Man Ray & Meteor Shower

From: Nathaniel Rahav (nat@rhythmlove.com)
Date: Sat Nov 17 2001 - 19:41:25 CET

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    Dear List,

    It's funny that the Man Ray CD should come up. Just to clarify: it's not a
    tribute to the artist Man Ray, it's a compilation by the DJs of the very
    trendy Paris restaurant of the same name. Though the restaurant is named
    after the dadaist artist Man Ray.

    I work at the Man Ray NY restaurant, which opened last summer as a
    'sister' to the Paris one. I will be compiling a CD for them and if you
    make music that you think may fit the vibe I ask that you get in touch
    with me... I'm looking for unreleased, underground material from the world
    over, with some or more of the following vibes:
    jazz, eastern, african, latin, dub, balanced, pure, soulful, funky, honest

    if your beats are tight, or you know of someone in your part of the world
    please get in touch!

    peace,

    Nat
    nat@rhythmlove.com

    >
    >For your interest. Sunday Morning...
    >
    >
    >November's Leonid Shower: One for the record books
    >Posted 10/31/2001 - 12:45PM, by hanser
    >According to Wired News, The United States is in for the most
    >spectacular meteor shower since 1966. Peter Jenniskens, a research
    >scientist at the NASA/Ames Research Center declared that the
    >November 18 shower will be "very impressive, rare and something that
    >you'll want to see."
    >
    >"The August Perseids meteor shower, which normally gets the most
    >annual astronomer attention, records a rate of about 80 meteors an
    >hour, but this November's Leonids will record a rate over 2000,"
    >Jenniskens said.
    >Nature itself will be cooperating, weather providing: the shower
    >falls during the period of the New Moon, when the sky is darkest.
    >Ordinarily, the Leonid shower yields between ten and fifteen meteors
    >per hour. This year's shower is expected to yield a whopping 4,200
    >meteors every hour.
    >The best viewing time is estimated to be between 4 and 6am EST on
    >November 18. No binoculars or telescopes are necessary, but being
    >away from the city lights is recommended. For the very best viewing
    >spots, check out the Leonid Flux Estimator. The show is expected to
    >last two hours.



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