-lrb- rollingstone.com -rrb- -- when sam beam stepped into the spotlight on iron and wine 's 2002 debut , he was a novelty act . that acoustic guitar , that soothingly sweet tenor voice , that flowing mountain-man beard ? pop music had n't seen anything like it since the heyday of cat stevens . but beam 's songs -- sincere folk churners full of backwoods beauty and subtle psychedelia -- had a weird magic all their own . since then , indie rock has been overrun by extravagantly bearded , achingly earnest balladeers , but beam started running away from the pack on 2007 's `` the shepherd 's dog , '' which juiced limpid melodies with dashes of appalachian folk and west african rock . gallery : keep up with rock 's hottest photos in random notes . a conspiracy theorist claims to have found evidence that aliens have been watching our early attempts at space travel . ufo researcher scott waring says he has spotted an extra-terrestrial spacecraft in a 55-year-old photo from nasa 's mercury project . scientists say radical claims such as this are a simple case of pareidolia , which is the psychological response to seeing significant items in random places . a close up view of what scott waring believes is the ufo coming into view . the image was taken as part of project mercury , which was the us ' first mission to put men in space . scientists says claims such as this are a case of pareidolia , which tricks the brain into seeing familiar objects in random places . many scientists believe ufo sightings such as this are down to a psychological phenomenon called pareidolia . pareidolia is the response to seeing faces and other significant and items , such as ufo , in random stimulus . ` the vast majority of these images are as vague and elusive as those posted by ufo witnesses on earth , and many have a fairly mundane explanation , ' nigel watson author of the ufo investigations manual told dailymail.com . ` the problem is that the more nasa denies such things or explains them , the more people think there is a conspiracy to hide the truth that aliens are visiting our planet . ' the image was taken by unmanned space probe mercury-redstone 1a on december 19 , 1960 . ` why would n't aliens be interested in watching a historical moment in human history ? , ' asked waring in his blog . ` especially since the capsule was unmanned , there were no worries that they would be seen . ' the image was taken as part of project mercury , which was the us ' first mission to put humans in space . it started in 1958 and ended in 1963 . he may not be playing much at manchester united but anders lindegaard certainly has a lot to smile about off the pitch as he enjoyed a spot of sunshine with stunning wife misse beqiri . lindegaard tied the knot with the swedish model last year in a romantic beach wedding in mauritius . and the united goalkeeper , who has struggled for minutes throughout his career in manchester , was keen to remind fans via his instagram page of his marriage to stunning beqiri . now , on `` kiss each other clean , '' beam has gone pop -- at least the kind of pop you might have heard on a free-form radio station occupied by a band of hippie visionaries in 1971 . beam 's lovely voice anchors melodies of crystalline clarity and unshakable catchiness . but the music wo n't stay still , moving from stormy psychedelic rock -lrb- `` rabbit will run '' -rrb- to white-guy funk -lrb- `` big burned hand '' -rrb- to what sounds like a beach boys version of a country-western ballad -lrb- `` half moon '' -rrb- . beam 's tunes pull you merrily along , but his songs do n't shy from the big issues , tackling war , politics and sex . the objectives of the program were to orbit a manned spacecraft around earth , investigate man 's ability to function in space , and to recover both the astronaut and spacecraft safely . the first united states astronaut was alan shepard , whose suborbital flight of the freedom 7 space capsule on may 5 , 1961 , was the first success of the mercury program . manchester united goalkeeper anders lindegaard made the most of the english weather with misse beqiri . lindegaard tied the knot with the stunning model last year and the couple have a son together . danish international lindegaard posted a link to beqiri 's instagram account with the message : ` day off with my sunshine @missebeqiri #cheshire #manchester ' the swedish beauty , who has albanian roots , likes to flaunt her good looks on instagram and regularly posts pictures while she 's modelling at work . lindegaard and beqiri , who have a son together , have been dating since 2012 . ` it 's actually the earth in the background and the ufo is in space observing the mercury capsule , ' waring said . this is n't the