Last chance to book advance tickets for the Stroll On 360 party tomorrow evening featuring…

KRAKATOA
THE SUPERNOVAS
INWITS

Tickets are £7 on the door, but just £5 if you snap to it and book them now!

The first gig of the year took place at Proud Galleries in Camden, I can still recall the walk from the tube station to the Lock, on a freezing cold evening when I saw just one person on my way to the gig. Camden a ghost town? It really was that night, but forty or so brave souls showed up to see Krakatoa play a set that soon warmed the crowd up.

Fast forward three and a half months to a beautiful spring day in April. 360 Degree Music are hosting the Camden Crawl at Tommy Flynn’s, a hostelry situated between Mornington Crescent and Camden stations. Actually, it’s the Camden Trawl, as the venue is not officially part of the Crawl, but that doesn’t stop us from having bigger crowds than many of the official venues.

Thirteen bands play in twelve hours, everyone goes on at the scheduled time, there are only three minor skirmishes, no ones head gets busted, and stars of the day are Krakatoa, (yes it’s them again, and this time they are headlining this extravaganza); The Supernovas, (a storming set that wins the best reception of the day on their North London home turf); Rum Shebeen, (proving once again what a great band they are, but why only one single in three years?); a wonderful debut set by Savants; Reader’s Wives’ London debut, which is a totally assured, singalong affair; a rollicking, Beatlesque, Motown meets the modern age set by Inwits; and a sparse solo performance from Paul Liddell, which wins plaudits from journalist Gavin Martin.

Stroll On’s remarkable residency at central London’s The Social provided several highlights of the year, with The Metros’ penultimate gig in March, which drew a sellout crowd by 9.30; Mozzy Green’s beautiful intensity enrapturing the audience in April, and an astonishing aural barrage/sonic symphony from Screaming Tea Party in June. Later in the year, Gringo Star ,The Supernovas and Yves Klein Blue gave garland winning performances on a glorious night in November.

Also in November, Reader’s Wives returned to London with storming sets at two packed-to-the-rafters gigs at Peter Parker’s in old Tin Pan Alley, and Tommy Flynn’s (I see a theme developing here…). The same week bore witness to three shows from Sweden’s psychsters Mono Stereo, who played a fine show at Kentish Town’s Flowerpot, and an absolute stormer supporting Violens at Proud Galleries.

Upon returning to Dublin, Reader’s Wives played a launch show, in support of their ‘Secrecy & Sex’ EP, at Dublin’s stunning Odessa Club. Contraceptives were dispatched into the crowd from the stage, people drank and danced, and a jolly good time was had by all. Support band Mozzy Green were disappointed with their own performance, but they were the only ones, and they received a warm reception from a very warm and appreciative audience (that’s Dublin for ya!).

Talking of Dublin, Krakatoa and The Supernovas both visited the fair city in July for their debut Irish shows, both winning many fans and compliments. Both bands also followed their return to London with single launches, Krakatoa selling out the Legion on a warm July night, and The Supernovas repeating the feat in a sweaty night at The Social at the beginning of August.

Oh, did I mention that Krakatoa played 18 gigs in 18 nights, supporting Alabama 3 on a trek that took in the length and breadth of the country. And Gaoler’s Daughter and The Supernovas playing high profile support slots with Babyshambles?

2009’s live activity ends with a show at the Stroll On Christmas party, at Hoxton Bar & Kitchen on Monday 22^nd December. Krakatoa, The Supernovas and Inwits will all play – IT’S GONNA GO OFF!

Mad how we’re well over halfway into the old advent calender already, but it also means we’re drawing ever closer to the Stroll On Christmas Party next Tuesday, which is shaping up to be a fantastic night.

Stroll On will be taking over the Hoxton Bar & Grill for a bit of a 360 showcase, featuring…

KRAKATOA
THE SUPERNOVAS
INWITS

Tickets are £7 on the door, but just £5 if you snap to it and book them now!

