Right now, The Voyager Golden Record, containing a message from Earth for any extraterrestrials that might encounter it, is traveling on two spacecraft through the cosmic ocean at almost 40,000 miles per hour. But as we approach the 40th anniversary of Voyager, that beautiful gold phonograph record is also barreling through popular consciousness! Last week, I launched a Kickstarter with two friends, Timothy Daly and Lawrence Azerrad, to release the Voyager Golden Record on vinyl for the first time. We are blown away and humbled by the support our project has received!
While we were secretly developing our project, the good people at Pop-Up Magazine, California Sunday Magazine, and NoisePop were also quietly orchestrating their own homage to that magnificent golden artifact! The Golden State Record, taking place this Friday (9/30) at Berkeley’s Greek Theater is an exquisitely-curated performance of “stories and sounds of California and the West from some of our favorite musicians, writers, filmmakers, radio producers, and artists.” (We only found out about each others’ efforts in July!)
The, well, stellar Golden State Record lineup include musicians like Lil B, Thao Nguyen, Mark Kozelek, and Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino, the Center for Investigative Reporting’s Al Letson, music critic and “MacArthur Genius” Josh Kun, Jace Clayton aka DJ/rupture, and so many more.
I’ll be there enjoying the scene under the stars.
Attend the Golden State Record at Berkeley’s Greek Theater
Support the “Voyager Golden Record: 40th Anniversary Edition” on Kickstarter