first time ufo hunters have scoured old nasa images in the hope of finding evidence of alien life . earlier this year , waring claimed to have seen two mysterious glowing objects in a photo from a gemini mission in 1966 . the 31-year-old moved to the premier league in 2010 after signing from norwegian side aalesunds but has failed to make an impact . beqiri , who is swedish but has albanian roots , regularly posts modelling photos on her instagram page . with over 17,000 followers on instagram , beqiri made sure she showed her new haircut to her legion of fans . lindegaard and beqiri have been dating since 2012 and they married in a romantic mauritius beach wedding . in five seasons , he has made just 19 league appearances and has been restricted to cup matches during his time in manchester . with david de gea in exceptional form under louis van gaal and victor valdes signing for the red devils in january , lindegaard is now third-choice at old trafford . and a ten-year old image of the martian yielded what waring believed to be a rock shaped uncannily like the president obama 's head - and that it could be part of a statue . lindergaard , who has been told he can leave united , was linked with a move to fc midtjylland in january but the two clubs could not agree on a price . but despite his failure on the pitch , he 's definitely winning away from it . the denmark international -lrb- right -rrb- has struggled for regular football at old trafford since arriving in 2010 . the image was taken by unmanned space probe mercury-redstone 1a on december 19 , 1960 . ` it 's actually the earth in the background and the ufo is in space observing the mercury capsule , ' waring said . earlier this year , waring claimed to have seen two glowing objects in a photo from a gemini mission in 1966 . many scientists believe ufo sightings such as this are down to a psychological phenomenon called pareidolia . this describes the brain 's response to seeing significant objects in random places . ` the vast majority of these images are as vague and elusive as those posted by ufo witnesses on earth , and many have a fairly mundane explanation , ' nigel watson author of the ufo investigations manual told dailymail.com . on `` me and lazarus , '' beam seems to poke fun at his own minor celebrity : `` never made the local news/guess i had nowhere else to go . '' do n't believe it : beam 's headed someplace , and it 's worth following . copyright © 2010 rolling stone . ` the problem is that the more nasa denies such things or explains them , the more people think there is a conspiracy to hide the truth that aliens are visiting our planet . '
image was captured by mercury-redstone 1a probe in december 1960 . part of project mercury which was us ' first mission to put men in space . scientists believe ufo sightings such as this are caused by pareidolia . condition tricks the brain into seeing familiar objects in random places .
-lrb- rollingstone.com -rrb- -- when sam beam stepped into the spotlight on iron and wine 's 2002 debut , he was a novelty act . that acoustic guitar , that soothingly sweet tenor voice , that flowing mountain-man beard ? pop music had n't seen anything like it since the heyday of cat stevens . but beam 's songs -- sincere folk churners full of backwoods beauty and subtle psychedelia -- had a weird magic all their own . since then , indie rock has been overrun by extravagantly bearded , achingly earnest balladeers , but beam started running away from the pack on 2007 's `` the shepherd 's dog , '' which juiced limpid melodies with dashes of appalachian folk and west african rock . gallery : keep up with rock 's hottest photos in random notes . a conspiracy theorist claims to have found evidence that aliens have been watching our early attempts at space travel . ufo researcher scott waring says he has spotted an extra-terrestrial spacecraft in a 55-year-old photo from nasa 's mercury project . scientists say radical claims such as this are a simple case of pareidolia , which is the psychological response to seeing significant items in random places . a close up view of what scott waring believes is the ufo coming into view . the image was taken as part of project mercury , which was the us ' first mission to put men in space . scientists says claims such as this are a case of pareidolia , which tricks the brain into seeing familiar objects in random places . many scientists believe ufo sightings such as this are down to a psychological phenomenon called pareidolia . pareidolia is the response to seeing faces and other significant and items , such as ufo , in random stimulus . ` the vast majority of these images are as vague and elusive as those posted by ufo witnesses on earth , and many have a fairly mundane explanation , ' nigel watson author of the ufo investigations manual told dailymail.com . ` the problem is that the more nasa denies such things or explains them , the more people think there is a conspiracy to hide the truth that aliens are visiting our planet . ' the image was taken by unmanned space probe mercury-redstone 1a on december 19 , 1960 . ` why would n't aliens be interested in watching a historical moment in human history ? , ' asked waring in his blog . ` especially since the capsule was unmanned , there were no worries that they would be seen . ' the image was taken as part of project mercury , which was the us ' first mission to put humans in space . it started in 1958 and ended in 1963 . he may not be playing much at manchester united but anders lindegaard certainly has a lot to smile about off the pitch as he enjoyed a spot of sunshine with stunning wife misse beqiri . lindegaard tied the knot with the swedish model last year in a romantic beach wedding in mauritius . and the united goalkeeper , who has struggled for minutes throughout his career in manchester , was keen to remind fans via his instagram page of his marriage to stunning beqiri . now , on `` kiss each other clean , '' beam has gone pop -- at least the kind of pop you might have heard on a free-form radio station occupied by a band of hippie visionaries in 1971 . beam 's lovely voice anchors melodies of crystalline clarity and unshakable catchiness . but the music wo n't stay still , moving from stormy psychedelic rock -lrb- `` rabbit will run '' -rrb- to white-guy funk -lrb- `` big burned hand '' -rrb- to what sounds like a beach boys version of a country-western ballad -lrb- `` half moon '' -rrb- . beam 's tunes pull you merrily along , but his songs do n't shy from the big issues , tackling war , politics and sex . the objectives of the program were to orbit a manned spacecraft around earth , investigate man 's ability to function in space , and to recover both the astronaut and spacecraft safely . the first united states astronaut was alan shepard , whose suborbital flight of the freedom 7 space capsule on may 5 , 1961 , was the first success of the mercury program . manchester united goalkeeper anders lindegaard made the most of the english weather with to cup matches during his time in manchester . with david de gea in exceptional form under louis van gaal and victor valdes signing for the red devils in january , lindegaard is now third-choice at old trafford . and a ten-year old image of the martian yielded what waring believed to be a rock shaped uncannily like the president obama 's head - and that it could be part of a statue . lindergaard , who has been told he can leave united , was linked with a move to fc midtjylland in january but the two clubs could not agree on a price . but despite his failure on the pitch , he 's definitely winning away from it . the denmark international -lrb- right -rrb- has struggled for regular football at old trafford since arriving in 2010 . the image was taken by unmanned space probe mercury-redstone 1a on december 19 , 1960 . ` it 's actually the earth in the background and the ufo is in space observing the mercury capsule , ' waring said . earlier this year , waring claimed to have seen two glowing objects in a photo from a gemini mission in 1966 . many scientists believe ufo sightings such as this are down to a psychological phenomenon called pareidolia . this describes the brain 's response to seeing significant objects in random places . ` the vast majority of these images are as vague and elusive as those posted by ufo witnesses on earth , and
: keep up with rock 's hottest photos in random notes . a conspiracy theorist claims to have found evidence that aliens have been watching our early attempts at space travel . ufo researcher scott waring says he has spotted an extra-terrestrial spacecraft in a 55-year-old photo from nasa 's mercury project . scientists say radical claims such as this are a simple case of pareidolia , which is the psychological response to seeing significant items in random places . a close up view of what scott waring believes is the ufo coming into view . the image was taken as part of project mercury , which was the us ' first mission to put men in space . scientists says claims such as this are a case of pareidolia , which tricks the brain into seeing familiar objects in random places . many scientists believe ufo sightings such as this are down to a psychological phenomenon called pareidolia . pareidolia is the response to seeing faces and other significant and items , such as ufo , in random stimulus . ` the vast majority of these images are as vague and elusive as those posted