Ferrari: One of the great songs

<< Tiger can smirk all she wants, but it's amazing what a little heartbreak can
do to a man.>>

Come on, now! That sounds like something some newbie who doesn't know any
better would say about me.

<<I'll see you on the dark side of the moon>>

There is no dark side of the moon really. As a matter of fact, it's all dark.

C.

"TigerRace1" <com> wrote in message
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Idiot.
Of course, there is a bright side of the Moon, and you can go to it. But if
you sit still, you can only be there for two weeks. The bright side (and
therefore the dark side too) is not a fixed place, but appears to move as
the Moon rotates.

Seen from the surface of the Earth, the Moon does not appear to rotate. This
is because from an outside frame of reference, the Moon rotates once for
every time it goes around the Earth. So from our vantage point, the Moon is
naturally divided into two halves: the hemisphere we always see, called the
nearside, and the hemisphere we do not see, the farside. The farside has
only been seen by probes or astronauts that have actually orbited (or at
least passed by) the Moon.

This is very different from the dark side. As the Moon orbits the Earth,
different parts of it get illuminated by the Sun. When the Moon is between
the Earth and the Sun, we see it almost entirely in shadow. This is called
the new moon. Half a lunar orbit later (two weeks or so) it is fully
illuminated by the Sun, giving us a full moon. In between we get a half
moon, sometimes confusingly called a quarter moon because the Moon has
completed 1/4 of an orbit. These are called the phases of the Moon (I have
heard that some people think that the phases are caused by the shadow of the
Earth on the Moon; but that is whole different can of Bad Astronomy).

So imagine you are standing on a spot directly in the middle of the
nearside. You would see the Earth straight over your head. If it were new
moon to someone on Earth, the Sun would be behind the bulk of the Moon to
you. For you, it would be local midnight! Two weeks later it would be full
moon to someone on Earth, and it would be local noon to you; the Sun would
be high overhead. The half moon to someone on Earth means it would be either
sunrise or sunset to you, depending on whether you are a week past new moon
or a week past full moon, respectively. You can see that the dark side of
the Moon is just simply the night side of the Moon. It is no more a fixed
feature than the night side of the Earth.

The Pink Floyd album may be one of the best selling albums of all time, but
astronomically it's in eclipse.

On 19 Nov 2004 19:10:45 GMT, com (TigerRace1) wrote:
 

Some Trivia:
Who was that album written for?

Phil
:: Who's sons think albums are just really big CDs.

<<Idiot.
Of course, there is a bright side of the Moon>>

Pendejo.
I didn't mention the *bright* side of the moon.

<<Seen from the surface of the Earth, the Moon does not appear to rotate...
yada, yada, yada...>>

Ya think? Amazing what a Google search will teach you. Funny, you lecturing a
Pagan on moon phases though. <g>

<<The Pink Floyd album may be one of the best selling albums of all time, but
astronomically it's in eclipse.>>

If you'd ever REALLY listened to this album, you would have a clue as to what I
was referencing.

C. :::who wonders, is this where...?:::

Phil wrote:
 

For Syd, of course. As was much of Wish You Were Here. Poor Syd, he
didn't blow his mind out in a car - he decided acid was the better way
to go.

MC

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"Garcon!! More lithium!"

"MC" <net> wrote in message
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I heard some story about him brushing his teeth alot
or something... What's the real story about Syd Barrett?
My source was sketchy as hell (although, at the time, so
was I) so I don't trust that story. I figure of all people here
Mike will know the real story.



-Matt- "What?! The man likes music, that's all I'm sayin'!"

matt borland wrote:
 
The short of it - although he pretty much helped found Pink Floyd with
Roger Waters, it was rumored that he was deeply depressed. Massive
doses of acid didn't help the situation any, and he was asked to leave
the band. He was later institutionalized, but I don't know for how long.

One site said this:

"Roger Kieth (Syd) Barrett was born on January 6, 1946. He joined
Water's band in 1965. The many names of the band continued until Syd
named it as Pink Floyd, after two of his favorite musicians, Pink
Anderson and Floyd Council. A few years later, he was removed from the
band because he was too heavy into drugs. Syd Barrett may have
contributed to Pink Floyd for only one album, but it was Syd who began
the structure of the type of "experimental" rock we hear in later Pink
Floyd albums. Syd later made some solo albums later which were produced
by other Pink Floyd members."

This site has some good info too:

http://www.angelfire.com/home/FloydWaters/rkbarrett/main.html

MC


--
"Garcon!! More lithium!"

On 19 Nov 2004 19:10:45 GMT, com (TigerRace1) wrote: 

....Except for the side the sunlight hits.