript: Web (Read/Listen) | PDF | MS Word

The Mars Society Website

Planet and Sky on Bandcamp

Planet and Sky, album and podcast
Literature and History Podcast

Theme Orchestration by Tom Barnes
Art by Sophia Valko

Such is Love written and performed by the Max Wyvern Band:

Max Wyvern (aka Joel McKinnon): Bass and vocals, words, music
Melissa Olsen: Keyboards and vocals
Byron Bellamy: Vocals and Sound Engineering
Lance Tabor: Guitars
Darryl Dardenne: Drums
Mastering: Tom Barnes

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Search by the Foundation, Part III

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It all comes together at last. The war begins, looking bad for the Foundation, but morale turns the tide against Kalgan. In the aftermath, Homir Munn and the others debate the true location of the Second Foundation with many false turns and a final, startling revelation. The First Speaker has the last say in the matter.

Transcript: Web (Read/Listen) | PDF | MS Word

Script by Joel McKinnon
Voices by Megan Skye Hale, Jon Blumenfeld, Amanda Kreitler, Zac Kreitler, and Joel McKinnon
Theme Orchestration by Tom Barnes
Sound Design by Jeremy MacKinnon
Art by Mike Topping – despotica.com

Music by:
Scott Buckley - Juggernaut

Scott Buckley - Permafrost

Scott Buckley - Celestial

Additional music by Musictown on Pixabay

Scott Buckley's twitter: @musoscientific

Based on the novels of Foundation by Isaac Asimov.

Podcasts and other links for voice talent on this episode:

Amanda Kreitler

Jon Blumenfeld

Stars End Podcast
@jblumenfeld100 on Twitter

Megan Skye Hale

Professional website
@skyesidhe on Twitter

Joel's personal Twitter handle is @joelgmckinnon and the SeldonCrisis official account is @SeldonCrisisPod.

Also, please visit SeldonCrisis.net and the Seldon Crisis YouTube channel for the video trailer, intro promos, and video versions of the podcast episodes.

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