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unusual facts about Dark Star



Dick's Picks Volume 4

(The May 8, 1977 concert at Cornell University's Barton Hall received the top ranking.) The same poll rated the 2/13/70 versions of "Dark Star", "The Other One", and "Turn On Your Love Light" as the best ever.

Harry Frank Guggenheim

His Cain Hoy Stable raced in the United States and was the owner of numerous successful horses including the 1953 Kentucky Derby winner, Dark Star and Eclipse Award winner Bald Eagle.

NGC 891

The soundtrack of the 1974 film Dark Star by John Carpenter features an instrumental piece called When Twilight Falls On NGC 891.

Pinback

The band's moniker is a reference to a character in the 1974 film Dark Star (played by Dan O'Bannon, who also co-wrote the film), directed by John Carpenter.


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Dick's Picks Volume 4

Over 14 minutes of the 2/13/70 version of "Dark Star" was included on the Grateful Dead / John Oswald plunderphonics collaboration project Grayfolded.

Giuseppe Ferlini

According to "Dark Star Safari" by Paul Theroux, Ferlini dynamited the tops of many of the Meroƫ pyramids, marring the formerly pristine relics and making off with the artifacts.

MV Umoja

In his book Dark Star Safari, Paul Theroux gives an account of a journey on Lake Victoria aboard Umoja, detailing the hazards from out-of-date charts and emphasising the friendliness and competence of the crew.