Musical Monday Playlist - Dream Five Year Mission Set

Left to right: Butler, Spurgin, Fark, Rittenhouse, and O'Connor

Based in Indianapolis, Five Year Mission is, quite simply, the best Star Trek themed band in existence. Composed of Noah Butler, Andy Fark, P.J. O'Connor, Mike Rittenhouse, and Chris Spurgin, the band was originally formed with the intent of writing and recording a song for each of the episodes of the original Star Trek series, including the originally unaired pilot The Cage (which was later reworked into the two part story The Menagerie). Thus far, the band has released three CDs consisting of songs about individual episodes up through The Immunity Syndrome, plus two more specialty CDs composed of songs all focused on a single episode: One for The Trouble With Tribbles, and another for Spock's Brain.

Between August 2015 and February 2016 I laid out what I would consider to be the best play set for the band, drawing from the songs they had released through that time period. As far as I know, this set has never actually been played, and nor is it likely to, as I believe some of these songs are songs that the band either no longer plays live, or has never played live. Even so, this is the playlist I wish they would play some time, and if I were the king of the world who could make such things happen, it would be.

08/03/15: The Cage by Five Year Mission

08/10/15: Balance of Terror by Five Year Mission

08/17/15: City on the Edge of Forever by Five Year Mission

08/24/15: Miri by Five Year Mission

08/31/15: The Doomsday Machine by Five Year Mission

09/07/15: I, Mudd by Five Year Mission

09/14/15: The Corbomite Maneuver by Five Year Mission

09/21/15: Charlie X by Five Year Mission

11/02/15: Where No Man Has Gone Before by Five Year Mission

11/09/15: Mirror, Mirror by Five Year Mission

11/16/15: The Changeling by Five Year Mission

11/21/15: Wolf in the Fold by Five Year Mission

11/30/15: Arena by Five Year Mission

02/01/16: Shore Leave by Five Year Mission

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