Floydian Slip » Nick Mason

“Floydian Slip” songlist #825

Floydian Slip — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:00:50 +0000

Nick Mason Birthday Special

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

“Floydian Slip” preview #825

Floydian Slip — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:00:13 +0000

Join us this week for Floydian Slip #825: It’s a special show featuring Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason on his 68th birthday (Jan. 27).

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.

Up for bid: Nick Mason discs, drumsticks

Floydian Slip — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 01:00:38 +0000

Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason has donated some rare items to be auctioned for charity.

The eBay auction, which ends at 6 p.m. (PST) Dec. 2, includes Mason’s signed and framed silver disc of Floyd’s “A Momentary Lapse of Reason,” designating double-platinum status of the 1987 album; and a pair of signed drumsticks.

The auction benefits the Dan Wheldon Family Trust Fund through the Graham Rahal Foundation. Wheldon was an English Indy car driver who was killed in a crash Oct. 16.

Bidding is currently at $1,025. Place your bid now.

Jimmy Fallon to present week of Pink Floyd

Floydian Slip — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 01:21:36 +0000

“Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” will feature a Pink Floyd song each night of the week next week. The band’s Roger Waters and Nick Mason will also appear on the show.

On Monday, The Shins will perform “Breathe” from “The Dark Side of the Moon,” with Mason appearing for an interview. Tuesday Waters will join Foo Fighters to perform “In the Flesh” from “The Wall.” He’ll also be interviewed by Fallon.

MGMT performs “Lucifer Sam” Wednesday; country artist Dierks Bentley will do “Wish You Were Here” Thursday; and Pearl Jam appears Friday to do “Mother.”

The program airs at 12:35 a.m. ET on NBC.

The week of Floyd is timed to coincide with the beginning of the Why Pink Floyd? remaster campaign.

Fire up those DVRs …

Nick Mason: Reissue/rarities campaign just the beginning

Floydian Slip — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 13:40:00 +0000

Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason made some recent appearances in Billboard magazine and New York’s Q104.

In Billboard, Mason talks about the upcoming reissue/rarities project “Why Pink Floyd?,” telling writer Gary Graff the band has warmed to the idea of releasing incomplete and alternate takes.

“One now looks at these things and realizes there really is interest and how things came about and what the early versions were and so on. We thought rather than just leave everything in the vaults, it might be worth bringing everything out and giving people a complete view of what we’ve done,” he says.

Most exciting, Mason says the the already announced schedule of releases (“EMI announces massive Floyd reissue/rarity project“) probably won’t be the end of the vault-mining.

“We will do some more sort of in-depth versions of other albums, but I don’t know what we’ve got in the pipeline for that, yet.”

Read the Billboard article online.

Mason on Q104.3

Friday morning, Mason made an appearance on New York’s Q104.3. Listen to the interview here:

Photo: Ferrari giveaway

Floydian Slip — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 22:31:53 +0000

We received from Hot Wheels Elite in Italy today the scale model we’ll be giving away Wednesday.

Read more about the model, which is a replica of Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason‘s.

It’s #4954 of 5,000 and comes in a box that looks like it might be worth saving.

If you haven’t already registered to win, register online now.

Contest: Ferrari scale model

Floydian Slip — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 11:20:32 +0000

The folks at Hot Wheels Elite have been kind enough to provide us with one of a limited edition of 5,000 scale replicas of Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason‘s Ferrari 512 S to give away.

Read more about the model in our previous post “Hot Wheels releases Nick Mason Ferrari.”

The model retails for about $100.

Registration deadline 6 p.m. EDT Wednesday, April 27.

Hot Wheels releases Nick Mason Ferrari

Floydian Slip — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:01:16 +0000

Hot Wheels Elite has released a 1:18 scale replica of Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason‘s 512 S Ferrari.

The car raced in 1970 with Mario Andretti, Ronnie Peterson and Arturo Merzario as drivers; and appeared in the 1971 Le Mans film starring Steve McQueen.

“Performance cars, and Ferrari in particular, tend to be at the leading edge of excellence and innovation, and the 512 S is no exception,” Mason says.

The model is part of Hot Wheels’ Ferrari in Music collection, which also includes cars owned by George Michael, Eric Clapton and Jamiroquai.

It’s a limited edition of 5,000, and retails for approximately $100.

Learn more about the model at the Hot Wheels Elite Web site.

Nick Mason-signed cymbal helps charity

Floydian Slip — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 13:26:58 +0000

Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason has donated a piece of his drum kit — and his signature — to help raise money for a U.K. charity.

When you make a donation to sponsor drummer Mike Dolbear‘s run in the Halstead & Essex Half Marathon May 8, you’ll get a chance at winning a Paiste 2000 Reflections 14-inch thin crash cymbal used by Mason on Floyd’s 1987 album “A Momentary Lapse of Reason” and signed by Mason.

Dolbear, co-founder of drummers’ Web site mikedolbear.com, will run just more than 26 miles to benefit the Teenage Cancer Trust, devoted to improving the lives of children and young adults with cancer.

“Every £2.50 of sponsorship will earn one chance to win, so £25 will earn 10 chances,” Dolbear explains. “There no maximum donation.

“When you have made a donation, please send an email to charityrun@mikedolbear.com with your name, contact details and the amount that you have donated. When I have completed the run, Nick Mason will pull a name out of the hat and the lucky winner will receive the cymbal.”

The winner will also receive a certificate of authenticity and a copy of “Momentary Lapse.”

As of this writing, Dolbear has raised £390.

Make your donation online. And follow Dolbear on Twitter.

Dark side of the vroom

Floydian Slip — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:07:36 +0000

Pink Floyd drummer and auto enthusiast Nick Mason is featured in the April issue of GQ magazine.

He’s pictured in the Ferrari 458 Italia on the front of the magazine’s “Cars” section.