Attention Rael, Ruth, and George!

For anyone intereted in deep space communications, the possibility of alien life, and star jumps check this out:

Yelling at Stars will send Australia's first interstellar message. It's art, it's music, it's a show, and its being beemed into space via radio waves shot from Deep Space Communictions in Florida, USA. The performance kicks off at 9pm on the 31st of May (that's tomorrow night people!) at the Sydney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne and will stream live to space. It will also stream over the net, so you too can watch at home. It is part of the Next Wave Festival 2008, which this year is exploring ideas of closeness and conflict. Yelling at Stars uses humour, pathos, and the odd cover song to broadcast a personal account of humanity's struggle to deal with its sense of isolation. So, grab your favourite silver jumpsuit, pop your blasters in the cupboard, and rock out with a group a hoopy froods who really know where their towels are.

Check 'em out:
www.yellingatstars.com

I guess I should reveal that my brother is the Sound Designer/Composer, and my dad did some of the Astronomical Coordinate calculations. But that doesn't stop this being a funky exercise in intersellar communication.