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Arcturus for the TI-99/4A

https://youtu.be/TxjRq8MS3ns?si=tcLOfl4-lt87kto8

#Arcturus #TI994A #Action #Shooter #Shootemup #Shmup #ZaxxonClone #Exceltec #BillBies

Mars, rather faint, low in the evening sky of southern New Mexico.

The second graphic is a finder chart from planetarium software.

Because of the bright star mnemonics I learned long ago, I imagine a big arch in this part of the sky.

Starting with the Big Dipper, follow the curve of the handle...it's the "arc to Arcturus". Then keep on spikin' to Spica (which is a bit left and higher than orange-red Mars).

#NewMexico #Twilight #Photography #Astrophotography #Mars #BigDipper #Arcturus #Spica #Virgo #Bootes

A wide angle view of the evening sky. The upper half of the frame is a dark blue that transitions to brighter tones that become yellow and orange just above the horizon. Some distant clouds are just above the horizon. The lights of the village of La Luz are on the basin floor.

See the next graphic for a finder chart of the brighter stars, constellations, and the planet Mars.

A finder chart from planetarium software.

Mars is in the lower left corner, near the pale blue star Spica. The Big Dipper is in the right third of the frame.

The #ISS and #Arcturus (or Nessie and Bigfoot)
#astrodisaster

Charting the course to 2026: reflecting on 70000tons of Metal 2025 Artist Spotlight: Arcturus:

#Arcturus #70000tons #70000tonsOfMetal #ArtistSpotlight

Link: https://metalinsider.net/columns/artist-spotlight/charting-the-course-to-2026-reflecting-on-70000tons-of-metal-2025-artist-spotlight-arcturus

"#Arcturus: Brightest Star in the Bootes Constellation"
#EastStar #Ishtar
https://youtu.be/QIfG2amwvDM?si=GzYn2gix2vRP-Jgj

På full fart ned i #Arcturus-kaninhullet igjen.. Aspera i går, La Masquerade til frokosten, og nå The Sham Mirrors (Qobuz-stream). Ei plate jeg ofte glemmer nå for tiden, men som jeg omtrent spilte høl i i hine hårde. Et helt annet beist enn de foregående skivene, og den første scifi-/verdensrom-inspirerte skiva. Klinisk og kynisk, men fortsatt umiskjennelig Arcturus. Garm briljerer i sin siste opptreden for bandet.

#metallheimen #norsktut #allheimen

Cropped screenshot fron Qobuz showing the album cover of Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors (with references to the Apollo space rockets), now playing Star-Crossed

Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale

It's never too late to get a physical copy of a classic, but this felt long overdue. My record collection isn't exactly overflowing with progressive/symphonic/avant-garde/whatever-you-want-to-call-it metal, but this is so good. And a very nice vinyl pressing as well.

#Arcturus #metal #vinyl

ARCTURUS - La Masquerade Infernale LP cover. Band name and title in orange/orange background on top, partly over a black and white photo of two men (or maybe it two photos of the same person) in with masks (covering their eyes). One is a close-up of part of the face, and the other from a distance (holding an old gun)

this must be one of the best performances ever recorded 🇳🇴
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx_TfmEDgas

#Arcturus #AvantgardeBlackMetal #Metal #Norway

🛟 Salvamento Marítimo wurden gestern drei Personen gemeldet, die südöstlich des Leuchtturms von #Trafalgar versuchten, #Cádiz 🇪🇸 an Bord eines „Spielzeug“-Schlauchbootes zu erreichen. 🚢 Salvamar #Arcturus ⚓🇪🇸 fand sie schließlich etliche Meilen vom Leuchtturm entfernt im Bereich der Banco del Hoyo [einer Ankerzone vor der Küste außerhalb der spanischen Hoheitsgewässer] und brachte sie wohlbehalten nach #Tarifa.

https://cadenaser.com/andalucia/2025/03/26/trasladadas-tres-personas-hasta-tarifa-a-bordo-de-una-toy-al-sureste-de-trafalgar-radio-algeciras/

a pitstop maintenance hall
for the mind
satanic protectors
of my kind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLDRmv3JLZk
#Arcturus #AvantGuarde #Metal

New Artist announced for 70.000 TONS OF METAL Festival 2025

Arcturus

Added top 5 songs to the playlist 70.000 TONS OF METAL Festival 2025

Listen now on YouTube Music: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB5UNN-XlHr1Y2InGhyGwonUwZI1Afb_c

#70.000_TONS_OF_METAL_Festival_2025 #Arcturus #fyre_festivals #ytmusic

Some final observations from this morning. #unistellar #odysseypro #space #astronomy #amateur #m66 #galaxy #M56 #cluster #m14 #Arcturus #star

M66 Cluster as seen through the Odyssey Pro.

