Published in The Observer!
I wrote a thing about how moved I was by seeing the Flaming Lips live in concert last year in Kansas City, which moved me literally to Omaha and Oklahoma City a few weeks later to catch them again on…
Flaming Lips Love
Digging the wonderful weirdness of the Lips!
Flaming Lips Love
Digging the wonderful weirdness of the Lips!
Mony Baloney
Chicago or Bust!
The Flaming Lips will be at the Salt Shed on August 16th and so will I. Now the countdown has begun! I’m also looking forward to seeing Modest Mouse too, but the Lips are the reason I’m dropping some Benjamins…
Do You Realize?-What Happened During Filming of the Portlandia Episode?
If you’ve ever watched the Portlandia episode where the Flaming Lips perform at the Pickathon, you may have noticed the groovy blue jacket that Wayne has on. Those are some hip threads, but they’re not very cool. They turned Wayne…
My Confetti Colletion
I’m that person you see after a Flaming Lips concert picking confetti off the floor. For me, some tiny pink robots with serrated heads and crepey pieces of volcanic ash are the ultimate souvenirs. The photo shows my haul so…
“Utterly Splendiferous and Entirely Transcendental.”
These words were how someone on an Amazon review described the Soft Bulletin LP that was recorded live at Red Rocks with the Colorado Symphony. They also capture perfectly how I experience the Flaming Lips. Though the band doesn’t need…
It’s Summertime!
I’m sure you’ll recognize —the magic of this tune that makes it the perfect thing to blast out your car windows on a hot summer day. In this video Wayne explains how the song developed, taking us track by track…