Sorry for the long wait – I took some time off to concentrate on job hunting.  To make up for lost time, I’ll be posting a bunch of updates this week!

The French had definitely cornered the market on space themed disco in the late 1970s.  From Didier Marouani & Space, Droids, Rockets, Saveur Mallia/Arpadys, and many many more, you couldn’t swing a dead cat in 1979 France without hitting a French musician in a silver Buck Rogers outfit.

Here’s a neat little record I found today while digging through crate after crate of generic post 2000 hip hop singles in glossy red jackets.  I don’t really know anything about the group MILKWAYS other than presumably there are three members, they have glowing eyes, and they are always naked.  Oh, and they released this single, and one full length album both in 1978.  Both with the same cover.  Have they no shame? After that they must have disappeared in a cloud of hubris and starstuff.

I always wonder how exactly a record like this made the journey from France in 1978 to the basement of a New England comic book store over the span of 31 years.  I guess that’s a mystery that only Milkways can answer, and they’re not talking.

Download Milkways - Astroport