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There are two fictional radio transmissions that always chill me to the bone.

People who know me will know exactly what I am talking about, and can switch channels now. :)

One is from the cover of a science fiction game, the other from a song.

Let's talk about the game first.

Traveller is the granddaddy of all science fiction role-playing games. Influenced heavily by Andre Norton and the Golden Age of SciFi, it was first published as three little black books that came in a little black box.

On the cover with "Traveller" in red, and "Science-Fiction Adventure in the Far Future" beneath it in white.

Above that though, was one of the most attention-grabbing fragments of text ever. It was a radio transmission:
"This is Free Trader Beowulf, calling anyone...
Mayday Mayday... we are under attack... main drive is gone... turret number one is not responding... Mayday... losing cabin pressure fast.. calling anyone..please help... This is Free Trader Beowulf... Mayday"

It paints a bleak picture of a lone ship in the depths of space, out of luck and out of time. Does the crew have any chance at all? Even after decades, this chokes my throat and brings tears to my eyes.

The second is from the Mike Oldfield song Five Miles out. It is also a mayday call. But this time it is the weather that is the enemy. "Mayday mayday mayday
Calling all stations
This is Golf Mike Oscar Victor Juliet
IMC cu nimb icing
In great difficulty
Over"

Here we have a little Beechcraft 18 caught up in a thunderstorm it has almost no chance of dealing with. But the pilot is going to do his best to try and get help from the ground.

The ATC is doing their best, too, but it is not looking good "Victor Juliet your identity I have lost in the violent storm. Communicate or squawk emergency."
Telling the pilot that they only got part of the message, and asking for more information - or for the plane to switch its transponder to the emergency channel 7700.

Again, someone alone in an untenable position, doing their best to get help and to hang on as long as they can.

And yes, they have been inspirations for me.

So folks, are there any fictional radio transmissions that always get to you? Or have inspired your own writing?

#TravellerRPG #MikeOldfield #FiveMilesOut #Music #SciFi #RadioMessages #Writing #Gaming #TTRPG

There are two fictional radio transmissions that always chill me to the bone.

People who know me will know exactly what I am talking about, and can switch channels now. :)

One is from the cover of a science fiction game, the other from a song.

Let's talk about the game first.

Traveller is the granddaddy of all science fiction role-playing games. Influenced heavily by Andre Norton and the Golden Age of SciFi, it was first published as three little black books that came in a little black box.

On the cover with "Traveller" in red, and "Science-Fiction Adventure in the Far Future" beneath it in white.

Above that though, was one of the most attention-grabbing fragments of text ever. It was a radio transmission:
"This is Free Trader Beowulf, calling anyone...
Mayday Mayday... we are under attack... main drive is gone... turret number one is not responding... Mayday... losing cabin pressure fast.. calling anyone..please help... This is Free Trader Beowulf... Mayday"

It paints a bleak picture of a lone ship in the depths of space, out of luck and out of time. Does the crew have any chance at all? Even after decades, this chokes my throat and brings tears to my eyes.

The second is from the Mike Oldfield song Five Miles out. It is also a mayday call. But this time it is the weather that is the enemy. "Mayday mayday mayday
Calling all stations
This is Golf Mike Oscar Victor Juliet
IMC cu nimb icing
In great difficulty
Over"

Here we have a little Beechcraft 18 caught up in a thunderstorm it has almost no chance of dealing with. But the pilot is going to do his best to try and get help from the ground.

The ATC is doing their best, too, but it is not looking good "Victor Juliet your identity I have lost in the violent storm. Communicate or squawk emergency."
Telling the pilot that they only got part of the message, and asking for more information - or for the plane to switch its transponder to the emergency channel 7700.

Again, someone alone in an untenable position, doing their best to get help and to hang on as long as they can.

And yes, they have been inspirations for me.

So folks, are there any fictional radio transmissions that always get to you? Or have inspired your own writing?

#TravellerRPG #MikeOldfield #FiveMilesOut #Music #SciFi #RadioMessages #Writing #Gaming #TTRPG

Que els d'Opus One han muntat un senyor concert per l'eclipsi de Tubular Bells + Hergest Ridge + Ommadawn 😱😱😱 I a sobre gratis!

Em queda una mica lluny, però sé que em segueix gent que li queda a prop (Palència). I també l'enregistraran. Més info: https://www.opusone.cat/es/post/el-concierto-del-eclipse

#música #MikeOldfield #TubularBells #HergestRidge #Ommadawn

Que els d'Opus One han muntat un senyor concert per l'eclipsi de Tubular Bells + Hergest Ridge + Ommadawn 😱😱😱 I a sobre gratis!

