I’m thrilled to announce that footage from A Life’s Work will be used at this year’s World Science Festival (June 2-6)! The WSF was founded by Brian Greene (The Elegant Universe) and Emmy award-winning journalist Tracy Day. It’s mission: … … Continued
I don’t remember when I first became aware of the SETI Institute. I have a feeling it was when I was in college in the early 80s. One of my suite-mates was an engineering major and had an interest in … Continued
Stephen Hawking has been getting a lot of press lately because of his statement that Earthlings should not try to communicate with extraterrestrials because they may pose a threat. Here’s a link to a fluffy ABC News piece. Here’s how … Continued
Periodically, I look through footage that on first blush, I’ve deemed not too useful. This practice led me to this clip. In June 2008, Tom Harting, CSC, and I followed Jill Tarter and a bunch of SETI REU students (Research … Continued
April 8, 1960. Frank Drake conducts the first SETI experiment, pointing a radio telescope in Green Bank, West Virginia, at the star Tau Ceti. To commemorate the anniversary, here’s a snippet from a sample I put together a while back. … Continued
What’s the point of having a blog if you don’t post lists? And what’s the point of early January if you don’t compile a “best” or “most popular” list? So, in keeping with the insular nature of this blog, here … Continued
Recently, I posted the following as a Facebook status. “David Licata is wondering what’s more important, what you’ve yet to do or what you’ve done?” It was my way of trying to be pithy and get people to click on … Continued
I recently watched “The Making of Touch the Sound,” one of the extras on Thomas Riedelsheimer’s film about percussionist Evelyn Glennie. In it Riedelsheimer reveals that he envisioned the staged improvisational musical segments between Glennie and composer Fred Frith to … Continued
In the last post, I revealed two of my favorite shots. I wish there was a third clip there. When we were filming Jill Tarter at the SETI Institute’s offices in Mountain View, CA, we also had the opportunity to … Continued
In the middle. That’s where I am in this documentary. Three out of four subjects interviewed: architect and Arcosanti’s guiding force Paolo Soleri; astrophysicist and Director of SETI Research at the SETI Institute, Jill Tarter; father and son tree farmers … Continued