Nick Mason Birthday Special

1. Time (Original mix)
   The Dark Side of the Moon (1973 [Immersion edition, 2011])
2. One of These Days
   Meddle (1971)
3. Lie for a Lie
   Profiles (Nick Mason f/David Gilmour) (1985)
4. Nick’s Boogie
   Pink Floyd London ’66/’67 (EP) (1995)
5. Ether Ships (*Floydian Slip Up*)
   Green (Steve Hillage prod. by Nick Mason) (1978)
6. Hot River
   Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports (Nick Mason) (1981)
7. Wervin’
   Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports (Nick Mason) (1981)
8. Get Get My Motor to Start
   Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports (Nick Mason) (1981)

This past Wednesday, Polly Samson, wife of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, helped rescue a man drowning near the couple’s East Sussex home.

Reports vary, but Samson is said to have aided the man who was flailing in the sea and, who, after rescue, refused help by trying to return to the water.

The man, who was in his 40s, was eventually taken by police to Royal Sussex County Hospital for mental evaluation.

Gilmour and the couple’s 21-year-old son, Charlie, reportedly assisted in the rescue.

Samson is a writer and photographer.

Roddy Bogawa‘s documentary about Pink Floyd sleeve designer Storm Thorgerson will have its East Coast premiere next month at New York Museum of the Modern Art (MoMA).

The feature-length film, “Taken by Storm,” will be featured as part of MoMA’s two-week-long “International Festival of Nonfiction Film and Media,” beginning Feb. 16.

“Taken by Storm” debuted in March 2011 at the South by Southwest (SxSW) festival.

“Hoping that this screening will give the film a big push along to its distribution life — more screenings, perhaps theatrical release, DVDs and streaming,” Bogawa says.

We’ll be playing lots of stuff from Nick’s solo career, along with Floyd tracks that feature him

“Floydian Slip” is heard across the 30 stations of our Random Precision Radio Network. Learn where and when to listen.

Only six guests attended the ceremony held at the couple’s home, according to The New York Post.

Waters revealed the ceremony had taken place during an appearance on Howard Stern’s radio show this past week. It was originally believe to have been scheduled for this weekend.

Waters had announced in November that the couple planned to wed before his “The Wall” tour resumes next week in Australia.

He’s been married three times before: to Judy Trimm (1968 to 1975), Carolyne Christie (1976 to 1992) and Pricilla Phillips (1993 to 2001).

Syd Barrett Birthday Special

1. Arnold Layne
   The Early Singles (1992)
2. Candy and a Currant Bun
   The Early Singles (1992)
3. See Emily Play
   The Early Singles (1992)
4. Scarecrow
   The Early Singles (1992)
5. Apples and Oranges
   The Early Singles (1992)
6. Bike
   The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967)
7. Vegetable Man
   The Future Kings of England (Vegetable Man Project IV) (2005)
8. No Good Trying
   The Madcap Laughs (Syd Barrett) (1970)
9. Octopus
   The Madcap Laughs (Syd Barrett) (1970)
10. Bob Dylan Blues
    The Best of Syd Barrett: Wouldn’t You Miss Me? (Syd Barrett) (2001)
11. Gigolo Aunt
    The Peel Session (Syd Barrett) (1988)
12. Baby Lemonade
    Barrett (Syd Barrett) (1970)
13. Wined and Dined
    Barrett (Syd Barrett) (1970)
14. Judband Blues
    A Saucerful of Secrets (1968)

Listen for early Syd-influenced Floyd as well as selections from Syd’s solo works.

“Floydian Slip” is heard across the 30 stations of our Random Precision Radio Network. Learn where and when to listen.

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Styles, pictured here on the left with road manager/sound engineer Peter Watts on the back of the band’s 1969 “Ummagumma” album, was the namesake of the song “Alan’s Psychedelic Breakfast” from 1970′s “Atom Heart Mother.”

He can be heard throughout the avant-garde piece muttering to himself while going about his business preparing breakfast.

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