Arcturus Star as seen by the Odyssey Pro.

Am I in Trouble? – Spectrum Review

By Dolphin Whisperer

Tagging systems and organizational hierarchies tend to steer our ideas of genre classifications toward ins and outs, yeses and nos, boxes next to boxes, tags next to tags. In reality, though—and much in the way people go about describing things as being between x band and y band—genres do have their own spectrums. And in that spirit of living in an accumulation of converging aisles rather than following the merchandising plan, sole mind Steve Wiener (Negative Bliss, Ashenheart) debuts his Am I in Trouble? project as an homage to idiosyncratic acts of this splatter art nature. From his listening youth in the oddball ’00s black metal scene to his modern existence as an experienced, colorful auteur, will Wiener’s first outing as Am I in Trouble? earn him a spot at the top of the charts or in the time-out corner?

With one hand holding the play and whimsy of progressive music and the other gripping the flight of post-leaning drama, AIiT inserts various borrowed extreme elements as it sees fit across Spectrum’s prismatic run. At the cut of blackened melodies that sing with an Agallochified, sullen heart (“White,” “Black”) and the turn of spacey, eerie prog-Coded tails (“Pink,” “Blue”), AIiT finds many ways to show passion and reverence with a heart full of play. All too often, acts can get caught in their own lore, but as a project set out to recapture a remembered and studied sound, Spectrum swirls with its own shades in established, albeit eclectic, lines. In turn, Wiener possesses an equally shifting pipe set—never quite as goofy as early Arcturus bobblehead croons or as blood-freezing as searing Emperor cries—that remains unique enough to make the sound his own. And, with a few helping hands, cementing a more modern barked edge here and there keeps Spectrum from sounding dated in its tribute.

What continues to strike me most about Spectrum, though, is the sense of calm that persists around its extreme endeavors. Bookended by the acoustic and wistful melodies of “Yellow” and “Green,”1 AIiT manages to create a peaceful yet darting world with its jovial, marching open and lighthearted, whistling close. This sense of relaxing harmony pervades through fleeting melodies that warp into climbing yet restrained guitar leads (“White”) and heavily layered clean vocal layers that recall the buoyant nature of Lars Nedland at his cleanest (Age of Silence, White Void). Still, Wiener’s sense of stacking lines for atmosphere rather than anthemic impact allows his ventures into harsh switches to wedge a thicker slice of black metal fervor, both with guests2 and his own vicious shrieks (“Pink” and “Black” in particular).

This same floating character about the softer side of Spectrum’s compositions does cause a couple of hiccups along the way. It’s not that the ethereal nature of AIiT’s play with swelling, reverb-drenched chords (“Pink”) and shimmering patch swirls (“Black”) feel out of place in a black metal excursion of this nature—those elements stand as its highlights. With such careful focus on the expositional twinkle and conclusive prance, Spectrum can feel wanting and inhibited in explosive content. At just a touch over thirty minutes, its bursts feel like but splashes of color in the brilliance of cutting riffs and slithering screams. And with not a moment that needs removal—except for the break to silence in “Red” that bifurcates its movement a touch too long for my liking—Spectrum falls in the rare category of albums that could stand from an extra arrangement or two of AIiT’s broad, explorative palette.

Talent oozes through the meticulous web of studied, diverse black metal architecture that Am I in Trouble? possesses. And through Wiener’s variegated vision of what this style can be, Spectrum shows both its experimental roots and reverent presence. Atmosphere can be double-edged, though—both leaving me wanting more and allowing me to bend gracefully with its bows. I’m never sure whether one hit of Spectrum is enough. What I do know, though, is that I can feel the passion with which Wiener has embarked upon this journey, of one steady mind, and with help from friends, Spectrum makes me smile. I also know that with a debut of this fortitude, an installation of a grander, kaleidoscopic showing hangs in, hopefully, the not too distant future.

Rating: 3.0/5.0
DR: 8 | Format Reviewed: PCM
Label: Self Release3
Websites: ampwall.com/a/amiintrouble 4 | instagram.com/ami_in_trouble
Releases Worldwide: January 3rd, 2025

#2025 #30 #Agalloch #AgeOfSilence #AmIInTrouble_ #Arcturus #Ashenheart #BlackMetal #Code #EmberBelladonna #Emperor #IndependentRelease #Jan25 #NegativeBliss #PostBlackMetal #PostMetal #ProgressiveBlackMetal #ProgressiveMetal #SelfRelease #Spectrum #WhiteVoid

Last year ended with some good news for Covid vaccination:
The European Medicines Agency recommended authorization for its first next generation Covid vaccine.

