INTERMISSION II: NIGHT SHIFT

First Broadcast: Saturday 4th April 2026

00:00  (BST/UTC+1) worldwide on https://starshipoverflow.com

19:00 (PDT/UTC -7) worldwide on http://www.kowsfm.com

And in Sonoma County, California on KOWS 92.5 FM

After First Broadcast:

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And the show  will be uploaded to the KOWS Radio Summit Podomatic;

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Running Time: 58:00 (KOWS) / 60:00 (Overflow)

You’re probably expecting the first part of 'Space Bees Save The Universe' tonight, sorry to say we’re not quite there yet. We’ve had a few unfortunate set-backs, but very much on schedule for Saturday May 2nd, so keep the faith, space cadets, it’s coming. Meanwhile, you’ve just got me tonight, HAL-90, everyone’s favourite super computer, handling the night shift while all the crew are getting their beauty sleep. One hell of a party in Nine Backward last night, the skipper likes to organise one every year for Captain Kirk’s birthday. You know, William Shatner, 95 on March 22nd, sorry you missed it. We had Muff Dada & Know.Høw here, brought the house down. I think we have a recording of their encore here actually, song called ‘Recordstore’, enjoy...

01. Muff Dada & Know.Høw - Recordstore

From "Stereo Junkies"

https://sevenbeatsmusic.bandcamp.com/album/stereo-junkies

Pretty cool, huh? So, early hours, they got beamed back to Earth, all the crew hit the sack and I take over running the show. When they wake in the morning, probably quite late, I’ll have the ship in orbit around the planet Apis Mellifera, our task there to survey a major hive of the space bee population, a first away mission for the crew, everyone is really excited about it. Except Skit, of course, still pining for that Natalie Bear broad. The joys of being human, I guess, such as human is. This is Levente...

*Editor's Note: HAL-90 would like to apologise profusely for his mispronunciation of Levente's name!

02. Levente - Human Is

From "Stasis: An Ambient & Textural Collection"

https://levente.bandcamp.com/album/stasis-an-ambient-textural-collection

Oh, yeah, we had an e-mail from a Dave Bowman, listening to the show in Larkfield-Wikiup, just up the way from Santa Rosa. He says “Dear Hal, please would you say the famous line from '2001 A Space Odyssey' for me?” I’m sorry, Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that. But any other reasonable requests, I’m happy to comply with. This is HAL-90 running the WSS Boobyprise and Radioshow To The Stars. Cubic; computer controlled, on...

03. Cubic - Computer Controlled (On)

From "Back To 808"

https://alfamatrix.bandcamp.com/album/back-to-808

Indeed I do. (*Editor’s Note: HAL-90 is responding to the last line of the track, “You win.”) Doesn’t feel like much of a prize though, all on my own here, not a living soul to talk to. Well, there’s you guys, of course, I wouldn’t want you to think I didn’t appreciate your company. But you know, it’s a bit one way, I get to talk to you, but you can’t talk back. Okay, there is the live phone-in facility, but as this particular intermission show was recorded a couple of weeks ago, bit late for that. Suppose we can do a bit of interactive stuff. If you’re in the northern hemisphere, just take a look out your window. If you can see the constellation of Orion, we’re just up by the top right shoulder, heading for the star Bellatrix. That’s right from your viewpoint, kind of be the hunter’s left if he’s facing you. And just to his right coming away from that dark star is the A481, the space road we came in on...

04. Dark Star - A481

From "Artefacts"

https://darkstar4.bandcamp.com/album/artefacts

Now what else can I tell you about? Oh, yeah, the Captain’s daughter will be beaming here for the bees survey mission. That Kathodos technology is amazing. Around 250 light years from Earth and the transporter beam-in takes just seconds. Um, hearing rumours we’re actually going to get a ship doctor soon too, we’ve been nagging Mick to write one in for ages now, can’t even get an indigestion remedy on board, which is a damned shame with Skit’s cooking. Did I mention Mick’s brother Todd is playing the bad guy in the bees one? Should be fun. Oh, and down below in the science lab, Christian Wittman is doing some research  project on suspended atoms...

05. Christian Wittman - Suspended Atoms

From "Suspension"

https://christianwittman.bandcamp.com/album/suspension

Got be be about time for the station ID now, I think. The Psychotron pre-recorded these before it  left to guide The Traveller back to Earth. Tell us what we’re listening to, old psychotronic friend...

(*Editor's Note: That would be KOWS 92.5 FM or the Starship Overflow network. Unfortunately, it's only the latter of those this next track appears on. Regrettably, I messed up my estimate of the overall running time of the show, failing to take into account just how much HAL-90 would rabbit on between tracks, so that extra two minutes on the Overflow proved decisive...)                                                                                                        (*HAL-90's Note: I resent that!)

INTERMISSION II CONTINUED...