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December 11, 2006

Blasting Off To Blur

Keeping up with the latest in space missions? On Saturday, The Discovery launched, with a diverse crew of astronauts, heading up to make repairs to the International Space Station. But this is no ordinary shuttle, for it bears Christer Fuglesang -- history's first Swedish astronaut! Congrats, Sweden! And the song they blasted to celebrate a successful launch? (via Sweden Music News):

Monday, U.S. astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria played celebratory music for Discovery, “Song 2” by Blur ...
Woo hoo! Good year for Damo: The Good, The Bad The Queen And The Discovery. And it's not the first time Blur has been to the cosmos. Better for celestial enjoyment: Damon and Graham -- or Aerosmith?

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Sweden's first astronaut, and they couldn't have played Love is All, or I'm from Barcelona, or Suburban Kids with Biblical Names or any of the 50 superb new Swedish bands? It's anti-Swede racism is what it is...

Posted by: Bender Bending Rodriguez at 12/11/06 12:37 PM  | Reply
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Swedish isn't a race...

Posted by: omg at 12/11/06 1:16 PM  | Reply
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Race is a social construct. If I want Swedish to be a race, then it is...

Posted by: magnuson at 12/11/06 9:23 PM  | Reply
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shoulda played "Far Out" ;)

Posted by: rgr_moore at 12/12/06 12:29 AM  | Reply
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