by ufo witnesses on earth , and many have a fairly mundane explanation , ' nigel watson author of the ufo investigations manual told dailymail.com . ` the problem is that the more nasa denies such things or explains them , the more people think there is a conspiracy to hide the truth that aliens are visiting our planet . ' the image was taken by unmanned space probe mercury-redstone 1a on december 19 , 1960 . ` why would n't aliens be interested in watching a historical moment in human history ? , ' asked waring in his blog . ` especially since the capsule was unmanned , there were no worries that they would be seen . ' the image was taken as part of project mercury , which was the us ' first mission to put humans in space . it started in 1958 and ended in 1963 . he may not be playing much at manchester united but anders lindegaard certainly has a lot to smile about off the pitch as he enjoyed a spot of sunshine with stunning wife misse beqiri . lindegaard burned hand '' -rrb- to what sounds like a beach boys version of a country-western ballad -lrb- `` half moon '' -rrb- . beam 's tunes pull you merrily along , but his songs do n't shy from the big issues , tackling war , politics and sex . the objectives of the program were to orbit a manned spacecraft around earth , investigate man 's ability to function in space , and to recover both the astronaut and spacecraft safely . the first united states astronaut was alan shepard , whose suborbital flight of the freedom 7 space capsule on may 5 , 1961 , was the first success of the mercury program . manchester united goalkeeper anders lindegaard made the most of the english weather with misse beqiri . lindegaard tied the knot with the stunning model last year and the couple have a son together . danish international lindegaard posted a link to beqiri 's instagram account with the message : ` day off with my sunshine @missebeqiri #cheshire #manchester ' the swedish beauty , who has albanian roots , likes to flaunt her good looks on instagram and regularly posts pictures while she 's modelling at work . lindegaard and beqiri , who have a son together , have been dating since 2012 . ` it 's actually the earth in the background and the ufo is in space observing the mercury capsule , ' waring said . this is n't the first time ufo hunters have scoured old nasa images in the hope of finding evidence of alien life . earlier this year , waring claimed to have seen two mysterious glowing objects in a photo from a gemini mission in 1966 . the 31-year-old moved to the premier league in 2010 after signing from norwegian side aalesunds but has failed to make an impact . beqiri , who is swedish but has albanian roots , regularly posts modelling photos on her instagram page . with over 17,000 followers on instagram , beqiri made sure she showed her new haircut to her legion of fans . lindegaard and beqiri have been dating since 2012 and they married in a romantic mauritius beach wedding . in five seasons , he has made just 19 league appearances and has been restricted has struggled for regular football at old trafford since arriving in 2010 . the image was taken by unmanned space probe mercury-redstone 1a on december 19 , 1960 . ` it 's actually the earth in the background and the ufo is in space observing the mercury capsule , ' waring said . earlier this year , waring claimed to have seen two glowing objects in a photo from a gemini mission in 1966 . many scientists believe ufo sightings such as this are down to a psychological phenomenon called pareidolia . this describes the brain 's response to seeing significant objects in random places . ` the vast majority of these images are as vague and elusive as those posted by ufo witnesses on earth , and many have a fairly mundane explanation , ' nigel watson author of the ufo investigations manual told dailymail.com . on `` me and lazarus , '' beam seems to poke fun at his own minor celebrity : `` never made the local news/guess i had nowhere else to go . '' do n't believe it : beam 's headed someplace , and it 's worth following . copyright © 2010 rolling stone . ` the problem is that the more nasa denies such things or explains them , the more people think there is a conspiracy to hide the truth that aliens are visiting our planet . '