Em queda una mica lluny, però sé que em segueix gent que li queda a prop (Palència). I també l'enregistraran. Més info: https://www.opusone.cat/es/post/el-concierto-del-eclipse

#música #MikeOldfield #TubularBells #HergestRidge #Ommadawn

Als alter Gen-Xer höre ich in meinem geistigen Ohr diese Meldung natürlich jedes Mal, wenn sie auftaucht, auf die Melodie von "Shadow on the wall"
#mikeoldfield

Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells (Virgin VR13-105, 1973)

I bought this because I’m an idiot and was thinking it was the main sample on the Orb’s “Fluffy Little Clouds.” Not even close. (That’s Steve Reich/Pat Metheny.) This is the Exorcist soundtrack and I hate it. Not my deal. At all. (It’s probably alright if you’re *super* high.)

@vinylrecords #vinyl #MikeOldfield

Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells (Virgin VR13-105, 1973)

I bought this because I’m an idiot and was thinking it was the main sample on the Orb’s “Fluffy Little Clouds.” Not even close. (That’s Steve Reich/Pat Metheny.) This is the Exorcist soundtrack and I hate it. Not my deal. At all. (It’s probably alright if you’re *super* high.)

@vinylrecords #vinyl #MikeOldfield

Tubular Bells 2026 from the BBC Proms 🤘

https://youtu.be/JEquvyaBCLI [ 7' 54"]

#TubularBells #MikeOldfield #Proms2026

Tubular Bells 2026 from the BBC Proms 🤘

https://youtu.be/JEquvyaBCLI [ 7' 54"]

#TubularBells #MikeOldfield #Proms2026

Ik heb nog maar het begin gehoord en het lijkt erop dat ze Mike eer doen.
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BBC Proms 2026 - Tubular Bells
https://youtube.com/watch?v=JEquvyaBCLI&is=9yTiS35Gt3F6FDaJ
#MikeOldfield #TubularBells

Tubular Bells and its various sequels and versions is a bit like the MCU. You can listen to each of them and enjoy all your favorite characters, uhm, I mean themes, reappear in exiting variations and combinations.

#MikeOldfield #TubularBells #music

Tubular Bells and its various sequels and versions is a bit like the MCU. You can listen to each of them and enjoy all your favorite characters, uhm, I mean themes, reappear in exiting variations and combinations.

#MikeOldfield #TubularBells #music

Tune!! #TOTP #MikeOldfield

LP-Radiowerbung (November 1989) trifft Plattenschrank:
Ronny's Pop Show 14 (CBS)

#compilation #sampler #cbs #ronnyspopshow #kaoma #lambada #blackbox #rideontime #technotronic #tinaturner #mikeoldfield #martika #toysoldiers #lizaminnelli #honesty69 #frenchkiss #millivanilli #radio #radiowerbung #ads #radioads #vinyl #record #1989 #80er #80s

LP-Radiowerbung (November 1989) trifft Plattenschrank:
Ronny's Pop Show 14 (CBS)

#compilation #sampler #cbs #ronnyspopshow #kaoma #lambada #blackbox #rideontime #technotronic #tinaturner #mikeoldfield #martika #toysoldiers #lizaminnelli #honesty69 #frenchkiss #millivanilli #radio #radiowerbung #ads #radioads #vinyl #record #1989 #80er #80s

#music #MikeOldfield #tubular #bells
Слухаємо: https://youtu.be/_86Gm9iclAg

Не забувайте стежити за нашим музичним каналом [Музика на хвилях піратського Радіо 390]. Зі швидкістю ноти. Музичні треки: https://tinyurl.com/signal-music-wave

#music #MikeOldfield #tubular #bells
Слухаємо: https://youtu.be/_86Gm9iclAg

Не забувайте стежити за нашим музичним каналом [Музика на хвилях піратського Радіо 390]. Зі швидкістю ноти. Музичні треки: https://tinyurl.com/signal-music-wave

Tune!!! #TOTP #MikeOldfield

Tune!!! #TOTP #MikeOldfield

TNO – Metonymy
#Alternative #JeanMichelJarre #MikeOldfield #Vangelis #VintageSynths #genesis #progressive #synth1 #tangerinedream #Lille
CC BY-NC-ND (#CreativeCommons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives) #ccmusic
https://tno1.bandcamp.com/album/metonymy

TNO – Metonymy
#Alternative #JeanMichelJarre #MikeOldfield #Vangelis #VintageSynths #genesis #progressive #synth1 #tangerinedream #Lille
CC BY-NC-ND (#CreativeCommons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives) #ccmusic
https://tno1.bandcamp.com/album/metonymy

