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.
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Dark side of the vroom
Posted March 28, 2011 by Floydian Slip
Nick Mason’s pink motorcycle on the auction block
Posted March 9, 2011 by Floydian Slip
A pink motorcycle formerly owned by Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason will be auctioned at the International Classic Motorcycle Show in Stafford, England.
The Honda VF500 will go on the block April 24 to benefit Think Pink Scotland, an organization that raises funds and awareness of breast cancer in Scotland.
“We were thrilled to receive the Honda and I am hopeful that Pink Floyd enthusiasts will dig deep for a great cause,” says Think Pink Scotland founder Lynn Murray. “It is a really eye catching bike and I am sure there will be plenty of people keen to start the bidding.”
Revenues from the auction will go toward Think Pink Scotland’s campaign to build a laboratory within the Beatson Translational Research Centre in Glasgow. Building work is due to start in March and £8.2 of the £10M required has already been secured.
The auction will be conducted by Bonhams.
For more information about Think Pink Scotland, visit the organization’s Web site.
Floydian Slip preview #773
Posted January 28, 2011 by Floydian Slip
Join us this week for Floydian Slip #773: We’ll be featuring Nick Mason who turns 67 on Jan. 27.
Be listening for some rarely-heard solo material from Floyd’s drummer.
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Nick Mason encourages communication among labels, artists
Posted January 20, 2011 by Floydian Slip
Nick Mason is the subject of a brief story in Classic Rock magazine. The Pink Floyd drummer has joined Featured Artists Coalition, a group devoted to bettering communication among recording artists and their business side counterparts.
“There is a tendency for musicians to view labels as just people in suits, but we are trying to get the two sides to talk,” he says in the article, “because it can only be to everyone’s benefit.
“One thing we want to see is for labels either to explore more of their back catalogue, or to give the rights back to the artists. So many companies have material in their vaults they don’t even know exists.”
Let’s hope.
Clarification: Floyd reunion a near miss
Posted November 29, 2010 by Floydian Slip
Last week we reported (“Floyd reunion a near miss”) the world very nearly saw a reunion of the surviving members of Pink Floyd, but when the venue turned out to be the home of a wealthy socialite, drummer Nick Mason pulled out.
What we didn’t make clear — or understand ourselves! — was the reunion in question was this past July’s Hoping Foundation charity event when Roger Waters and David Gilmour shared a stage.
The pair got Andy Newmark (“The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking,” “The Final Cut”) to sit in for Mason.
Nick Mason drums for peace in Sudan
Posted September 22, 2010 by Floydian Slip
Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason was one of many who participated in a new video to promote peace in Sudan.
The 4-minute “Beat For Peace” clip is part of a campaign focused on a meeting of world leaders about to be held at the United Nations this Friday.
Nick Mason: Floyd anthology in the works
Posted September 1, 2010 by Floydian Slip
Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason has indicated a Pink Floyd anthology and catalog reissue might be in the works.
His comments appear in an interview published in the recent issue of Rhythm magazine.
“We’ve been developing the idea of a Pink Floyd anthology for a long time. I’ve spent quite a lot of time trying to find the material. I really enjoy that, but it’s time consuming,” he says.
“We’re talking about doing a big reissue of the Pink Floyd catalogue because there is the belief that there eventually will be the point that there simply won’t be enough market to generate those sort of packages. That would be a tragedy, so it’s a good time to do it.”
Read the full interview online.
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Nick Mason’s garage burglarized
Posted May 21, 2010 by Floydian Slip
Nick Mason‘s garage was broken into recently.
The U.K.’s Daily Mirror newspaper reports the Pink Floyd drummer arrived at his Hampstead, North London, home to find the garage unlocked and several crash helmets missing, including a pink one.
“It’s quite distinctive so the number of people who had a helmet that color would be limited,” he said. “It would be nice to get them back.”
Mason is nearly as famous for his love of motor sports as he is for being a member of Floyd.
Oddly, the thief or thieves left his Harley Davidson motorcycle untouched.
Nick Masons joins campaign against Sudan violence
Posted January 11, 2010 by Floydian Slip
Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason has joined Beat for Peace, a movement calling for renewed diplomatic efforts to prevent violence in the African nation of Sudan.
Mason appears in a video of drummers (below) across the globe lending their support to the cause.
Stewart Copeland (The Police), Phil Selway (Radiohead), Jonny Quinn (Snow Patrol) and many others also appear in the video.
The civil war between North and South Sudan was Africa’s longest-running civil war, killing more than 2 million people. With violence on the increase in southern Sudan, activists are trying to prevent the return of mass human rights violations to that area.
More information about Sudan and Beat for Peace is available at the Beat for Peace Web site.
Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason cooks
Posted December 17, 2009 by Floydian Slip
Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason offers up his recipe for bouillabaisse in a new charity cookbook.
“A Salute to Cooking” from Bene Factum Publishing Ltd. benefits the Royal Hospital Chelsea‘s Chelsea Pensioners’ Appeal fund.
Mason is one of many celebrities who contributed more than 100 recipes for the book.
Illustrator Gerald Scarfe, best-known to Floyd fans for his work on Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” album and film, illustrated the book’s cover.
Founded in 1702, Royal Chelsea Hospital is home to 300 aging or disabled veterans who served in the British Army.
Buy “A Salute to Cooking” for £14.99 ($24.30 at time of writing) online. The title’s also available for purchase in-person at the hospital shop in Chelsea, London.
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