Posted November 8, 2010 by Floydian Slip
Congratulations to Michael Crest of Denver, Colorado. Michael won a copy of Gerald Scarfe‘s new book, “The Making of Pink Floyd The Wall.”
If you missed our interview with Scarfe this weekend, we’ve posted streaming audio and a transcript at floydianslip.com.
Posted November 8, 2010 by Floydian Slip
We’ve placed online streaming audio and a transcript of this past weekend’s 30-minute interview with “Wall” artist Gerald Scarfe.
Scarfe’s interview joins our archive of interviews that also includes sleeve designer Storm Thorgerson and audio engineer Andy Jackson.
Posted November 8, 2010 by Floydian Slip
Posted October 26, 2010 by Floydian Slip
According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune Web site, Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters and David Gilmour were spotted having dinner out last night.
Chris Riemenschneider writes that a local writer and music fan positively identified Gilmour as one of the members of Waters’ party at Bar La Grassa in Minneapolis, Minn., Monday night.
Waters is said to have been sporting a marching hammers hoodie. No word on Gilmour’s attire.
Fans are speculating when Gilmour will join Waters on stage during his “Wall” tour to perform “Comfortably Numb.” The guitarist made the promise as part of a deal that brought the two together at a charity event in Oxfordshire in July. The exact date of the “Wall” reunion, however, has not been made public.
Ticket holders for tonight’s Omaha show have their fingers crossed.
Posted October 26, 2010 by Floydian Slip
British illustrator Gerald Scarfe will join us on “Floydian Slip” the weekend of Nov. 6.
Celebrated for his scathing political cartoons, Scarfe might be best-known for his art and animation that appeared in 1979 on Pink Floyd‘s “The Wall” album, and subsequent live stage show and feature film.
Scarfe, 74, has been political cartoonist for the London Sunday Times for 44 years, and has worked for The New Yorker magazine for 20 years. His work has been exhibited across the globe — New York, Osaka, Montreal, Los Angeles, Sydney, Melbourne, Chicago and London — and he’s been the subject of 50 one-man shows.
In addition to illustrating, Scarfe is a set and costume designer, filmmaker and author of several books. His latest, “The Making of Pink Floyd The Wall” (ISBN-13: 978-0306819971), was published last month by Da Capo Press.
In 2008, Scarfe was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), one class below knighthood.
His association with the band started shortly after his 1972 animated film “Long Drawn-Out Trip.” “The guys saw this on TV here in Britain and Roger (Waters) said to Nick (Mason), ‘We’ve got to have this guy on-board. He’s fucking mad!’ So that’s how I got introduced to the group,” he told “Floydian Slip.”
Production of the 1982 film, directed by Sir Alan Parker, was famously mired in creative differences among Parker, Waters and Scarfe. “I would find myself at 9 o’clock in the morning driving in to Pinewood Studios with a bottle of Jack Daniels on the passenger seat,” he said. “I’m not a heavy drinker, but I had to have a slug before I went in in the mornings, because I knew what was coming up.”
Scarfe is only the third guest to appear on “Floydian Slip” in the show’s 20-year history. Sleeve designer Storm Thorgerson was on the show in 1997; sound engineer Andy Jackson appeared in 2001.
We’ll post a transcript of the interview at the “Floydian Slip” Web site on Nov. 8.
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Posted October 25, 2010 by Floydian Slip
Congratulations to winners of “Metallic Spheres” by The Orb, featuring David Gilmour:
Prizes courtesy of Sony Music/Columbia Records and The Orb.
Posted October 18, 2010 by Floydian Slip
Heads-up about our new contest: Register to win a copy of “Metallic Spheres,” the new Orb album featuring Floyd guitarist David Gilmour.
We have several copies to give away courtesy Sony Music/Columbia Records and The Orb.
Deadline to register: 6 pm EDT Monday, Oct. 25.
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