Light-year
A light-year (or light year, abbreviation: ly) is a unit of length used informally to express astronomical distances. It is well over 9 trillion kilometres (or about 6 trillion miles). As defined by the International Astronomical Union (IAU), a light-year is the distance that light travels in vacuum in one Julian year. Because it includes the word year, the term light-year is sometimes misinterpreted as a unit of time.
The light-year is most often used when expressing distances to stars and other distances on a galactic scale, especially in non-specialist and popular science publications. The unit usually used in professional astrometry is the parsec (symbol: pc, approximately 3.26 light-years; the distance at which one astronomical unit subtends an angle of one second of arc).
Definitions
As defined by the IAU, the light-year is the product of the Julian year (365.25 days as opposed to the 365.2425-day Gregorian year) and the speed of light (7008299792458000000♠299792458 m/s). Both these values are included in the IAU (1976) System of Astronomical Constants, used since 1984. From this the following conversions can be derived. The internationally recognized abbreviation for light-year is "l.y.").
Lightyear (band)
Lightyear were a UK 7-piece ska punk band. They formed in 1997 in Derby, England.
They signed to Household Name Records in 2001, and the band released two full-length albums via the label. During their career, Lightyear also released a split EP with friends Evil Macaroni, a 'demo' and contributed to several international punk compilation CDs.
Biography
Lightyear mixed punk, hardcore and pop influences into their songs and rapidly became one of the most dynamic and unpredictable UK bands. The Lightyear live experience was described as "a bouncing, energy driven orgy of jumping brass, diving vocalists, underpinned by infectious tunes that leave every foot tapping", although it wasn't always that way according to vocalist Chas Palmer-Williams:
"Our first gig was at the Victoria Inn in 1998. We were atrocious. I can't believe they even allowed us to play."
Lightyear released their debut album 'Call of the Weasel Clan' in October 2001.
Although Lightyear were committed to the independent ethos of punk rock, they also gained fans and a reputation in the underground scene for their riotous antics. Since their first gig in their hometown of Derby in 1998, the band have been on tour with Capdown, Mad Caddies, Goldfinger, Slow Gherkin, 311, Mustard Plug, Big D and the Kids Table, Save Ferris, Nerf Herder, The Peacocks, Link 80 and Suicide Machines. They also played at the infamous 'Holidays in the Sun' for two years running (alongside The Business, The Exploited and more). Lightyear's summer of 2002 finished with appearances at the Carling Weekend Festivals with such modern punk luminaries as Sick Of It All and Alkaline Trio; one of the career highlights for the band:
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- Strange Tales From The Future Vol. 2 released: 2009
- SOM Compilation Blue Disc released: 2008
- Area 69 released: 2003
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- Chris Gentlemens Hairdresser and Railway Book Shop released: 2003
- Live at the Charlotte, Leicester 26.06.01 released: 2001
- Call of the Weasel Clan released: 2001
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Tread Lightly Speak Dearly
by: LightyearTread lightly
Speak dearly
Enough of this
I'm a fucking passive counterfeit
Won't hide my
Hide my head in the rain
The weakness leaves me
Much stronger with every grain
Another reason
My prettiest
Just picture this
I'm fucked if I know
The whole procedure
I'm running and falling
I'm tearless, I need ya
Some indecision
This isn't working any more
Save us two some pain
A face to ignore
A self-expression
Conjures up your name
A concentration
Of times that we were the same
And my confidence has left me too
I'm fucked if I know
The whole procedure
I'm running and falling
I'm tearless, I need ya
Some indecision
This isn't working any more
Save us two some pain
A face to ignore
I'm fucked if I know
The whole procedure
I'm running and falling
I'm tearless, I need ya
Some indecision
This isn't working any more
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