Authorization for 30 European countries should follow in January or February.
-- And manufacturers plan to apply for approvals in the UK and US this year as well – and perhaps elsewhere, too.

The vaccine is the self-amplifying mRNA vaccine developed by the US company, #Arcturus.

And there’s some evidence that it works better, and for longer, than first generation mRNA Covid vax.

So far, there are results at 12 months.

Buckle up, though, for the turbulence that’s sure to come with it.

An extreme misinformation campaign that accompanied this vaccine’s arrival in Japan, reached into the anti-vax world in the US as well.

Intense fear-mongering for a very new type of vaccine was always to be expected.

Now, if the worst comes to the worst at US health agencies,
and the manufacturers go ahead with an application to the FDA,
who knows what kind of drama lies ahead on top of that?
https://hildabastian.wordpress.com/2025/01/03/some-good-news-at-least-for-the-start-of-the-year/

Labyrinthus Stellarum – Vortex of the Worlds [Things You Might Have Missed 2024]

By GardensTale

Black metal and outer space are an excellent match, playing off the cold, cruel, and distant properties they both share. Bands like Arcturus, Mesarthim and Mare Cognitum have explored the reaches of the galaxy in their own ways. But the newest forerunners of this particular niche come from an unlikely background. Brothers Alexander and Misha Andronati, 24 and 17 years old respectively, launched Labyrinthus Stellarum back in 2021 and have persisted through the rain of bombs and shrapnel that’s since descended on their hometown of Odesa, Ukraine. Vortex of the Worlds is their second album, and it has made weekly returns to my spaceship comms ever since I first heard it back in April.

Labyrinthus Stellarum plays a brand of melodic black metal infused through and through with synthesizer magic, piping futuristic trance through aggressive metal assaults. Taking care of lead melody and atmospherics alike, the versatility of the keys and their expert implementation are the shining stars here. There are traces of pre-hiatus …and Oceans, as well as Mesarthim. But Vortex of the Worlds is more organic and atmospheric than the former, yet more concrete and grounded than the latter. Abandoning the screams and guitars would still leave you with an awesome science fiction soundtrack, something that would not be amiss in a Metroid game or No Man’s Sky. But the rhythm guitar, intelligently programmed drums and Alexander’s raw scream combine with the bleep-bloops into a more sinister spectacle, ready to summon unknowable beings from across the universe.

The addictiveness of Labyrinthus Stellarum is down to a level of songwriting far beyond the founders’ years or experience. Every single hook is an absolute banger, from the bouncy blips of “Transcendence” to the quirky split-ascending hook and explosive hard trance of “Interstellar Wandering,” and the lonely echoing melody that sketches a deep space melancholy of the title track. Each of the 6 tracks feels wholly unique, even if some compositional tricks lean towards overuse (the ‘nothing but the synths with an underwater filter’ bridge occurs at least once per song). “The Light of Dying Worlds” is grand and ominous, the soundtrack to Elder Gods tearing down reality, which contrasts with the pulsing nightclub vibes of “Downfall” which outlines an unholy combination of cyberpunk and cosmic horror.

With a tight 37-minute runtime, the album is devoid of fat, even in the longer compositions. The production is slightly woolly, but once I got used to this, it actually feels fitting for an album on the suffocating horrors of deep space. With every spin, Labyrinthus Stellarum amazes me more. The artists are young, their circumstances are harsh, yet the sophistication, eye to detail, and compositional excellence are absolutely out of this world. Vortex of the Worlds leaves you wanting more as soon as the last note fades.

Tracks to Check Out: ”Transcendence,” “Downfall,” “Vortex of the Worlds”

#AndOceans #Arcturus #LabyrinthusStellarum #MareCognitum #MelodicBlackMetal #Mesarthim #SelfReleased #ThingsYouMightHaveMissed #ThingsYouMightHaveMissed2024 #TYMHM #UkrainianMetal #VortexOfTheWorlds

La comète #TsunchishanAtlas depuis #Rennes le 14 Octobre 2024, le ciel est dégagé ! 😃
Manque de bol... Elle est juste derrière le grand immeuble blanc, et en bas à gauche de l'étoile #Arcturus... ☹️
On attend ce soir... 🧐

Gichi Miskwaabik Anang, the great copper star, is known to me as #Arcturus. It is one of my favourite stars. Just about 40 light-years from here, it is a giant red-orange star that is old and likely approaching or after its "helium flash" burning phase.