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HYPNOTIC LULU – WITH INSPIRED ELECTRONICA (X MINUS ONE)
BEATPORT & A MESMERIZING SET
LULU by CLIFFORD SIMAK
In a seductive, sultry voice, we hear “How was that take off, boys?” Then the robot gets serious, telling the four astronauts that they are not returning to Earth, but are going off into space to elope. She is going to marry all four of them.
The men like the idea of a wife that can be programmed and follow their instructions, but of course they don’t like the idea of staying in space forever. But they find the robot’s alternative solution worse. I think the story would have been better if the robot had fallen in love with just one man, as happened to Wally Cox in the Twilight Zone episode, “With Love, From Agnes.” But I’m an old fashioned guy and get sentimental about one-man-one-computer relationships. (from “The Critical X Minus One” by Jim Fanisher)
You’d like to know who I was talking to, wouldn’t you. Let me tell you what she looks like. She’s beautiful, but rather cool. She’s got a good figure. but in a calm sort of way. I’ll tell you what she looks like. You might find it interesting. She always wears a white shirt. You still listening, gentlemen? That last few minutes might have been a little confusing.
HALLUCINATION ORBIT – J. T. McIntosh – X Minus One
X Minus One aired Clifford D. Simak’s novelette “Lulu” on October 31, 1957 as its 118th episode. Originally published in the June 1957 issue of Galaxy, it tells the humorous story of a female AI and three crewman aboard a spaceship and what happens when Lulu falls in love with all three of the spacefarers and refuses to return the ship to Earth. Sound vaguely familiar? HAL 9000 Lulu ain’t, but like HAL she has a mind of her own and her character is at once stubborn and endearing. And funny. Her dialogue is perfect, she loves poetry, and because the author plays her character as an analog of a human female in love, the entire setup is priceless. How the crewman seek to outwit her–and how she attempts to get them to fall in love with her–form the crux of this delightful story. It’s a winner all the way around and well worth a listen, especially since this is Spring, the time when thoughts traditionally turn to love.
GALAXY SCIENCE FICTION – HYPNOTIC LULU
| Song | Artist | Album | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mind in Midair | Allin | Mind in Midair | 2024 |
| Peacock Tail | Boards of Canada | The Campfire Headphase | 2005 |
| Six String Theorem | Panthea Krause | Six String Theorem | 2024 |
| Blurry Memory | Pepo Galan | Blurry Memory | 2024 |
| Walk Around Mirror Lake | Boards of Canada REMIX by Boom Bip | Walk Around Mirror Lake | 2022 |
| Stavelot | Nuron | Stavelot | 2024 |
| Inflation | H.Takahashi, H TO O, Kohei Oyamada | Inflation | 2024 |
| Sound Bytes (Relax) & Sitan | Max Graef | Sound Bytes (Relax) & Sitan | 2024 |
| Hymn to the Sun | Phillip Glass | Akhnaten | 2021 |
| Roygbiv | Boards of Canada | Boc Maxima | 1998 |
| The Shape We Are | Panoram | The Shape We Are | 2024 |
| Blush | Jessie Marcella | Blush | 2024 |
| Everything You Do Is a Baloon | Boards of Canada | Hi Scores | 2006 |
| Recurrence | Misleading Structures | Recurrence | 2024 |
| Fremmede | SVLBRD | Fremmede | 2024 |
| Altitudes | Ryan Davis | Altitudes | 2024 |
| Still Listening Gentlemen? | Thom Merlin | Still Listening Gentlemen? | 2023 |
You lucky radio stations – for finding LTNF you get this fabulous show on your air! Well done!
HYPNOTIC LULU (S4 | E186)