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A stellar explosion, the supernova is the sensational death of a star. It can shine as bright as 100 billion Suns and radiate as much energy as the Sun would emit over 10 billion years.

Jets of high-energy light and matter are propelled into space and can cause massive Gamma Ray Bursts and emit intense X-ray radiation for thousands of years.

Astronomers believe that this process creates the very building blocks of planets, people and plants. Meet the world’s leading Supernova hunters, and take a look at recorded supernovas throughout history.

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Bismillah. More from Katie Paterson. I’m delighted that a brief conversation about supernovae 1-2 years ago at ROG led to an astronomical art display at the Tate.

Katie says:

I went on to contact and then work with Supernova Hunters all over the world, like you suggested. Particularly Prof Richard Ellis, then at Oxford, now Caltech.

It resulted in a huge map of ‘All the Dead Stars’ in the Universe – that was shown at Tate Britain early this year:

http://www.katiepaterson.org/deadstars/view.html

A whole 27,000 of them! (Gamma ray bursts, white dwarves, supernova type 1a,b etc)

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Actualizado a 16  de Agosto de 2009.

El siguiente es uno de los estudios más completos que existen sobre Supernovas. (Recomendamos primero ver los vídeos de ayer, para los conceptos básicos). http://online.itp.ucsb.edu/online/grb_c06/weiler/pdf/Weiler_KITP.pdf

Paciencia son 10 megas de fichero, pero merece la pena descargarlo.

Desde hace meses, sabemos que al menos dos estrellas próximas a nuestro vecindario galáctico, están llegando a su final. La primera es Betelgeuse, ubicada entre 460-660 Años luz, y otra de ellas es Antares entre 450 - 550 Años Luz. Ciertamente, en el pasado, existen vestigios claros que indican que determinadas extinciones se produjeron por causa de estas supernovas.

Sin embargo, esta vez, no sucederá, al menos no por esa causa. La distancia de seguridad de una supernova está en los 100 años luz. Por encima de estas distancias, la radiación gamma ya no es letal, aunque en la franja correspondiente a los 400-600 Años luz, supone un descenso de un 10-15% extra en los niveles de la capa de ozono, así como un exceso de ionización atmosférica, que debilita la ionosfera.

La cuestión, es que estudios muy recientes demuestran, que el exceso de rayos gamma y polvo cósmicos detectado en el espacio, explican muchos de los eventos de exceso de rayos gamma en los niveles detectados por el CLOUD06 CERN. En anteriores artículos, ya hemos analizado cómo los rayos gamma, producen esa ionización atmosférica. En éste, nos vamos a centrar en estudiar determinados conceptos básicos sobre las supernovas, su formación y su lógica. Dado que el estudio es muy denso y extremadamente técnico, antes de comenzar la exposición, nada mejor que explicar algunos conceptos técnicos con este reportaje de divulgación.

StarviewerTeam 2009

July 26th, 2009: NASA Revives Air-Scrubbing System on Space Station… & Crowded Space Station has International Flair…

July 27th, 2009: Total Amateurs Discover ‘Green Pea’ Galaxies… & Sleeping in Space is Easy, But There’s No Shower…

July 28th, 2009: Could Earth Be Hit, Like Jupiter Just Was?… & Virgin Galactic Deal Targets Small Satellite Launches…

July 29th, 2009: Space Shuttles May Have to Fly Beyond 2010, Panel Says…

July 30th, 2009: Science Instruments Ready for SOFIA Airborne Telescope… , Panel Says Moon Within NASA’s Reach… , Comets from Edge of Solar System Unlikely to Hit Earth… , Bright Spot on Venus Stumps Scientists… & Meteorite Dust Hints at Solar System’s Origins…

July 31st, 2009: After Months in Space, Japanese Astronaut Feels Fine… & Mock Supernova Created by Supercomputer…

Astronomy Pic of the Week: Astronomers Map a Hypergiant Star’s Massive Outbursts…