Audio from our weekly guest appearance on Chicago’s 103.9 The Fox (WFXF), chatting with morning guy and Floyd fan Sherman, wherein we’re talkin’ hawkin’.
Listen to the segment:
“Zabriskie Point” film to be re-released
Posted October 17, 2014 by Floydian Slip
Hollywood Classics will re-release the 1970 film “Zabriskie Point” in the U.K. on Oct. 24.
Pink Floyd contributed music for the film, directed by Michelangelo Antonioni.
Hollywood Classics will release the film in Digital Cinema Package (DCP) format.
“We are aiming to re-release a variety of vintage films onto DCP throughout the next 12 months and while reviewing the selection of features available to us, we also realized Pink Floyd was gearing up to release their new album,” Hollywood Classics managing director John Ramchandani tells Variety.
The film will open at London’s Curzon Mayfair theater Oct. 24, and then at Picturehouse Cinemas theaters across the U.K. beginning Nov. 2.
Hollywood Classics holds the theatrical distribution rights for all pre-1986 MGM films in markets outside North America.
“Floydian Slip” preview #966
Posted October 14, 2014 by Floydian Slip
Join us this week for Floydian Slip #966:
- Floyd from The Final Cut (1983) and Pulse (1995)
- New music by Roger Waters recorded by Marianne Faithfull
- Plus … a track from the upcoming Floyd album The Endless River
- And much more
“Floydian Slip” is heard across the 60+ stations of our Random Precision Radio Network. Learn where and when to listen.
Milan preview of Pink Floyd exhibition canceled
Posted October 13, 2014 by Floydian Slip
The Milan preview of “Their Mortal Remains,” a huge exhibition devoted to Pink Floyd, has been canceled. Work is underway to find a new venue at which to launch the exhibition.
Evolve Devolve, the Italian promoter of the event, made the announcement today.
In a press release, the company states, “the necessary conditions have not occurred in order to make it happen within the time frame available at the Fabbrica del Vapore. These conditions have nothing to do with Milan’s Municipality.”
The event was to begin in Milan before touring to other locations. It will now launch at an as-yet undetermined location and date.
Ticket holders for the Milan preview should contact their points of purchase to arrange refunds.
Winners: Record Collector
Posted October 13, 2014 by Floydian Slip
Congratulations to the winners of copies of Record Collector magazine featuring Pink Floyd on the cover:
- David Anderson, Ozark MO
- Kevin Gardner, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
- Joeao Antonio Penteado Cacciatori, Guarulhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Dennis Ouellette, Enfield CT
- Michael Hudson, Springfield VA
- Jorge Gonzalez, Pereira, Risaralda, Columbia
- Szabolcs Domok, Budapest, Hungary
- Chris Brown, East Wallingford VT
- Steve Kinsley, Chicopee MA
- Sean Tower, Farmingdale NY
“Floydian Slip” songlist #965
Posted October 13, 2014 by Floydian Slip
- You’ve Got to Be Crazy
Wish You Were Here (1975) - Watching TV
Amused to Death (Roger Waters) (1992) - Arnold Layne
Relics (1971) - Mudmen
Obscured by Clouds (1972) - Deadly Nightshade (*Floydian Slip Up*)
Deadlines (Strawbs) (1977) - Welcome to the Machine
In the Flesh (Roger Waters) (2000)
Video: David Gilmour: “This is the end”
Posted October 11, 2014 by Floydian Slip
Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour says the band’s upcoming “The Endless River” will be its last album.
“I think we have successfully commandeered the best of what there is,” he says in a video to promote the album. “I suspect this is it.”
He confirmed his thoughts to BBC 6 Music: “”It’s a shame, but this is the end.”
Read more about “The Endless River” (“Details: The Endless River coming Nov. 10”)
Watch Gilmour and Nick Mason speak about the new album:
Hawking to appear on “The Endless River”
Posted October 8, 2014 by Floydian Slip
Details are slowly emerging about the upcoming Pink Floyd album “The Endless River,” which will be the band’s first studio work since 1994.
The synthesized voice of British physicist Stephen Hawking will be heard on a track called “Talkin’ Hawkin’.” He also appeared on “Keep Talking,” a track from “The Division Bell.” The upcoming album is culled from material recorded during the making of that ’94 album.
Like those contained in “Keep Talking,” Hawking’s segments are taken from a ’94 British Telecom television commercial that caught the ear of the band’s David Gilmour.
“This was the most powerful piece of television advertising that I’ve ever seen in my life,” Gilmour said in a radio interview. “I just found it so moving that I felt that I had to try and do something with it, or with him or something, in some way.”
The Guardian reports a spokesperson for the band states the song is not meant to be a sequel to “Keep Talking.”
Nonetheless, the album’s track listing includes another song that seems to indicate sequel: “Autumn ’68” would appear to make reference to the song “Summer ’68,” a song written by late keyboardist Rick Wright on the band’s “Atom Heart Mother” album (1970).
One song on “The Endless River” contains lyrics — “Louder Than Words” with lyrics by Polly Samson — but three other songs are now known to have backing vocals by Gilmour.
“The Endless River” will be released in the U.K. on Nov 10, and the following day in the U.S.
“Floydian Slip” preview #965
Posted October 7, 2014 by Floydian Slip
Join us this week for Floydian Slip #965:
- Live Floyd from Wembley 1974
- Roger Waters from Amused to Death (1992)
- Soundtrack material from Obscured by Clouds (1972)
- And much more
“Floydian Slip” is heard across the 60+ stations of our Random Precision Radio Network. Learn where and when to listen.
Contest: Record Collector
Posted October 6, 2014 by Floydian Slip
Register to win the October 2014 issue of Record Collector magazine, featuring Pink Floyd on the cover.
Inside, you’ll find articles on the upcoming release “The Endless River,” set to drop Nov. 10; and on rarities and collectibles in the Floyd back catalog.
Prizes courtesy of Record Collector.
Deadline to register: End of day, Sunday, Oct. 12.
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