Posted October 2, 2013 by Floydian Slip
Register to win a copy of The Flaming Cow, Ron Geesin’s account of the making of “Atom Heart Mother.”
We have 3 copies to give away. Prizes courtesy of The History Press with assistance from Trafalgar Square Publishing from Independent Publishers Group.
Deadline to register: 6 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Oct. 9.
Due to postage costs, this contest is limited to participants in the United States and Canada.
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Posted September 28, 2013 by Floydian Slip
StormStudios and de Milo will publish “The Gathering Storm: The Album Art of Storm Thorgerson” on Oct. 1.
The book covers the five-decade-long career of Storm Thorgerson, one of the most prolific album sleeve designers in history, and the primary designer of the Pink Floyd catalog.
Thorgerson wrote and compiled the book over the last year of his life. He saw and approve a finished copy just a few days before he died April 18.
“The Gathering Storm” comes in three editions: Hardback, collector’s and deluxe. The editions are detailed, and available for pre-order, at the Firebrand website.
Posted September 19, 2013 by Floydian Slip
Join us this week for Floydian Slip #911: It’ll be a special show devoted to founding Floyd member and keyboardist Rick Wright on the 5th anniversary of his passing:
“Floydian Slip” is heard across the 40 stations of our Random Precision Radio Network. Learn where and when to listen.
Posted September 13, 2013 by Floydian Slip
The 1970 Roy Battersby documentary “The Body,” best known to Pink Floyd fans for its soundtrack including work by Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters, will be issued on DVD next month.
Network Distributing Ltd. will release the film on DVD in its entirety for the first time. The disc will include the original theatrical trailer, a gallery of still images, and promotional material.
Waters composed and recorded the soundtrack along with Ron Geesin. The track “Give Birth to a Smile” included the rest of Pink Floyd, who appeared without credit.
The DVD will be issued as a Region 2 disc, playable in Europe, the Middle East and several other countries, but not the United States.
Network describes “The Body” as “a deeply intimate feature-length film exploring the physical experience of being human.”
Narrated by Vanessa Redgrave and Frank Finlay, with commentary by poet/playwright Adrian Mitchell, the film follows the human life-cycle from conception to death.
Battersby has worked as a director mostly in television since 1969.
The DVD will be priced at £6.98.
Posted September 11, 2013 by Floydian Slip
Roger Waters will perform at the 7th Annual Stand Up for Heroes event in New York City on Nov. 6.
The event, to raise funds for wounded service members, will include Jerry Seinfeld, Bruce Springsteen and Jon Stewart.
Waters performed at the 2012 event (pictured).
The event’s organized by The Bob Woodruff Foundation and held in conjunction with the New York Comedy Festival.
Since its inception, Stand Up for Heroes has raised $16 million to help wounded veterans.
Posted September 11, 2013 by Floydian Slip
Bob Geldof will become the first Irishman in space when he takes a ride on a commercial flight beyond the earth’s atmosphere in 2015.
Geldof, the Boomtown Rats frontman who played Pink in 1982’s “Pink Floyd The Wall,” was offered the trip when the Rats agreed to play a concert next month at a charity event at the Natural History Museum, London.
Tickets for the flight will be auctioned at the event.
The Independent quotes Geldof as saying: “Pretty mind-blowing … The First Rock Astronaut — Space Rat! Elvis may have left the building but Bob Geldof will have left the planet! Wild!”
Posted August 10, 2013 by Floydian Slip
Prog Magazine has renamed its Grand Design Award after late Pink Floyd designer Storm Thorgerson.
Now known as the Storm Thorgerson Grand Design Award, it’ll be given to the designer of this year’s best-packaged product. The nominees are 10cc, Hawkwind, the Moody Blues, Jethro Tull, Peter Blegvard & Andy Partridge, King Crimson, Family, Peter Gabriel, Arve Henriksen and Rush.
Thorgerson, known for his work with Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Genesis, Black Sabbath and others, died in April.
“Storm’s contribution to prog rock and beyond is incredible,” says Prog Magazine editor Jerry Ewing. “We felt it was only right to pay tribute to the man who has given so much to music through his art.
“The re-titling of the Grand Design award is especially fitting, given that Storm won it at last year’s ceremony for his continued work with Pink Floyd.”
The awards ceremony takes place at Kew Gardens, London, on September 3. Register to vote and become eligible to win prizes from all nominated artists.
Posted August 8, 2013 by Floydian Slip
Two of David Gilmour‘s children have been cast in roles on the television program “Downton Abbey.”
The Pink Floyd guitarist’s son, Gabriel, 16, and daughter, Romany, 11, are working as extras on the period drama.
Gilmour was pictured at the set during a shoot in Oxfordshire, England, this week, looking as if he were channeling Ernest Hemingway.
These episodes being shot for the fourth season will air in the U.K. later this year. The fourth season will air in the U.S. in early ’14.
Posted August 7, 2013 by Floydian Slip
“Darkside,” a radio drama by noted playwright Tom Stoppard (center) inspired by Pink Floyd’s 1973 “The Dark Side of the Moon,” will premiere on BBC Radio 2 on Monday, Aug. 26 at 10 p.m.
The production, commissioned by the BBC, was recently previewed for an invite-only audience of dignitaries, including Floyd drummer Nick Mason, at a BBC “happening.” Attendees donned headphones and were treated to a simultaneous light show.
“I love it,” Mason told The Independent. “But I’m tempted to text Tom and tell him it’s really great — but there was a lot of actors talking over the music.”
Stoppard’s first major success was “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead” in 1966. He also wrote “Shakespeare in Love,” “Arcadia” and “The Real Thing.” His play “Rock ‘n Roll” drew inspiration from the life of Floyd co-founder Syd Barrett.
Posted June 26, 2013 by Floydian Slip
Architect Mark Fisher, who made a name for himself designing stages for bands including Pink Floyd, died yesterday at age 66.
He passed away in his sleep at the Marie Curie Hospice in Hampstead with wife, Cristina, at his side, after a long illness.
Fisher designed the original show of “The Wall” in 1980, as well as Roger Waters‘ performance of the show in Berlin, Germany, in 1990 and its most recent world tour in 2010-13. He also designed for Floyd’s A Momentary Lapse of Reason tour in 1987-89 and The Division Bell shows of ’94.
In 1984 he set up the Fisher Park Partnership with Jonathan Park, which he dissolved in 1994 when he established Stufish, the Mark Fisher Studio.
His resume includes work with The Rolling Stones, U2, Tina Turner, Madonna, Peter Gabriel, and Lady Gaga.
He also created designs for theatre productions including “We Will Rock You,” and “Ka” and “Viva Elvis” for Cirque du Soleil.
Fisher was the senior designer for the Beijing Olympics opening and closing ceremonies and was an executive producer of the London 2012 games ceremonies.
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