*YES THERE IS A FUCKING MONOLITH ON MARS*
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*YES THERE IS A FUCKING MONOLITH ON MARS*
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THIS mysterious monument could be proof there was once life on Mars.
The rectangular structure — measuring five metres across — was photographed by a super high resolution camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The giant monolith juts out of the planet's surface casting a huge shadow below.
Its emergence on website Lunar Explorer Italia has got space buffs speculating if it could have been constructed by creatures once living on the red planet. The monument resembles the black monolith seen in Stanley Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey. In the movie the structure is believed to be a key to man's evolution.
And astonishingly Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the Moon, revealed a similar monolith was detected on Mars' moon Phobos. Speaking last week, he insisted: "We should visit the moons of Mars. "There's a monolith there - a very unusual structure on this little potato shaped object that goes around Mars once every seven hours. "When people find out about that they are going to say, 'Who put that there? Who put that there?'"
But scientists at the University of Arizona have cast doubt on the discovery saying the huge object is a "boulder". A spokesman for the university's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory said: "It would be unwise to refer to it as a 'monolith' or 'structure' because that implies something artificial, like it was put there by someone for example. "In reality it's more likely that this boulder has been created by breaking away from the bedrock to create a rectangular-shaped feature."
THIS mysterious monument could be proof there was once life on Mars.
The rectangular structure — measuring five metres across — was photographed by a super high resolution camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The giant monolith juts out of the planet's surface casting a huge shadow below.
Its emergence on website Lunar Explorer Italia has got space buffs speculating if it could have been constructed by creatures once living on the red planet. The monument resembles the black monolith seen in Stanley Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey. In the movie the structure is believed to be a key to man's evolution.
And astonishingly Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the Moon, revealed a similar monolith was detected on Mars' moon Phobos. Speaking last week, he insisted: "We should visit the moons of Mars. "There's a monolith there - a very unusual structure on this little potato shaped object that goes around Mars once every seven hours. "When people find out about that they are going to say, 'Who put that there? Who put that there?'"
But scientists at the University of Arizona have cast doubt on the discovery saying the huge object is a "boulder". A spokesman for the university's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory said: "It would be unwise to refer to it as a 'monolith' or 'structure' because that implies something artificial, like it was put there by someone for example. "In reality it's more likely that this boulder has been created by breaking away from the bedrock to create a rectangular-shaped feature."
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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Re: *YES THERE IS A FUCKING MONOLITH ON MARS*
Um, that's a fin of a Martian sand shark. Duh.
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Re: *YES THERE IS A FUCKING MONOLITH ON MARS*
John Carter's fridge.
I feel that there is a fascistic element, for example, in the Rolling Stones . . .
— Morton Feldman
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— Morton Feldman
I've studied the phenomenon of neo-provincialism in self-isolating online communities but this place takes the fucking cake.
— Clashy
Re: *YES THERE IS A FUCKING MONOLITH ON MARS*
It'd be crazier if it was Ron Carter's fridge.eumaas wrote:John Carter's fridge.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
Re: *YES THERE IS A FUCKING MONOLITH ON MARS*
The bassist/cellist?matedog wrote:It'd be crazier if it was Ron Carter's fridge.eumaas wrote:John Carter's fridge.
I feel that there is a fascistic element, for example, in the Rolling Stones . . .
— Morton Feldman
I've studied the phenomenon of neo-provincialism in self-isolating online communities but this place takes the fucking cake.
— Clashy
— Morton Feldman
I've studied the phenomenon of neo-provincialism in self-isolating online communities but this place takes the fucking cake.
— Clashy
Re: *YES THERE IS A FUCKING MONOLITH ON MARS*
Word. Didn't know he played cello though.eumaas wrote:The bassist/cellist?matedog wrote:It'd be crazier if it was Ron Carter's fridge.eumaas wrote:John Carter's fridge.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
Re: *YES THERE IS A FUCKING MONOLITH ON MARS*
Yep, on Dolphy's Out There, plus another date with Dolphy and Mal Waldron.matedog wrote:Word. Didn't know he played cello though.eumaas wrote:The bassist/cellist?matedog wrote:It'd be crazier if it was Ron Carter's fridge.eumaas wrote:John Carter's fridge.
I feel that there is a fascistic element, for example, in the Rolling Stones . . .
