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A man who used music to try to lure aliens to earth (2020)

by pmcpinto on 1/21/24, 2:09 PM with 45 comments

  • by dylan604 on 1/21/24, 6:53 PM

    A group of us DJ friends used to say "we speak alien" which was a comment about the type of music we played. There's a group by the name of Eat Static which is known for their prolific use of aliens trope and 50s style sci-fi samples that has an album titled "Abduction". One of the tracks is called "Gulf Breeze" which at one point was famous for the most reports of alien abductions. I always wanted to spend a night playing music on the beach waiting for the aliens to make an appearance as it seemed to be the most likely of places for it to happen.

    Just a random story on a bored sunday

  • by elzbardico on 1/22/24, 12:22 AM

    I propose we use Cardi B, Beyoncé, Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift to keep hostile aliens away from earth.
  • by Triphibian on 1/21/24, 9:17 PM

    The turntablist Mix Master Mike (Beastie Boys, Invisibl Skratch Pikls) used to say that his scratches were an attempt to speak to aliens.
  • by david_shi on 1/21/24, 8:31 PM

    "In sending out music, the idea was to communicate that sense of humanness, that feeling and drive, that ecstasy."

    Somehow, this makes perfect sense.

  • by evanmoran on 1/22/24, 5:53 PM

    On a related note, here’s a paper by (Hugo award winner) David Brin that I came across recently that talks about why we do not hear communications from other life forms in our galaxy. Not being found is a pretty good strategy for survival:

    https://www.researchgate.net/profile/David-Brin/publication/...

  • by ww520 on 1/21/24, 7:52 PM

    Aliens won’t bother unless a warp drive leaves a hyper jump signature.
  • by motohagiography on 1/21/24, 11:04 PM

    cant talk about using music to contact aliens without mentioning https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie_Spiegel
  • by DoodahMan on 1/22/24, 1:58 AM

    truthfully if i was not of this world and heard Fela Kuti being broadcasted into the cosmos i'd be coaxed into coming to Earth. those are some damn good vibrations!
  • by iancmceachern on 1/22/24, 2:45 AM

    They only listen to whale songs
  • by techwiz137 on 1/21/24, 6:23 PM

    Am I the only one that thinks it's not a good idea? I mean the signal hasnt traveled very far, but yeah these announcements "hey, we're here" aren't very nice.