It’s been a long year for The Flaming Lips, who, in addition to a grueling tour schedule, made good on Wayne Coyne’s public promise early last year to release new music each month. “A lot of people thought we already had 10 songs,” the front man said, “but I said, ‘No, we’re not doing that. […]
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Ono? Oh, yes!
It’s been a long year for The Flaming Lips, who, in addition to a grueling tour schedule, made good on Wayne Coyne’s public promise early last year to release new music each month. “A lot of people thought we already had 10 songs,” the front man said, “but I said, ‘No, we’re not doing that. […]
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Math test
The clouds menaced Tulsa’s Brady Street Block Party in August, eventually spawning fat droplets of rain spread around by Oklahoma’s signature winds. Suddenly, Mutemath drummer Darren King feared the worst. “We were about two minutes away from playing, 111 degrees, sunny. And then all of a sudden, God’s wrath comes through,” King said. “It was […]
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Alley oops
What? All over the city, we have inventions called traffic control systems and sidewalks to help her. If people are dumb enough to purchase those overpriced, poorly located tiny boxes that pass for housing near Bricktown, just so they can walk to the park, then they need to question their own desire to walk. They […]
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Marathon for the prize
Last week, those nearly 70,000 strong who follow Coyne became privy to the Lips’ latest work, which may prove even more difficult to engage than their infamous 1997 album “Zaireeka,” which requires four separate sets of speakers and a carefully synchronized pressing of as many “play” buttons to experience properly. “Takes a long time to […]
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Have yourself a Lippy little Christmas
They recently sent out a list of gift suggestions, and amid the Devo- and My Chemical Romance-branded items are several offerings from Oklahoma City’s own Flaming Lips. Because when Chicken-Fried News thinks “birth of the Christ child,” we think “Silver Trembling Fetus Ornament.” For $30, this silver pewter “shiny little prebundle of pure joy” measures […]
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CFN QUOTW, part deux
“I would say my hobby is probably getting drunk. … People assume we are just gobbling handfuls of acid all the time.” —The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne, in an Aug. 19 New York Times profile
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CFN Quotes of the Week
“It’s insane! … Every time I get baked (on the tour bus), I go in my bunk, put on ‘The Dark Knight,’ and just wait for (Heath Ledger’s) scenes.” —Hinder front man Austin Winkler, in the book “Reefer Movie Madness: The Ultimate Stoner Film Guide” by Shirley Halperin and Steve Bloom “The trippiest part (of […]
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Lip service
It started when Ryan Drake, who runs the podcast with Allan Pellegrin, mentioned Coyne in a tweet. “I think it was around the time he joined Twitter,” Drake said. “I don’t think he knew how to use Twitter, and he accidentally followed me because I said something about him.” Several tweet conversations later, Coyne agreed […]
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Hear It Is
Although they’ve often abandoned traditional music-delivery methods for more unique ones, The Flaming Lips do, in fact, have albums. And on Record Store Day, April 16, Oklahoma’s most famous weirdos will reissue a decade’s worth of records on actual vinyl, in a box set titled “Heady Nuggs: The First 5 Warner Bros. Records 1992-2002.” Including […]