Ungodly High
I'm not a poet, but somebody had to do it
Behold: ISS
Zooming over heads each hour
Until it comes down
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From the ISS, ungodly high
Chaos madness, evolves below nigh
– King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
Author's Note
Glib though this haiku may sound, it is based on fact: the ISS will be retired in 2030. And like all the great space stations that have come before it (Skylab, Mir), it will meet a blazing end as it is deorbited. Whatever doesn't burn up on reentry to the Earth's atmosphere will crash into the ocean.
If it doesn't mysteriously crash into Kyiv first, that is 👀👀
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Stephen A. Roddewig
Author of A Bloody Business and the Dick Winchester series. Proud member of the Horror Writers Association 🐦⬛
Also a reprint mercenary. And humorist. And road warrior. And Felix Salten devotee.
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'20/20'
"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
By Sean Callaghan6 days ago in Beat
Comments (7)
Nice one!
Hahah.... always trolling the poetry squad eh??
Keeping my fingers crossed for this to be somehow the end of the Earth! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lol! I love the image of the ISS falling to earth in a fiery storm… PS please don’t hate me. Now for your non sarcastic spooky challenge entry. I’m excited for that one xD
Someone had to do it for sure. A nice take!
You're just a poet, man. Just accept it and nicely done shouting out to King Gizzard too! Knew you had fine taste!
well when I woke up this morning, I didn't expect some King Gizzard...yet here we are...