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Floydian Slip songlist #702

Posted September 19, 2009 by Floydian Slip

The Show Must Go On
The Wall (1979)
In the Flesh
The Wall (1979)
Another Movie/Round and Around
A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987)
Smile
David Gilmour in Concert (DVD) (David Gilmour) (2002)
A Saucerful of Secrets
Live at Pompeii (DVD) (1972)
Childhood’s End
Obscured by Clouds (1972)
Along the Shoreline
Broken China (Rick Wright) (1996)
Wish You Were Here
The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book (Wyclef Jean) (2000)
Not Now John
The Final Cut (1983)
Sunset Strip
Radio K.A.O.S. (Roger Waters) (1987)

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Details: WIZN to air “Floydian Slip”

Posted September 18, 2009 by Floydian Slip

WIZN 106.7 FM in Burlington has signed on to carry the “Floydian Slip” radio show. The station will begin airing the show 8 p.m. Sundays on Sept. 27.

“We’re excited to have ‘Floydian Slip’ on WIZN, not only because it’s the quintessential Floyd show, but also because it’s a Burlington icon,” says WIZN Program Director Matt Grasso. “We feel like the show is finally home where it belongs.”

“WIZN was one of the stations I listened to and dreamed of working for when I was getting into college radio and spending vacations back home in Vermont,” says host Craig Bailey. “To think the show is joining The Wizard’s line-up is really exciting.”

“Floydian Slip” went off-the-air June 7 after a more than 13-year run on Champ 101.3 in Burlington. Bailey had produced the show for other stations prior to Champ, going back to his senior year of college in 1989.

Since Champ cancelled the show, Bailey has been working to bring it back to the air on multiple stations as a syndicated offering under the moniker of the Random Precision Radio Network.

He’ll resume production Sept. 19 with Show #702 on Burlington’s online station WBKM, the first station to join the new network. WBKM carries the show 10 p.m. Saturdays.

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WIZN 106.7 FM to air Floydian Slip

Posted September 16, 2009 by Floydian Slip

wizn Starting Sept. 27, you’ll be able to hear “Floydian Slip” Sunday nights at 8 on WIZN 106.7 FM, in Burlington, Vt.

We’re glad to have the Wizard aboard as our second affiliate station.

Watch for a more formal announcement tomorrow …

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Lily Allen takes a poke at the Floyd

Posted September 15, 2009 by Floydian Slip

lily_allen London’s Metro newspaper reports 24-year-old singer/songwriter Lily Allen has spoken out against file sharing.

Her comments, posted on her MySpace page, are in response to a recent Times story quoting Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason suggesting prosecuting those who illegally share music files is misguided and shortsighted.

“I think music piracy is having a dangerous effect on British music, but some really rich and successful artists like Nick Mason from Pink Floyd and Ed O’Brien from Radiohead don’t seem to think so,” she wrote.

“These guys from huge bands said file-sharing music is fine. It probably is fine for them. They do sell-out arena tours and have the biggest Ferrari collections in the world.

“For new talent though, file-sharing is a disaster as it’s making it harder and harder for new acts to emerge.

“You don’t start out in music with the Ferraris. Instead you get a huge debt from your record company, which you spend years working your arse off to repay.”

The Ferrari reference would seem to be a jab at Mason’s impressive auto collection.

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Floyd muse tops UK charts at age 92

Posted September 15, 2009 by Floydian Slip

vera_lynn Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn? Apparently so.

Lynn, the World War II-era vocalist immortalized in Roger Waters‘ “Vera” on Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” (1979) is sitting at the top of the UK music charts at age 92.

Her greatest hits compilation “We’ll Meet Again — The Very Best of Vera Lynn” even managed to beat out the flurry of Beatles remasters that hit stores recently.

“I am extremely surprised and delighted, and a big ‘thank you’ to all my fans for putting me there,” Lynn said to the UK Press Association.

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Nick Mason speaks out against file sharing penalty

Posted September 10, 2009 by Floydian Slip

members of fac Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason (left) is one of many professional musicians lending a voice to the Featured Artists Coalition (FAC), a group encouraging the British government to rethink its stance toward illegal file sharers.

“The last thing we want to be doing is going to war with our fanbase. File sharing means a new generation of fans for us,” Mason said.

“It’s a great thing to have another generation discovering your music and thinking you’re rather good. File sharing plays a part in that, because that generation don’t do it any other way.”

His comments are a reaction to British Business Secretary Lord Mandelson‘s plan to suspend the Internet accounts of those caught sharing digital music files.

FAC has drafted a resolution that calls on the government to innovate new business models that help fans obtain music legally.

That plan has received backing by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors, and the Music Producers’ Guild.

Pictured, from left: Mason and other FAC members — Ed O’Brien (Radiohead), Dave Rowntree (Blur) and Billy Bragg. (David Bebber/The Times)

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Nick Mason won’t rule out Floyd video game

Posted September 8, 2009 by Floydian Slip

Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason has told the BBC his band might consider a Floyd-themed video game along the lines of Guitar Hero or Rock Band.

“Everyone’s looking at new ways of selling the music because the business of selling records has almost disappeared,” he said.

“We’re all still interested in the catalog and trying to make the most of it, re-mastering when necessary, and looking at other things that we could do with it.”

His comments came on the eve of the release of “The Beatles: Rock Band” by MTV Games.

Mason and Bill Wyman (Rolling Stones) took the opportunity to question those games’ effect on budding musicians.

“It irritates me having watched my kids do it,” Mason said. “If they spent as much time practicing the guitar as learning how to press the buttons they’d be damn good by now.”

Wyman was more direct: “It encourages kids not to learn, that’s the trouble. … It makes less and less people dedicated to really get down and learn an instrument.”

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WBKM signs on as first Floydian affiliate station

Posted September 6, 2009 by Floydian Slip

wbkm WBKM has signed on as the first affiliate station of the Floydian Slip radio show.

Our show will resume production Sept. 19. WBKM, which stands for “Burlington’s Kinda Music,” will carry the show 10 p.m. Saturdays.

Owned and operated by Tony Gallucci and Eric Koval in downtown Burlington, Vt., the station began netcasting an eclectic mix of programming in November 2007.

Floydian Slip went off the air June 7 after a more than 13-year run on Champ 101.3 in Burlington.

You can visit WBKM online and listen to the station at www.wbkm.org.

We’re happy to join the line-up at WBKM!

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