THE FLAMING LIPS - WATCHING THE PLANETS (VIDEO)And I thought the video for 'I Can Be A Frog' was weird. Furry egg-like objects, bubble boys, nudity, lots and lots of nudity. This video is fucked. Fucked to high heaven. Nothing beyond my expectations of The Lips but there really isn't much more to say. It's a psychedalic-drug inspired creative short turned music video. And I'm diggin' it. Here's...
If you thought that the XXX version of the new Girls video currently circulating the net was 'not safe for work' well then you haven't seen the penis of Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne yet, it's as simple as that.
A couple of weeks ago in Portland, OR, The Flaming Lips sent out a call to the wild people of the Northwest. That call was to get naked and bring your bike for a video shoot. The people came, stripped down, felt free and made their video up around Mt. Tabor. This link right here, is the result of their hard work. It’s for the song, “Watching The Planets” and since it contains nudity, its NSF
After their early sellouts and great reviews for the past several years, the Sasquatch! Festival has announced their return for the ninth year- this time on May 29 thru 31 (Memorial Day Weekend), 2010 at the bucolic location at The Gorge in Quincy, WA. And for the first time, a discounted 3-day festival pass will be on sale in time for the holiday gift giving season at sasquatchfesti
At their "secret" MySpace show last night (TMT News), The Flaming Lips revealed that they've already completed their follow-up to Embryonic (TMT Review): a complete reinterpretation of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon. Why am I not shocked? According to the LA Times blog, the Lips recorded the album with Stardeath and the White Dwarfs (TMT Review), a band that includes Coyne's nephew Dennis, ...
Embryonic doesn't change what The Flaming Lips have ever meant, but Tom Whyman really does like it. I think if you like The Flaming Lips then you will too!
Highlights from the Voodoo Experience: 30 October - 1 November 2009 - New Orleans / In its 11th year the festival welcomed a plethora of musical greats to help embrace New Orleans under Halloween's spell.It has been two weeks since the Voodoo Experience and I finally feel that my life is back in order. As New Orleans’ premiere fall music festival, it's geared to worship music and showcase New .
Embryonicis a frustrating listen. It benefits from an abundance of ideas, soundsand talent, but it sorely lacks in taste. Not just from the aestheticangle either, it literally lacks flavour. Correct that: it doesn’t lackflavour, it’s just that there’s only one flavour.
Maybe this should read last week at In Review Online, but these review just got posted recently and I think we've got a good haul for you. My Monsters of Folk review I've already posted, but here's the full list:Flaming Lips - Embryonic ( by Yorgo Douramacos)3.5 Stars (of 4)"If all you think of in connection with Wayne Coyne and the boys is sugary, glacial bliss and secular humanist hymns set a...
It's been in production since 2001, but Wayne Coyne's bizarro holiday sci-fi film is touching down at last, with the help of left-field distribution house Cinema Purgatorio. Although it has screened at music fests and art houses, The Flaming Lips'...
Pumpkin-spiced lattes are in season, the kids are mulling through mid-terms, and summer albums just don't sound the same. That means it's about time for some cool-weather comfort. A slate of warm sounds for the soul, MOG's full-bodied round-up of end-of-the-year releases offers something for everyone to be excited about.10.12Editors In This Light and on This Evening 10.13Bob Dylan Christmas in...
Unless you too have been living on mars, you've heard that Wayne Coyne, musical maestro mad-man of The Flaming Lips just recently released his cinematic magum opus: Christmas On Mars. The film was shot in 'Do-It-Yourself' style, using grainy 16 mm black-and-white film, mostly in Wayne's backyard- outfitted to look like a spaceship on Mars. It also took 7 years to finish, during which time The F...
When scouting for guests on the Flaming Lips' follow-up to 2006's At War with the Mystics frontman Wayne Coyne just picked up the phone. "For the Karen O tracks," he told Swiss website Die Klangschau, "I just called her up in her hotel room and we just did it right over the telephone. It's pretty absurd." The Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman is expected to appear on more than one track on the album...
Embryonic doesn't change what The Flaming Lips have ever meant, but Tom Whyman really does like it. I think if you like The Flaming Lips then you will too!