Credit: Brad Gregg “A winner.” “Inspired.” “Thrilling.” “Masterful.” “Stunning.” You get the idea. For more rapturous adjectives, talk to Wayne Coyne’s publicist. Even online snark master Perez Hilton was excited, pointing out that “this show is expensive!!!!!!!” That’s seven exclamation points, or three more than Coyne used in his grenade-apology tweet. Based on the acclaimed […]
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7 TSA-banned items Wayne Coyne has yet to take through airport security (we think)
1. Reebok Super Smash Kashmir Willow cricket bat 2. Krylon Brushed Metallic Indoor Satin spray paint can (caramel latte color, 11 oz.) 3. Dragon Nunchucks (“The Choice of Better Ninjas Everywhere,” with handsome dragon inlay design and ball bearing swivel, 30 inches) 4. Black Cat Gatlin’ Pack roman candles (18 inches, eight per pack) 5. […]
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Freaky Friday
Maybe it’s too early, but what are you doing New Year’s Eve? Unless you’re Down Under, you’re not going to see The Flaming Lips’ annual New Year’s Eve Freakout. It’s true: Music’s favorite weirdoes will ring in 2013 in Australia, but in exchange, they’ve conjured up a holiday gift more appropriate than their usual end-of-year […]
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Sir Toby
Credit: Brad Gregg Didn’t know that. We thought the Brits were a snobby group when it comes to music. Heck, they worshipped The Flaming Lips well before these United States — not to mention li’l ol’ Oklahoma — got around to it. We bring this up because Toby Keith looks well-prepared to conquer England. Last […]
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Flaming bingo
Credit: Brad Gregg The Riverfront Times, St. Louis’s altweekly, said that the cards were created with images one is likely to see at a Lips show. They debuted in conjunction with the group’s closing out the LouFest, held there on Aug. 25-26. The paper said the Lips have always treated St. Louis well, and the […]
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Heady holidaze
Credit: Brad Gregg Or so suggests a press release last week issued by Warner Bros. Records shilling Flaming Lips swag for publications’ holiday gift guides. Among the items suggested are: —The Flaming Lips Silver Trembling Fetus Ornament, $30 and “back by popular demand … and not just for your Jewish friends”; —The Flaming Lips Gummy […]
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Metal man
You’re probably familiar with the phrase “less is more.” Whether you subscribe to this credo is another matter. But Oklahoma City-based designer and sculptor Larry Pickering believes there’s an undeniable truth in simplicity. “I’ve always been a simple person,” Pickering said. “I like simple colors. I like natural colors. I’m driven by that. I can […]
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The Flaming Lips — The Flaming Lips & Heady Fwends
Without consulting the track listing, I tried to associate any of its 13 songs with the visitors. Not counting the needlessly 10-minute cover of “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” with Erykah Badu’s vocals, I was able to place one. My point? This is not a collaborative album in the true sense; this […]
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Hasty release
Credit: Brad Gregg At this point, we’ve all learned never to open an @waynecoyne-issued Twitpic while at work, or in the presence of children and/or the particularly religious. Living with the possibility of accidentally glimpsing a 51-year-old man’s nether regions has been accepted as part of the local flavor. Coyne’s disregard for modesty and need […]
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Prehistoric powerhouse
Mastodon is great at naming things. Now touring behind its fifth album, The Hunter, Atlanta’s reigning prog-metal act stomped its way to critical-darling status by virtue of more than just formidable song sorcery. One can feel writers’ glee by reading reviews of the band’s sludgy, heady, unrelenting approach to rock that manifests in album titles […]