Unfettered Skies is now available on BandCamp https://markhorning.bandcamp.com/album/unfettered-skies
http://rocketsong.blogspot.com/2024/03/unfettered-skies.html
New rewite of Dreams of Dragons up on YouTube
http://rocketsong.blogspot.com/2023/04/dreams-of-dragons-21.html
Just released: https://markhorning.bandcamp.com/album/lands-lore
http://rocketsong.blogspot.com/2023/03/lands-lore-is-now-live-on-bandcamp.html
As I write this Artemis I is on the pad. For, I think the third time. Now Artemis is the bureaucratic love child of Apollo and the Space Shuttle. Bloated, overpriced, and "government", ...
I plan to put this up on the next album, but no reason not to release it as a single as well. Ended up multi-tracking guitar, bass and vocals. https://markhorning.bandcamp.com/track/ol...
http://rocketsong.blogspot.com/2022/08/oleander-highway-now-up-on-bandcamp.html
I have a new EP up on Bandcamp. An EP is variously described, but generally it's a short album of under 30 minutes. Typically 4-5 songs. https://markhorning.bandcamp.com/album/troubled-...
http://rocketsong.blogspot.com/2022/06/new-ep-troubled-times-up-on-bandcamp.html
The prompt for this year's FilkOntario (which was virtual again) was "Building Bridges". My first thought was, how uninspiring... ... and then I wrote this:
http://rocketsong.blogspot.com/2022/04/fko-song-contest.html
Doing FAWM again. Posts will be on my YouTube channel.
Ford is just a "wee bit" behind on building the new Ford Bronco. As a result, FoMoCo has been sending out swag and other incentives to keep the hype going. This week, they brought some Bron...
http://rocketsong.blogspot.com/2021/10/drive-bronco-ft-mcdowell.html
Another virtual convention, and another virtual concert.
http://rocketsong.blogspot.com/2021/05/2021-leprecon-concert.html
... but that's never been what a ship is for:
http://rocketsong.blogspot.com/2020/09/a-ship-in-harbor-is-safe.html
We watched the Crewed Dragon flight live, with 10 million of our closest friends. That is, between NASA, NASA TV, and SpaceX livesteams there were over 10 million folks watching. And note, th...
http://rocketsong.blogspot.com/2020/07/crew-dragon-10-million-streams.html
Thanks to all the restrictions, Sci Fi conventions are being cancelled left and right. Several have moved into virtual spaces, using Zoom, and Facebook, and YouTube (and all three mixed togethe...
http://rocketsong.blogspot.com/2020/04/virtual-conventions.html
Columbia (STS-107) flew apart 16 minutes prior to her scheduled landing: 16 Minutes Words and music (c) Mark E. Horning 5 Feb 2020 16 minutes from home, and the board is looking green 16 mi...
Fifty years ago, the world watched in awe as three men rode into space on one of the most powerful machines ever built by man. Some days later, the entire world watched enraptured when one of tho...
http://rocketsong.blogspot.com/2019/07/fifty-years-ago-world-watched-in-awe-as.html
Modified from my 1969 Betty Crocker Cookbook: 1 1/2 cups flour 3/4 cups sugar 2 1/2 tsp baking powder 3/4 tsp salt 1/4 cup shortening 3/4 cup milk 1 egg Cut in the shortening into the ...
http://rocketsong.blogspot.com/2019/07/marks-coffee-cake.html
There is an old expression: If you trust the government, you clearly failed history. Americans are not meant to trust the government. Americans were never meant to trust the government. T...
Ok. So I sold the D-03R-12 to a musician who was in town just for two days. Band is from North Carolina, touring through the country in a beat up van. Apparently they had a gig at the MIM S...
Sold two nice wooden guitars to a fellow on the Larrivee forum: D-03R-12 (Rosewood Dreadnought) LS-03 (Semi-Custom Forum Guitar) They get there, and he says they are Fabulous. Woot! Cu...
http://rocketsong.blogspot.com/2018/12/they-keep-coming-back.html
Janus wins at the SCOTUS! I hate unions, with a passion. But the one thing I hate more than unions is being FORCED to join one against my will. Forced unionism prima facie runs smack up a...
http://rocketsong.blogspot.com/2018/06/glorius-day-janus.html
A guy I have known for years on-line posted a want-to-buy add on the Acoustic Guitar Forum for a Guild F-212. This is Guilds "Small Jumbo" body size. Same size as a Taylor GA, though obviousl...
http://rocketsong.blogspot.com/2018/04/frustration-12-string-edition.html
Thoughts on Mr. Flake's senate speech: I watched my Junior Senator give a long speech today, where he lambasted the "Tone" from the top of the government, i.e. Mr. Trump. Specifically he calle...
http://rocketsong.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-disappointment-of-flake.html
I am SO DONE with leftists claiming that anyone who disagrees with them on their nutty "big government is the answer to everything" is a racist. Grow up. The only folks who ever put people in ca...
http://rocketsong.blogspot.com/2017/10/a-year-later-and-still-barking-up-wrong.html
Now is not the time to discuss gun control. - If not now then when? Not when, where. - Where? What do you mean where? Where. The place. The proper location. The proper location to discuss...
http://rocketsong.blogspot.com/2017/10/and-here-we-go-again-las-vegas-edition.html
There are many reasons to use alternative materials in the construction of musical instruments. Sometimes it is because traditional ones have become too expensive or restricted (like Brazillian R...