-lrb- rollingstone.com -- when sam beam stepped the spotlight iron and wine 's 2002 debut, a novelty act. that acoustic guitar, that soothingly sweet tenor voice flowing mountain-man beard? pop music had n't seen anything cat stevens. but beam 's songs -- sincere folk churners full backwoods beauty subtle had a weird magic all. since then, indie rock overrun extravagantly bearded, achingly earnest balladeers but beam started running away the pack on 2007 's `` the shepherd 's dog '' juiced limpid melodies dashes appalachian folk west african rock gallery : keep up rock 's hottest photos in random notes. a conspiracy theorist claims aliens watching our early attempts. ufo researcher scott waring says he spotted nasa 's mercury project. scientists say radical claims such this a simple case, the psychological response seeing significant items random places. a close up view what scott waring believes the ufo coming. the image was as project mercury, the us ' first mission put men. scientists says claims such a case, tricks seeing familiar objects random places. many scientists ufo sightings such down a psychological phenomenon. pareidolia is the response seeing faces other significant and items, such ufo, in random stimulus ` the vast majority these images as vague elusive those posted ufo witnesses on earth, many a fairly mundane explanation, ' nigel watson author the ufo investigations manual told dailymail.com ` the problem the more nasa denies such things or explains, there hide that aliens visiting. ' the image was unmanned space probe mercury-redstone 1a on december 19, 1960. ` why would n't aliens interested watching a historical moment , ' asked waring in his blog. ` especially since the capsule unmanned, there no worries they seen. ' the image was as project mercury, the us ' first mission put humans it started in 1958 ended. he may playing much at manchester united anders lindegaard certainly smile off as enjoyed a spot sunshine with stunning wife misse beqiri. lindegaard tied the swedish model last in a romantic beach wedding mauritius. and the united goalkeeper, struggled minutes throughout in manchester was keen remind via his marriage stunning beqiri. now, on `` kiss each clean, '' beam has gone pop -- at the kind might occupied hippie visionaries in 1971. beam 's lovely voice anchors melodies of crystalline clarity unshakable catchiness. but the music wo n't stay still, moving from stormy psychedelic rock -lrb- `` rabbit will run '' to white-guy funk `` big burned hand '' to what sounds a beach boys version a country-western `` half moon. beam 's tunes pull merrily, his songs do n't shy from the big issues, tackling war politics sex the objectives orbit a manned spacecraft around earth, investigate man 's ability function recover both the astronaut spacecraft safely the first united states astronaut was alan shepard, whose suborbital of the freedom 7 space capsule may 5, 1961 the first success the mercury program manchester united goalkeeper anders lindegaard made most the english weather misse beqiri. lindegaard tied the stunning model last the couple a son. danish international lindegaard posted beqiri 's instagram account : ` day off with my sunshine @missebeqiri #cheshiremanchester ' the swedish beauty, albanian roots likes flaunt regularly while modelling at work lindegaard and beqiri, who a son together dating 2012 ` it actually the earth in the background the ufo space observing the mercury capsule, ' waring said. this n't ufo hunters scoured old nasa images in evidence. earlier, waring claimed to seen two mysterious glowing objects a photo a gemini mission 1966 the 31 moved the premier league 2010 signing from norwegian side aalesunds but failed. beqiri, who swedish but albanian roots regularly posts modelling with instagram, beqiri made sure she showed her new haircut her legion. lindegaard and beqiri have dating 2012 married a romantic mauritius beach wedding. in five seasons, he made restricted cup matches during manchester with david de gea in exceptional form under louis van gaal and victor valdes signing for the red devils january, lindegaard is now third-choice at old trafford. and a ten-year old image the martian yielded what waring believed a rock shaped uncannily the president obama 's head - could part. lindergaard, who told leave united, was linked fc midtjylland january but the two clubs could. but despite his failure on, 's definitely winning away it. the denmark international -lrb- right -rrb- has struggled regular football at old trafford since arriving 2010. the image was unmanned space probe mercury-redstone 1a december 19, 1960. ` it actually the earth in the background the ufo space observing the mercury capsule, ' waring said. earlier, waring claimed to seen two glowing objects a photo a gemini mission 1966 many scientists ufo sightings such down a psychological phenomenon. this describes the brain 's response seeing significant objects random places. ` the vast majority these images as vague elusive those posted ufo witnesses on earth, many a fairly mundane explanation, ' nigel watson author the ufo investigations manual told dailymail.com on `` me and lazarus, '' beam seems poke his own minor celebrity : never made local/guess i had nowhere. '' do n't believe : beam 's headed someplace, and it worth following. copyright © 2010 rolling stone. ` the problem the more nasa denies such things or explains, there hide that aliens visiting. '
-lrb- rollingstone.com -rrb- -- when sam beam stepped into the spotlight on iron and wine 's 2002 debut , he was a novelty act . that acoustic guitar , that soothingly sweet tenor voice , that flowing mountain-man beard ? pop music had n't seen anything like it since the heyday of cat stevens . but beam 's songs -- sincere folk churners full of backwoods beauty and subtle psychedelia -- had a weird magic all their own . since then , indie rock has been overrun by extravagantly bearded , achingly earnest balladeers , but beam started running away from the pack on 2007 's `` the shepherd 's dog , '' which juiced limpid melodies with dashes of appalachian folk and west african rock . gallery : keep up with rock 's hottest photos in random notes . a conspiracy theorist claims to have found evidence that aliens have been watching our early attempts at space travel . ufo researcher scott waring says he has spotted an extra-terrestrial spacecraft in a 55-year-old photo from nasa 's mercury project . scientists say radical claims such as this are a simple case of pareidolia , which is the psychological response to seeing significant items in random places . a close up view of what scott waring believes is the ufo coming into view . the image was taken as part of project mercury , which was the us ' first mission to put men in space . scientists says claims such as this are a case of pareidolia , which tricks the brain into seeing familiar objects in random places . many scientists believe ufo sightings such as this are down to a psychological phenomenon called pareidolia . pareidolia is the response to seeing faces and other significant and items , such as ufo , in random stimulus . ` the vast majority of these images are as vague and elusive as those posted by ufo witnesses on earth , and many have a fairly mundane explanation , ' nigel watson author of the ufo investigations manual told dailymail.com . ` the problem is that the more nasa denies such things or explains them , the more people think there is a conspiracy to hide the truth that aliens are visiting our planet . ' the image was taken by unmanned space probe mercury-redstone 1a on december 19 , 1960 . ` why would n't aliens be interested in watching a historical moment in human history ? , ' asked waring in his blog . ` especially since the capsule was unmanned , there were no worries that they would be seen . ' the image was taken as part of project mercury , which was the us ' first mission to put humans in space . it started in 1958 and ended in 1963 . he may not be playing much at manchester united but anders lindegaard certainly has a lot to smile about off the pitch as he enjoyed a spot of sunshine with stunning wife misse beqiri . lindegaard to cup matches during his time in manchester . with david de gea in exceptional form under louis van gaal and victor valdes signing for the red devils in january , lindegaard is now third-choice at old trafford . and a ten-year old image of the martian yielded what waring believed to be a rock shaped uncannily like the president obama 's head - and that it could be part of a statue . lindergaard , who has been told he can leave united , was linked with a move to fc midtjylland in january but the two clubs could not agree on a price . but despite his failure on the pitch , he 's definitely winning away from it . the denmark international -lrb- right -rrb- has struggled for regular football at old trafford since arriving in 2010 . the image was taken by unmanned space probe mercury-redstone 1a on december 19 , 1960 . ` it 's actually the earth in the background and the ufo is in space observing the mercury capsule , ' waring said . earlier this year , waring claimed to have seen two glowing objects in a photo from a gemini mission in 1966 . many scientists believe ufo sightings such as this are down to a psychological phenomenon called pareidolia . this describes the brain 's response to seeing significant objects in random places . ` the vast majority of these images are as vague and elusive as those posted by ufo witnesses on earth , and
 The text describes Sam Beam, an American musician who debuted in 2002 with his album "The Shepherd's Dog". He is known for his soothing voice and acoustic guitar playing style. His music is often described as folk-rock or indie-folk. Beam has released several albums since his debut and has gained a loyal fan base. He is also known for his poetic lyrics and storytelling ability.