TNO – Sounds in the Chroma Key
#Alternative #Enigma #JeanMichelJarre #MikeOldfield #Vangelis #ambient #chillout #lounge #progressive #psychedelic #Lille
CC BY-NC-ND (#CreativeCommons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives) #ccmusic
https://tno1.bandcamp.com/album/sounds-in-the-chroma-key

TNO – Sounds in the Chroma Key
#Alternative #Enigma #JeanMichelJarre #MikeOldfield #Vangelis #ambient #chillout #lounge #progressive #psychedelic #Lille
CC BY-NC-ND (#CreativeCommons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives) #ccmusic
https://tno1.bandcamp.com/album/sounds-in-the-chroma-key

TNO – Etheration
#70s #Alternative #MikeOldfield #Vangelis #VintageSynths #instrumental #progressive #tangerinedream #Lille
CC BY-NC-ND (#CreativeCommons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives) #ccmusic
https://tno1.bandcamp.com/album/etheration

TNO – Etheration
#70s #Alternative #MikeOldfield #Vangelis #VintageSynths #instrumental #progressive #tangerinedream #Lille
CC BY-NC-ND (#CreativeCommons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives) #ccmusic
https://tno1.bandcamp.com/album/etheration

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Meine kleine #nachtmusik
#music #musik #rockmusic #coloursofrock ##classicrock #mikeoldfield #MikeOldfieldFanClub

https://youtu.be/W8eOQ5Yyjow?is=cKvctpYyDNmgTnOr

On May 15th, 1953: #MikeOldfield, British musician and composer (Tubular Bells), born in Reading, Berkshire.
#HappyBirthday #73 ⊹₊⋆🎂💐🎉₊°⊹

On May 15th, 1953: #MikeOldfield, British musician and composer (Tubular Bells), born in Reading, Berkshire.
#HappyBirthday #73 ⊹₊⋆🎂💐🎉₊°⊹

#WenkoffRetro No. 318 🎶❤️
#retromusic

Klidný pátek s hudebním kalendářem! 🤞

Dnes slaví 73. narozeniny *Michael Gordon Oldfield*!

*Mike Oldfield*, nar. 15.5.1953, je 🇬🇧 multiinstrumentalista, skladatel a producent, který zásadně ovlivnil podobu moderní hudby propojením rocku, elektroniky, folku a vážné hudby.

Profesionální dráhu zahájil již v r. 1967 v sourozeneckém folkovém duu *The Sallyangie* se sestrou Sally. Skutečný zlom však nastal v r. 1973, kdy vydal své první sólové album *Tubular Bells*. Toto monumentální instrumentální dílo se stalo prvním titulem nově vzniklého vydavatelství *Virgin Records* a díky své kvalitě (a použití úvodního motivu ve filmu Vymítač ďábla) se stalo celosvětovým fenoménem.

Mike je známý svou schopností ovládnout desítky hudebních nástrojů. Jeho styl se v průběhu dekád proměňoval od progresive rocku a symfonických skladeb přes new age a ambient až po pop-rock 80. let.

Dosud Mike vydal 26 studiových alb. Za zmínku stojí ta nejzásadnější:

- *Tubular Bells* (1973): Definující dílo jeho kariéry.

- *Ommadawn* (1975): Je považováno za vrchol jeho folkově-etnických fúzí.

- *Crises* (1983): Obsahuje jeho největší komerční hit, popovou klasiku „Moonlight Shadow“.

- *The Songs of Distant Earth* (1994): Průkopnické dílo v oblasti digitální produkce a sci-fi atmosféry.

Za *Tubular Bells* získal v r. 1975 cenu Grammy za nejlepší instrumentální kompozici. Kromě toho je držitelem mnoha zlatých a platinových desek po celém světě.

V současné době žije Mike v ústraní na Bahamách. Jeho posledním velkým studiovým počinem bylo album *Return to Ommadawn* (2017). Ačkoliv fanoušci stále doufají v dokončení projektu *Tubular Bells 4*, Mike se věnuje především soukromému životu a k veřejnému dění se vyjadřuje jen zřídka.

My si dnes dáme po ochutnávce z jeho 8. a 9. alba.
Fajnoví šmekři si zřejmě dají nějakou kompozici v kuse. Já taky, jen co si uvařím ☕ a sednu k práci.

Enjoy! ♥️🎶
#MikeOldfield

#WenkoffRetro No. 318 🎶❤️
#retromusic

Klidný pátek s hudebním kalendářem! 🤞

Dnes slaví 73. narozeniny *Michael Gordon Oldfield*!

*Mike Oldfield*, nar. 15.5.1953, je 🇬🇧 multiinstrumentalista, skladatel a producent, který zásadně ovlivnil podobu moderní hudby propojením rocku, elektroniky, folku a vážné hudby.

