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 […]
Wayne Coyne
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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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Enter stage Lips
The long-awaited stage musical production of Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, based on the Lips’ 2002 album, is slated to make its world premiere next fall at the La Jolla Playhouse in La Jolla, Calif. At the helm is Tony Award-winning writer-director Des McAnuff, whose Broadway credits include Jersey Boys. Early on, McAnuff was reportedly […]
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Cult of personality
Bangstyle.com (note: not a website for comparing “Kama Sutra” techniques, as CFN was hoping) reported that Nick Logie and his cohorts in the Los Angeles band Telegram recently drove some 22 hours to deliver Coyne a birthday present direct to his Oklahoma City home. We’ll let Bangstyle (tee-hee) take over from here: “Instead of rejecting […]
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No womb at the inn
The Womb Room, located at 25 NW Ninth St. and co-owned by Flaming Lips front man Wayne Coyne, received a cease-and-desist order Dec. 29 from the Oklahoma City Fire Marshal’s Office, which cited occupancy code violations. The gallery was slated to host the Plastic Ono Band, the reincarnation of the avant-garde rock group formed by […]
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No womb at the inn
The Womb Room, located at 25 NW Ninth St. and co-owned by Flaming Lips front man Wayne Coyne, received a cease-and-desist order Dec. 29 from the Oklahoma City Fire Marshal’s Office, which cited occupancy code violations. The gallery was slated to host the Plastic Ono Band, the reincarnation of the avant-garde rock group formed by […]
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CFN Quotes of the week
“That’s part of the luxury of being in this band: If you don’t go for it, it won’t happen, so go for it, at the risk of looking like an idiot. So we look like idiots. We are idiots. Why do we care?” —Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips “As a father, I know about […]
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CFN Quotes of the week
“That’s part of the luxury of being in this band: If you don’t go for it, it won’t happen, so go for it, at the risk of looking like an idiot. So we look like idiots. We are idiots. Why do we care?” —Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips “As a father, I know about […]