— Morton Feldman
I've studied the phenomenon of neo-provincialism in self-isolating online communities but this place takes the fucking cake.
— Clashy
— Morton Feldman
I've studied the phenomenon of neo-provincialism in self-isolating online communities but this place takes the fucking cake.
— Clashy
Re: *YES THERE IS A FUCKING MONOLITH ON MARS*
Roy Haynes plays on that one. Dolphy knows talent when he sees it. How is the album?eumaas wrote:Yep, on Dolphy's Out There, plus another date with Dolphy and Mal Waldron.matedog wrote:Word. Didn't know he played cello though.eumaas wrote:The bassist/cellist?matedog wrote:It'd be crazier if it was Ron Carter's fridge.eumaas wrote:John Carter's fridge.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
Re: *YES THERE IS A FUCKING MONOLITH ON MARS*
Good. Not as good as Out to Lunch or Last Date, but good.matedog wrote:Roy Haynes plays on that one. Dolphy knows talent when he sees it. How is the album?eumaas wrote:Yep, on Dolphy's Out There, plus another date with Dolphy and Mal Waldron.matedog wrote:Word. Didn't know he played cello though.eumaas wrote:The bassist/cellist?matedog wrote: It'd be crazier if it was Ron Carter's fridge.
I feel that there is a fascistic element, for example, in the Rolling Stones . . .
— Morton Feldman
I've studied the phenomenon of neo-provincialism in self-isolating online communities but this place takes the fucking cake.
— Clashy
— Morton Feldman
I've studied the phenomenon of neo-provincialism in self-isolating online communities but this place takes the fucking cake.
— Clashy
Re: *YES THERE IS A FUCKING MONOLITH ON MARS*
Oh for hip hop fans that aren't huge into jazz, Ron Carter plays on the tune "Verses From the Abstract" on ATCQ's Low End Theory. Q-Tip calls him out about 12 times in the song if I remember him correctly.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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Re: *YES THERE IS A FUCKING MONOLITH ON MARS*
Thread drift was sudden, comprehensive and welcome.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
Re: *YES THERE IS A FUCKING MONOLITH ON MARS*
That's a beautiful sentence, Heston.Heston wrote:Thread drift was sudden, comprehensive and welcome.
By the way, my first contribution was on topic!
I feel that there is a fascistic element, for example, in the Rolling Stones . . .
— Morton Feldman
I've studied the phenomenon of neo-provincialism in self-isolating online communities but this place takes the fucking cake.
— Clashy
— Morton Feldman
I've studied the phenomenon of neo-provincialism in self-isolating online communities but this place takes the fucking cake.
— Clashy
Re: *YES THERE IS A FUCKING MONOLITH ON MARS*
Carter has since mentioned that his playing on Out There is a little substandard because he had a massive cold that day.eumaas wrote:Good. Not as good as Out to Lunch or Last Date, but good.matedog wrote:Roy Haynes plays on that one. Dolphy knows talent when he sees it. How is the album?eumaas wrote:Yep, on Dolphy's Out There, plus another date with Dolphy and Mal Waldron.matedog wrote:Word. Didn't know he played cello though.eumaas wrote: The bassist/cellist?
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Re: *YES THERE IS A FUCKING MONOLITH ON MARS*
His intonation is noticeably off at times.Kory Pox wrote:Carter has since mentioned that his playing on Out There is a little substandard because he had a massive cold that day.eumaas wrote:Good. Not as good as Out to Lunch or Last Date, but good.matedog wrote:Roy Haynes plays on that one. Dolphy knows talent when he sees it. How is the album?eumaas wrote:Yep, on Dolphy's Out There, plus another date with Dolphy and Mal Waldron.matedog wrote: Word. Didn't know he played cello though.
I feel that there is a fascistic element, for example, in the Rolling Stones . . .
— Morton Feldman
I've studied the phenomenon of neo-provincialism in self-isolating online communities but this place takes the fucking cake.
— Clashy
— Morton Feldman
I've studied the phenomenon of neo-provincialism in self-isolating online communities but this place takes the fucking cake.
— Clashy
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Re: *YES THERE IS A FUCKING MONOLITH ON MARS*
I'd like to congratulate the Chinese on building a perfect replica of the movie studio that the Americans used to fake the moon landings.
"Ain't no party like an S Club party!'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft