Posted December 21, 2011 by Floydian Slip
Congratulations to Peter Petersson of Great Meadows, NJ, who won an autographed copy of “The Raging Storm,” the new book from Pink Floyd sleeve designer Storm Thorgerson.
Prize courtesy of StormStudios.
Read more about the book (“New book coming from Storm Thorgerson”), and read our ’97 interview with the author.
Posted December 12, 2011 by Floydian Slip
Pink Floyd Web site Brain Damage reported that one-time Pink Floyd roadie Alan Styles died Dec. 8 of pneumonia. He was 75.
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.
Posted December 7, 2011 by Floydian Slip
Enter to win an autographed copy of Pink Floyd sleeve designer Storm Thorgerson‘s new book “The Raging Storm.”
Deadline to enter is 6 p.m. EST Dec. 21.
Read more about the book (“New book coming from Storm Thorgerson”).
Posted December 4, 2011 by Floydian Slip
Legendary Los Angeles rock radio DJ Jim Ladd, who was an integral part of Roger Waters‘s 1987 concept album “Radio K.A.O.S.,” will take a job with satellite radio provider SiriusXM.
Ladd will host a nightly show on the service’s “Deep Tracks” Channel 27 starting in January. It’ll be the first time Ladd will be heard nationally.
“Traditional FM radio has turned its back on the very thing that made rock radio the magical experience it was intended to be,” Ladd says. “SiriusXM is kicking down the doors of the stagnant, preprogrammed fodder that passes for radio today by encouraging me to do my free-form show so we can all share this experience live as it happens.”
Ladd played the part of the DJ on Roger Waters’s “Radio K.A.O.S.” album, conversing with the album’s protagonist Billy, a Welsh boy living with this uncle in Los Angeles who can talk with communication satellites.
Cumulus Radio Inc. abruptly fired Ladd from Los Angeles station KLOS at the end of October after a 14-year run.
L.A.’s KFI 640 AM made news when it allowed Ladd on the air Nov. 5, shortly after leaving KLOS, so he could air a three-hour farewell show. Ladd was the inspiration for Tom Petty‘s “The Last DJ.” Ironically, KFI is owned by radio giant Clear Channel Communications, which banned Petty’s song from its 850 stations for being “anti-radio.”
Petty told a crowd at a Oct. 29 benefit concert, “Jim Ladd was fired for having an imagination.”
Ladd will be selecting all the music he plays on his SiriusXM program, something nearly unheard of in today’s over-the-air market. “I will be playing everything I want, from Pink Floyd to Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, from The Doors to Moby Grape, freely and with no play lists,” he says.
SiriusXM broadcasts more than 135 satellite radio channels of commercial-free music, sports, news, talk, entertainment, traffic, weather, and data services to more than 21 million subscribers.
Shine on, Jim!
Posted November 24, 2011 by Floydian Slip
Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters will marry long-time partner Laurie Durning.
The pair have been a couple for several years, and will marry in early 2012 in what filmmaker Durning described to The New York Post as a “private and low-key” ceremony.
This will be Waters’ fourth marriage.
Posted November 23, 2011 by Floydian Slip
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.
Posted November 13, 2011 by Floydian Slip
Long-time Pink Floyd sleeve designer Storm Thorgerson has released “The Raging Storm,” a new coffee table book featuring output over the past four years from his most recent d/b/a, Storm Studios.
Thorgerson was a founding member of design team Hipgnosis, and had a hand in creating nearly every Floyd album cover, as well as the band’s solo members’, numerous reissues for the band, and iconic sleeves for groups such as Genesis, 10cc, Led Zeppelin and others.
“The Raging Storm” is available in two editions: a hardcover version for £34.99; and a deluxe limited edition that includes a giclee print of Biffy Clyro‘s “Only Revolutions” for £395.
Both are 160 pages and include art produced for Floyd, Biffy Clyro, Pendulum, Wombats, Shpongle, Disco Biscuits, Powderfinger, Muse, Steve Miller and others.
Thorgerson has also created monthly calendar wallpaper available for free download.
It’s all available at the online Raging Storm store.
You can read our 1997 interview with Thorgerson at the time of the release of his book “Taken by Storm” online.
Posted November 1, 2011 by Floydian Slip
Roger Waters will return to North America beginning in May for 36 additional dates of his “Wall” tour.
Waters had hinted more U.S. and Canadian dates were in store for the new year, and indicated those concerts would be at larger venues, such as outdoor stadiums — ironic, considering his growing distaste for such venues in the ’70s was his impetus for writing “The Wall.” The schedule made public today confirms that:
May 01
Houston, TX
Toyota Center
On Sale 11/14
May 03
Austin, TX
Frank Erwin Center
On Sale 11/14
May 05
Tulsa,
OK BOK Center
On Sale 11/14
May 07
Denver, CO
Pepsi Center
On Sale 11/14
May 11
San Francisco, CA
AT&T Park
On Sale 11/18
May 13
San Diego, CA
Valley View Casino Center
On Sale 11/14
May 15
Phoenix, AZ
US Airways
On Sale 11/14
May 19
Los Angeles, CA
TBD
On sale 11/18
May 22
Portland, OR
Rose Garden
On Sale 11/14
May 24
Seattle, WA
Key Arena
On Sale 11/14
May 26
Vancouver, BC
BC Place
On Sale 11/14
May 28
Edmonton, AB
Rexall Place
On Sale 11/14
May 31
Winnipeg, MB
MTS Centre
On Sale 11/14
June 03
St Paul, MN
Xcel Energy Center
On Sale 11/14
June 05
Detroit, MI
Joe Louis Arena
On Sale 11/14
June 06
Grand Rapids, MI
Van Andel Arena
On Sale 11/14
June 08
Chicago, IL
Wrigley Field
On Sale 11/14
June 10
Louisville, KY
KFC Yum! Center
On Sale 11/14
June 11
Indianapolis, IN
Conseco Fieldhouse
On Sale 11/14
June 13
Atlanta, GA
Philips Arena
On Sale 11/14
June 15
Ft Lauderdale, FL
BankAtlantic Center
On Sale 11/14
June 16
Orlando, FL
Amway Center
On Sale 11/18
June 19
Nashville, TN
Bridgestone Arena
On Sale 11/14
June 21
Buffalo, NY
First Niagara Center
On Sale 11/14
June 23
Toronto, ON
Rogers Centre
On Sale 11/14
June 25
Ottawa, ON
Scotiabank Place
On Sale 11/14
June 26
Montreal, QC
Bell Centre
On Sale 11/14
June 28
Albany, NY
Times Union Center
On Sale 11/14
June 29
Hartford, CT
XL Center
On Sale 11/14
July 1
Boston, MA
TBD
On sale 1/30/12
July 03
Pittsburgh, PA
Consol Energy Center
On Sale 11/14
July 06
New York, NY
TBD
On sale 1/30/12
July 09
Raleigh, NC
RBC Center
On Sale 11/14
July 10
Charlotte, NC
Time Warner Cable Arena
On Sale 11/14
July 12
Washington DC
Verizon Center
On Sale 11/14
July 14
Philadelphia, PA
Citizens Bank Park
On Sale 11/7
The tour originated in North America in 2010 before moving to Europe and South America. It’s played more than 120 times around the world for more than 1.6 million fans. Tickets for these 2012 dates go on sale beginning Monday, Nov. 7 at LiveNation.com.
Posted September 28, 2011 by Floydian Slip
Roger Waters appeared on the ‘Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” show last night for an interview with the host, and this performance of “In the Flesh” with Foo Fighters.
Waters confirmed he’ll be bringing his “Wall” tour back to North America for more dates.
Posted September 22, 2011 by Floydian Slip
“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 …
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