F Is For The Flaming Lips
*Originally released June 16th 2014*
This episode, Doug and Steve wax on about the prolific psychedelic rockers from Oklahoma City, The Flaming Lips! The guys also chat about dada-ist lyrical content, the role of a producer in the making of an album, and the Zaireeka listening experience.
Music featured this week:
The W.A.N.D. - At War With The Mystics
She Don\'t Use Jelly - Transmissions From The Satellite Heart
Do You Realize?? - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
13:33 - It was 2008. Flaming Lips played the main stage at Sasquatch Music Festival.
18:31 - Or at least, Dave Fridmann WAS Mercury Rev\'s guitarist at the time. He currently neither plays for or produces the band.
24:30 - Ooooooo Steve was close, but nope! In A Priest Driven Ambulance was released just prior to the Flaming Lips being signed to Warner Bros. And here\'s that insane music video he was talking about: \"Shine On Sweet Jesus - Jesus Song #5\"
25:00 - All the way back to \"Hear It Is.\" It\'s allegedly the eye of then-drummer Richard English.
35:20 - The science fiction themed video for \"Riding To Work In 2025 (Your Invisible Now)\" and the anime themed video for \"March Of The Rotten Vegetables\"
39:29 - \"The W.A.N.D.\" is number 32 on Doug\'s list of 100 Favourite Songs
56:43 - You can watch the trailer to \"Christmas On Mars\" here
Steve\'s Recommendations:
Ego-Tripping At The Gates Of Hell - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
Feeling Yourself Disintegrate - The Soft Bulletin
Pilot Can At The Queer Of God - Transmissions From The Satellite Heart
Silver Trembling Hands - Embryonic
The Strange Design Of Conscience - Fight Test [EP]
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
Doug\'s Recommendations:
Be My Head - Transmissions From The Satellite Heart
Race For The Prize - The Soft Bulletin
One More Robot / Sympathy 3000-21 - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The W.A.N.D. - At War With The Mystics
It Overtakes Me - At War With The Mystics
I Can Be A Frog - Embryonic
The Terror - The Terror
At War With The Mystics