Tonight I'll begin with a preview of 2024, which will be a year of transitions. Then I pick up the discussion of "Flat Earth," raising the issue of the Sunrise Equation. One last thought on where the astrology office meets the newsroom. Rolling credits for the Planet Waves team.
Tonight's program marks the 25th anniversary of the Planet Waves project. I'll be looking at the abundant astrology of our moment (solstice, Full Moon, Mercury conjunct the Sun and Pluto entering Aquarius), and considering what it means to make up your own mind and where Pluto in Aquarius meets the concept of "woke."
Dream within a Dream Edition: Waking Life as a commentary on digital conditions, the Sagittarius New Moon, report from New Zealand with Sam Bailey, and an Hour with Joe Trusso.
This is a side-by-side (vertical) test of ReelFeel technology of Rob Fraboni discussing whether it was possible for the Beatles to record Rubber Soul in just four days. One of these recordings has been processed to enhance its emotional quality; the other has been not. Both are medium-bandwidth .mp3 files, so they have been processed by the exact same compression algorithm.