Profesionální dráhu zahájil již v r. 1967 v sourozeneckém folkovém duu *The Sallyangie* se sestrou Sally. Skutečný zlom však nastal v r. 1973, kdy vydal své první sólové album *Tubular Bells*. Toto monumentální instrumentální dílo se stalo prvním titulem nově vzniklého vydavatelství *Virgin Records* a díky své kvalitě (a použití úvodního motivu ve filmu Vymítač ďábla) se stalo celosvětovým fenoménem.

Mike je známý svou schopností ovládnout desítky hudebních nástrojů. Jeho styl se v průběhu dekád proměňoval od progresive rocku a symfonických skladeb přes new age a ambient až po pop-rock 80. let.

Dosud Mike vydal 26 studiových alb. Za zmínku stojí ta nejzásadnější:

- *Tubular Bells* (1973): Definující dílo jeho kariéry.

- *Ommadawn* (1975): Je považováno za vrchol jeho folkově-etnických fúzí.

- *Crises* (1983): Obsahuje jeho největší komerční hit, popovou klasiku „Moonlight Shadow“.

- *The Songs of Distant Earth* (1994): Průkopnické dílo v oblasti digitální produkce a sci-fi atmosféry.

Za *Tubular Bells* získal v r. 1975 cenu Grammy za nejlepší instrumentální kompozici. Kromě toho je držitelem mnoha zlatých a platinových desek po celém světě.

V současné době žije Mike v ústraní na Bahamách. Jeho posledním velkým studiovým počinem bylo album *Return to Ommadawn* (2017). Ačkoliv fanoušci stále doufají v dokončení projektu *Tubular Bells 4*, Mike se věnuje především soukromému životu a k veřejnému dění se vyjadřuje jen zřídka.

My si dnes dáme po ochutnávce z jeho 8. a 9. alba.
Fajnoví šmekři si zřejmě dají nějakou kompozici v kuse. Já taky, jen co si uvařím ☕ a sednu k práci.

Enjoy! ♥️🎶
#MikeOldfield

Mike Oldfield: Legendario músico inglés

Mike Oldfield es quizás más conocido por su innovador álbum debut, Tubular Bells, lanzado en 1973, que se convirtió en un éxito crítico y comercial inesperado. Este álbum icónico no solo lanzó la carrera de Oldfield, sino que también dejó una marca indeleble en la industria musical. Nació el 15 de mayo de 1953 en Reading, Inglaterra, y el viaje…

#Akerix #TubularBells #MikeOldfield #MusicaProgresiva
https://akerix.com/on-this-day/05-15-mike-oldfield-1953

Found myself listening to Mount Teide by #MikeOldfield. Never been one of my favourites - weird rhythm signature, a bit diddly bomp, but quite pleasant for all that.

Found myself listening to Mount Teide by #MikeOldfield. Never been one of my favourites - weird rhythm signature, a bit diddly bomp, but quite pleasant for all that.

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🎵 Mike Oldfield - Crime of passion

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🎵 Mike Oldfield - Crime of passion

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Secrets y Far Avobe the clouds en directo 2 veces seguidas en el año 98.
Oír esas campanadas en directo tuvo que ser increíble.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqtW8Qkk2lk

#MikeOldfield #tubularbells

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🎵 Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow (12in)

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Alte LP-Radiowerbung (Dezember 1983) trifft Plattenschrank:
Super Hit News (K-tel)
Sprecher: Werner Reinke

#compilation #ariola #hitnews #mikeoldfield #lionelrichie #trio #eltonjohn #cultureclub #boytronic #döf #peterschilling #majortom #menwithouthats #pop #rock #ndw #synthpop #80er #80shits #altewerbung #radiowerbung #radio #radioads #werbespot #flashback #throwback #retro #vinyl #wernerreinke

#nowplaying während der #abendrunde mit #django
#MikeOldfield - #incantations , Pt. III
Großartige Scheibe

#playlistofmylife

#nowplaying während der #abendrunde mit #django
#MikeOldfield - #TubularBells, Pt. I (#live)
Hatte man jahrelang gezweifelt, dass er das Werk live aufführen kann, liefert er SO ein Brett ab.

#playlistofmylife

#MikeOldfield ist echt so einer, wo ich sogar auf den eher mittelmäßigen, späteren Alben, die ich erst jetzt langsam kennenlerne, außergewöhnlich hübsche #GutMukke-Tracks entdecke. Folgendes klingt fast wie eine Homage an Rondo Veneziano.

https://youtu.be/w_dJQ3Olzqk

Woke up from a lovely dream where I was at a smart resort in Wales and I was the only resident who could fly around rather than walking on the ground. Soundtrack was “Weightless” by #MikeOldfield. Nice feeling.