Crypto looks more powerful than Kryptonite these days.
Doge coin and other Alts took off. So many crypto are reaching their ATHs. We are seeing a lot of Bull so at this time I want to explore the origin and implications of "Up, up and away!"
Radio Drama
Up up and away first was heard from "The Adventures of Superman" radio broadcast from 1940 to 1951. There were a ton of radio dramas about Superman man in that time.
There are a ton of episodes available on archives. The early serious was more like a science fiction and super hero story that the later series. https://archive.org/details/superman_otr/Superman_400212_01_The_Baby_From_Kry.mp3
The 1960s radio series show more of a mystery show format as in this 1963 episode where Superman has to look for Batman and Robin who are missing. This kind of episode is just far out.
https://archive.org/details/TheAdventuresOfSupermanEpisode1663
The superman Theme
The Fifth Dimension
The words, "Up, up and away took on a life of their own during the 1960's subcultures. From this fifth Dimension song we begin to see "up, up and away" is an invitation to a better world.
Would you like to ride in my beautiful balloon?
Would you like to ride in my beautiful balloon?
We could float among the stars together, you and I
For we can fly (we can fly)
Up, up and away
My beautiful, my beautiful balloon
Juice WRLD
Now it's 2021 so what is "up, up and away"? Juice world takes his spin on up, up and away.
Up, up and away, hop in
Feel the walls in my brain and they're caving in
Outside those walls, there's a ocean, I can't swim
Especially with all these waves
Through the night, finding vibes, Moonlight Sonata
I try to deny, but you see the pills in my eyes
I tell her that I'm high, but she don't seem surprised
Walkin' in Prada, tryna solve my problems
Listen for yourself, but the message seems clear to me, even prophetic. Juice World is a Chicago homeboy and was loved for his music and videos on youtube. It was one high after another. He knew it wouldn't last. Shortly after he wrote this song he died so moments after getting off a plane at Midway airport. He was only 21 years old.
Icarus
Here I am reminded of the story of Icarus the son of Daedalus the great craftsman. They both had planned to escape from Crete by the giant wings that Daedalus had crafted together with feathers and wax. Before they left Daedalus warned Icarus to be ware of complacency and empty pride. He instructed his son to fly neither too low nor too high. If he flew too low there was a danger of getting his wings damp in the sea and if he flew too high there was a danger of the sun melting the wax. As we all know Icarus ignores Daedalus’s instruction and flies too close to the sun. The wings began to melt and he came tumbling down from the sky and fell into the sea and drowned.
So the moral of the story is: "If you are going to go to the moon make sure that your network is more than a MEME."