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The Flaming Lips
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A Spoonful Weighs a Ton
The Fading Flicker of the Flaming Lips
I WAS LATE to the Flaming Lips party all three times. The first was their early acid-punk era, which was essentially over by the time I heard their 1993 album Transmissions from the Satellite Heart as a teen, finding it both loveable and beguilingly strange. The second time was following the release of 1999’s The […]
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To ‘Quatch or Not to ‘Quatch
Navigating Sasquatch!—the Northwest’s Fest-iest Festival
Our guide to navigating the Northwest’s Fest-iest Festival
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Naked Race for the Prize
Behind the Scenes at the Flaming Lips’ Nude Video Shoot
Naked bicyclists, pulsating vagina-balls, and boobs. Just another day
in a Flaming Lips video shoot.
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Joyful Reluctance
The Unseen Sounds of Black Moth Super Rainbow
Black Moth Super Rainbow let it shine.
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Bombastic, Yet Friendly
The Flaming Lips Make All the Kids Say “Yeah!”
A word heard frequently in the Flaming Lips’ new live DVD, UFOs at the Zoo, is “Yeah!” which Lips frontman Wayne Coyne urges the audience to shout loud enough to combat the destructive power of a hand grenade. I like this kind of dreamy metaphysics, and I call Coyne the morning after watching UFOs at […]