Talk:Hearts of Space

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Official website links

There is lots of good history and other stuff on the official website which I put into the external links. But integrating it all without any copyright violations will take a bit of work so for now I just stubbed the article. Dalf | Talk 06:49, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

Music From

Why is the show's longer title, Music From the Hearts of Space only mentioned once, and obliquely at that? Kouban (talk) 17:39, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

The oblique reference is to the MST3K parody of the longer title. Establishing the origin of that longer title needs the new source I've provided below, but there is still an element of uncertainty.

The show was created in 1973 on KPFA titled as "Music from the Hearts of Space" (MFTHOS). The show title was subsequently shortened to "Hearts of Space" (HoS). Some commenters still refer to it by the longer name, as can be seen from relatively recent posting dates found during a Google search on that phrase.

The date when this name shortening officially occurred is unclear from reading a convenience copy of a May 1995 HoS history webpage: A L M O S T E V E R Y T H I N G Y O U E V E R W A N T E D T O K N O W A B O U T H E A R T S O F S P A C E (Almost Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Hearts Of Space).

"After ten years development as a local program, Music from the Hearts of Space began national syndication to 35 stations via the NPR satellite in January, 1983. Within three years, Hearts of Space had signed its 200th station."

This could mean that the show ended the KPFA run as MFTHOS in December 1982, and began national syndication in 1983 as HoS. But it could also be read to mean that the show began national syndication as MFTHOS, and was retitled as HoS sometime during the following three years.

Note that Hearts of Space Records was founded in 1984.

On the other hand, Current, the U.S. public tv and radio newspaper, still referred to the program as MFTHOS, following the 10th anniversary of national syndication in 1993.[1]

Also statements using MFTHOS (found only by a site phrase search) appear on the HoS web site in review of the HoS Records album "Cruisers 1.0" released in 1988; and more significantly, "Prophecy" released in 1999:

"The music of Prophecy comes from our weekly public radio program, Music from the Hearts of Space."

Pending a definitive source, this all collectively suggests that the older MFTHOS title may still be considered valid by both producers and some commenters – especially for descriptive clarity that the radio show plays music. Milo 09:52, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Rod Serling.

Stephen Hill's narration is basically one big Rod Serling impression. Why isn't this mentioned in the article? --208.65.188.23 (talk) 23:52, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

You're kidding, right? Gingermint (talk) 03:42, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

He means the narrator. And yeah, the guy does sound like Rod Serling, whether you like it or not. --98.232.181.201 (talk) 05:02, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

The Music

It would be good, perhaps, to list just a few of the artists who are featured on the show to give more of an idea of the kind of music featured on the show. Gingermint (talk) 03:44, 21 October 2009 (UTC)