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Astronaut Lullabies
A Musical Journey through Inner and Outer Space
Concert and Telescope Star Party
Are you in the mood for something new in the universe?
An immersive live concert experience, ASTRONAUT LULLABIES is an exploration of inner and outer space, featuring Jim and Kathy Oceans’ thought-rocking collection of original astronomy inspired “space music”.
From the songs “Sugar in Space” to “Coming of Age in the Milky Way”, you are invited to contemplate our place in space on our “pale blue dot” home world.
Thought-rockers, Jim and Kathy Ocean use their lyric-driven original songs as a way to explore the world, ask questions and start conversations. They specialize in taking their audiences on fun, engaging folk-rocking romps through the riches and shadows of the human experience.
ASTRONAUT LULLABIES is a happening that will appeal to planetary citizens of all ages (and is most appropriate for ages 8 and up).
Stage an Astronaut Lullabies Show
ASTRONAUT LULLABIES can be staged as a planetarium show, around a campfire or under the night sky.
Pair it with a sunset dinner or telescope star party for a unique and magical special event.
ASTRONAUT LULLABIES Planetarium Show the News!
Astronaut Lullibies at SRJC Planetarium is Out of This World
“Jim and Kathy Ocean have combined the mystical magic of the planetarium with mindfully choreographed musical pieces to create a spectacular educational experience called ‘Astronaut Lullabies’. Guests relax in the immense Santa Rosa Junior College Planetarium and are transported through space guided by music and storytelling designed to spark imaginations and inspire exploration.
This isn’t your typical planetarium show hosted by a scripted lecture. Astronaut Lullabies features original lyrics and re-creations of songs that lead guests on an as tronomical journey through the Milky Way, visiting other planets and touching on the mechanical equipment that has helped us to learn what is out there.”
~ Jennifer Azevedo, SanFranciscoExaminer.com
Music Videos
Watch the Music Videos from a few ASTRONAUT LULLABIES Songs
“Said the Dark to the Light”–(Music by Jim and Kathy Ocean, Video by Shot of Life)
The relationship between dark matter and observed reality in romantic allegory
“Four Percent”–(Music by Jim and Kathy Ocean, Video by Shot of Life)
We can only see 4% of what we know to be “out there”
“Macro to Micro”
Music by Jim and Kathy Ocean, Video by Angela Schultz
A celebration of patterns in Nature
“Centuries hence, when current social and political problems may seem as remote as the problems of the Thirty Years’ War are to us, our age may be remembered chiefly for one fact: It was the time when the inhabitants of the earth first made contact with the vast cosmos in which their small planet is embedded.” — Carl Sagan
Jim and Kathy’s “Music and Science Niche” Cred
The ASTRONAUT LULLABIES song “Super Earth” has been featured on NASA’s Kepler Mission website.
The ASTRONAUT LULLABIES song “Four Percent” has been featured on one of the SETI websites.
Jim and Kathy Ocean have performed musical tributes on different occasions for astronauts Edgar Mitchell, Rusty Schweikart, Story Musgrave and Rex Walheim, as well as for author and UC Berkeley Professor Dr. Timothy Ferris.
The music video of the Ocean’s song about dark matter called “Said the Dark to the Light” won audience favorite at a short film festival in Paris.
Jim and Kathy Ocean produced a science & music salon called “The Metaquizzical Café” in partnership with the Smithsonian’s BEYOND: Visions of our Solar System exhibit at the Petaluma Historical Museum.
The Ocean’s in partnership with the SRJC Planetarium produced and performed an ASTRONAUT LULLABIES Planetarium Experience that ran for four years.
The Ocean’s have been featured performer’s at the Bioneer’s Conference as well as Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Family Day event.
The Ocean’s environmental song and music video, “Plastilla” has been used as curriculum in language and science for the Fresno Unified School District.
Book an Astronaut Lullabies show and contact us online for more information.