Public:Group Solstice Show 2014
"This is what it is to be human: to see the essential existential futility of all action, all striving -- and to act, to strive." -Spider Robinson, Stardance
Whistling past the sun's graveyard
For the past few years, a number of people got together to stream over 24hrs of music. It'd be nice to do it again. Why? Because nothing matters unless we decide it matters.
2014 planning
Winter Solstice, the discrete event, occurs at 21 December 23:03 UTC
The Sets
- 01) 2014.12.21, 16:00-18:00ET: Grahams Completely Pre-recorded Programme (tracklist) (archive)
- 02) 2014.12.21, 18:00-19:00ET: Trevor Fristoe--Celebrate the Dark (tracklist)
- 03) 2014.12.21, 19:00-20:00ET: Michael Chang--Love Death Singularity (tracklist)
- 04) 2014.12.21, 20:00-22:00ET: Christian Gunning--Modern, Pre vs Post; Ars Americana; Songs of
Love and Longing (tracklist)
- 05) 2014.12.21, 22:00-00:00ET: Andrea Chrisman--A Year Behind the Redwood Curtain (tracklist)
- 06) 2014.12.22, 00:00-01:00ET: Casey Girard--Path of Least Resistance (tracklist)
- 07) 2014.12.22, 01:00-02:00ET: Matt Girard--The Best Meal I've Ever Had (tracklist)
- 08) 2014.12.22, 02:00-02:03ET: Melissa Pardi--Once More. With Feeling. In A Car (tracklist)
- 09) 2014.12.22, 02:03-08:00ET: Sean T. Hammond--Kittens: Tigers. Puppies: Wolves (tracklist)
- 10) 2014.12.22, 08:00-09:00ET: Vincent Abate--VmlkZW8gR2FtZSBNdXNpYyE= (tracklist)
- 11) 2014.12.22, 09:00-12:00ET: Sophus & Sean--Wild Card, Biscuits! (tracklist)
- 12) 2014.12.22, 12:00-14:00ET: Mel Pardi--Tribalish, A Message, Saturnalia (tracklist)
- 13) 2014.12.22, 14:00-16:00ET: Jeremiah -- Coffee is for closers (tracklist)
Useful
- Useful for calculating some solar and lunar events: http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneDay.php
Past presenters have used sunrise/sunset/solstice times to time events in their shows. That's what this list is here for. Please add more locations, if you like.
| Where | +/- UTC | Local Sunset (21 December) | End Local Twilight (21 December) | Begin Local Twilight (22 December) | Sunrise (22 December) | Moon rise (21 December) | Moon set (21 December) | Global Solstice (21 December) | Local Solstice (21 December) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston, MA | -5 | 16:15 | 16:47 | 06:39 | 07:11 | 06:22 | 16:20 | 23:03 UTC | 18:03 |
| NY, NY | -5 | 16:31 | 17:02 | 06:46 | 07:17 | 06:29 | 16:36 | 23:03 UTC | 18:03 |
| Dryden, NY | -5 | 16:35 | 17:07 | 07:00 | 07:32 | 06:44 | 16:41 | 23:03 UTC | 18:03 |
| Rochester, NY | -5 | 16:38 | 17:11 | 07:07 | 07:40 | 06:51 | 16:45 | 23:03 UTC | 18:03 |
| Washington, DC | -5 | 16:49 | 17:19 | 06:54 | 07:24 | 06:38 | 16:54 | 23:03 UTC | 18:03 |
| Bonita Springs | -5 | 17:40 | 18:05 | 06:46 | 07:11 | 06:32 | 17:39 | 23:03 UTC | 18:03 |
| Albuquerque, NM | -7 | 16:58 | 17:27 | 06:43 | 07:11 | 06:32 | 17:05 | 23:03 UTC | 16:03 |
| Silver City, NM | -7 | 17:11 | 17:38 | 06:45 | 07:12 | 06:34 | 17:17 | 23:03 UTC | 16:03 |
| Corvallis, OR | -8 | 16:36 | 17:09 | 07:14 | 07:47 | 07:05 | 16:51 | 23:03 UTC | 15:03 |
| Crescent City, CA | -8 | 16.49 | 17:21 | 07:10 | 07:41 | 07:01 | 17:03 | 23:03 UTC | 15:03 |
| San Francisco, CA | -8 | 16:54 | 17:24 | 06:53 | 07:22 | 06:44 | 17:05 | 23:03 UTC | 15:03 |
| Redwood City, CA | -8 | 16:54 | 17:24 | 06:51 | 07:20 | 06:43 | 17:05 | 23:03 UTC | 15:03 |
What the fuck is local solstice vs global solstice? Solstice is currently calculated as an event that happens once on the planet. I am not math, so I took the UTC time from sunrise to solstice and used that interval to come up with "local solstice." I'm sure there is a better way to calculate this.
Math is hard. If someone wants to check/improve my local solstice calcs, please do so.