OK, so there’s this 5-person ‘band’ that do a lot of covers (and their own music!) who are absolutely AMAZING and I couldn’t resist devoting some blog space to them! I decided that after 24 hours and watching the YouTube video below at least {INSERT A HIGH NUMBER HERE SO I DON’T HAVE TO MAKE MYSELF LOOK BORDERLINE CRAZY} times, and my kids watching it over and over and over, that I just had to spread the WOTE love! And obviously I’m not the only spreader of love – the video below has had almost 19 million hits!

Really, not only is it awesome that five people are playing one frickin’ guitar, but their voices, each so individual and distinct, give me chill bumps! And admit it, even though the guy on the far right with the facial hair seems like he’d rather be doing something else, he’s awesome! LOL! His apathetic expressions actually give him personality. I read in the comments somewhere one commenter said, “Guy with the beard for president!” Hell yeah, I totally agree! :-D

This is a cover of a very talented Belgium musician/songwriter named Gotye and it would be in poor taste not to put up his video as well and give him some well-deserved love. But I’m also putting it up because I also love the original version. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE.

“Somebody That I Used To Know” is a great song. No doubt about it.

Both artists have definitely made a fan out of me.

Yesterday was National Astronomy Day and my brother, Richard, and I went to the Pinnacle Mountain Visitor Center to a ‘Star Party’. It was awesome! There were several large telescopes there (thanks to willing owner participants, who were all so nice!) free to the public to use. It was a good turnout and the weather was perfect. For the first time ever in my life I looked at Saturn through a telescope and saw it with my own eyes, rather than just seeing it in a book, or on television. Or, even just looking up at the night sky and seeing it as any other bright-looking, tiny ball of light. No, I actually saw its rings! I was so awed by this that it took my breath away. Here’s a photo, which I was able to take with my camera pressed up to the telescopes lens:

Click the image for full view. It might not look like much in this photo, but I still can’t believe I saw it like this.

I also got to see the moon UP CLOSE and got an even more detailed shot of it:

I also saw two of the ‘M’ galaxies, though I can’t remember which he said! But they were among these. I just couldn’t believe I was actually looking into the sky at two GALAXIES. I didn’t attempt getting a photo of those because although I could see them through the telescope and clearly make them out, they were too faint to try getting a photo. I also caught a glimpse of Betelgeuse, Titan and several others. Then, to my surprise I watched as two satellites went across the sky around Earth. It was awesome.

Thanks to the CAAS (Central Arkansas Astronomical Society) for organizing the event and for being so welcoming and friendly. Come to find out, they have been doing this yearly for a long time and I never knew anything about it. My brother and I will be going to another one of their events next month. Can’t wait!