Roger Waters on Sirius XM, CBS TV
Posted May 16, 2012 by Floydian Slip
Once Pink Floyd front-man Roger Waters will make two major appearances this week on network radio and television.
Tomorrow night he joins friend Jim Ladd on Ladd’s show on satellite radio’s “Deep Tracks” (Channel 27). The four-hour interview begins at 7 p.m. EDT Thursday.
Ladd left KLOS in Los Angeles last year and took a job with Sirius XM. He has a long history with Waters, and played the part of the DJ on the “Radio K.A.O.S.” (1987) album.
Sunday night Steve Kroft‘s interview with Waters will air on CBS’s “60 Minutes,” which starts at 7 p.m. EDT.
Full episodes of “60 Minutes” are freely available on the show’s Web site for some time after each broadcast.
“Floydian Slip” songlist #840
Posted May 16, 2012 by Floydian Slip
- Have a Cigar
Wish You Were Here (1975) - Radio Waves
Radio K.A.O.S. (Roger Waters) (1987) - Sorrow
A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987) - It Would Be So Nice
The Early Singles (1992) - Lucifer Sam
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967) - Fat Old Sun
Live in Gdansk (David Gilmour) (2008) - The Trial (Demo)
The Wall (1979 [Immersion edition, 2012]) - Waking the Witch (*Floydian Slip-Up*)
Hounds of Love (Kate Bush) (1985) - The Final Cut
The Final Cut (1983)
“Floydian Slip” preview #840
Posted May 10, 2012 by Floydian Slip
Join us this week for Floydian Slip #840:
- Floyd from Wish You Were Here (1975) and The Final Cut (1983)
- David Gilmour live at Gdansk
- An early single from 1968
- And much more
“Floydian Slip” is heard across the 30 stations of our Random Precision Radio Network. Learn where and when to listen.
David Gilmour, Syd Barrett collaborator Clive Welham dies
Posted May 9, 2012 by Floydian Slip
Drummer Clive Welham, one-time bandmate of David Gilmour and Syd Barrett, has died.
Welham played with Geoff Mott and the Mottoes in 1962, a band that included Barrett. A little later, he went on to work with The Ramblers and Jokers Wild, bands that included Gilmour.
In this photo from the Cambridge Press, February 1965 (Left to right): Gilmour, David Altham, John Gordon, Tony Sainty and Welham.
“Floydian Slip” songlist #839
Posted May 9, 2012 by Floydian Slip
- A Great Day for Freedom
The Division Bell (1994) - Not Now John
The Final Cut (1983) - 4:50 am (Go Fishing)
The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking (Roger Waters) (1984) - Free Four
Obscured by Clouds (1972) - San Tropez
Meddle (1971) - Pigs on the Wing (Parts 1 and 2)
Animals (1977) - Blues for a Frog (*Floydian Slip Up*)
Sunshine Super Frog (Wynder K Frog) (1967) - So Far Away
David Gilmour (David Gilmour) (1978) - The Great Gig in the Sky (Live, Wembley)
The Dark Side of the Moon (1973 [Immersion edition, 2011]) - In the Flesh
The Wall (1979)
Enter now: “Surrogate Bands: The Pink Floyd Cover Contest”
Posted May 7, 2012 by Floydian Slip
Announcing Floydian Slip’s 2nd Annual “Surrogate Bands: Pink Floyd Cover Contest!”
Submit your own recording of a Floyd song for a chance to win some great prizes and have your song aired on the “Floydian Slip” radio show.
One first prize winner will get $100 in Pink Floyd merchandise from The Official Web Store of Pink Floyd. And … we’ll air their recording during a special all-covers edition of the “Floydian Slip” radio show: Our “Surrogate Bands” special will run for a week starting July 5 on all 32 “Floydian Slip” affiliate stations.
Second prize is a hardcover copy of Mark Blake’s “Comfortably Numb: The Inside Story of Pink Floyd” and a CD copy of “A Foot in the Door: The Best of Pink Floyd.”
Plus … The first 50 entrants receive a free one-year subscription to Sound+Vision magazine.
Complete rules and regulations online. Entries must be received by 12 midnight (EDT) June 29.
“Floydian Slip” coming to Xtreme Metal Radio
Posted May 7, 2012 by Floydian Slip
“Floydian Slip” will begin airing on Xtreme Metal Radio next weekend. The station will carry the show Sundays at 2 p.m. ET.
Xtreme Metal Radio is an online station dedicated to metal, with, apparently, a weekly diversion into Pink Floyd.
More than 30 affiliate stations have now joined the show’s Random Precision Radio Network, created in Summer 2009 when we began syndicating our show from our Vermont studio.
Shine on, metalheads!
“Floydian Slip” reaches 3,000 Facebook fans; contest winner announced
Posted May 7, 2012 by Floydian Slip
The “Floydian Slip” Facebook page hit 3,000 fans over the weekend, so we’re announcing the winner of the contest we started in March (“Contest: Like us on Facebook and win”).
David Thomasson of Little Rock, AR, was drawn at random from all fans. He wins:
- “A Foot in the Door: The Best of Pink Floyd” CD (2011)
- “The Pink Floyd Experience” graphic novel (May 2010)
- A sealed copy of “Classic Rock Present Prog” featuring Roger Waters and “The Wall” on the cover (September 2010)
Shine on, David!
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