Bay Outdoor 2016

Light

• The Sun Is A Mass Of Incandescent Gas by They Might Be Giants (Or Glazer & Evans) ◦ A mostly accurate ode to the sun
• Necronomicon by Raymond Arnold ◦ What "Winter Wonderland" is to the teachings of Jesus, this song is to incomprehensible horrors that shape our world.
• With a Little Help from My Friends by The Beatles ◦ My community protects me from my weaknesses
• Always Look on the Bright Side by Monty Python ◦ A silly song about making the best of terrible things
• The Story of Winter by Raymond Arnold
• Litany of Tarski by Alfred Tarski (?) -- If the sky is blue...
• Space Oddity by David Bowie ◦ A confused account of going into space

Twilight

• Hymn to the Breaking Strain by Rudyard Kipling ◦ Abide the twin damnation, to fail and know we fail
• The Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan
• Litany of Tarski by Alfred Tarski (?) -- If the Earth is a sphere...
• Bold Orion by Leo Kretzner and Jon Bell ◦ A mythologically inspired ode to Orion the Hunter
• Bitter Wind Blown by Raymond Arnold ◦ A lullaby for a child that is shivering in the cold
• Do You Realize by The Flaming Lips ◦ A surreal song of love and death
• Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas
• When I Die by Glen Raphael ◦ A light-hearted song about death
• Beyond the Reach of God by Eliezer Yudkowsky and Raymond Arnold
• Litany of Tarski by Alfred Tarski (?) -- If I should abandon my plans...

Night

• Beneath Midwinter Midnight by Raymond Arnold ◦ A lament of winter, contrasting with repeated "we are not alone"s
• Fire Has No Voice by J. Bryce Hidysmith
• Minute of Silence

Dawn

• Brighter Than Today by Raymond Arnold ◦ Our central anthem of hope, starting from the invention of fire
• 500 Million, But Not a Single One More by Jai Dhyani
• Landsailor by Vienna Teng ◦ A salute to industrialization and its fruits
• Somebody Will by Sassafrass ◦ I can't solve the entire problem, but I can contribute, and trust my tribe to go the rest of the way
• Uplift by Andrew Eigel ◦ Human progress, from stone tools to space colonies
• Lean on Me by Bill Withers ◦ A pledge of support
• Litany of Tarski by Alfred Tarski (?) -- If reciting the Litany of Tarski will bring me value...
• Still Alive by Jonathan Coulton ◦ A smug, sociopathic celebration of survival and science
• The Road to Wisdom by Piet Hein