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Floydian Slip preview #740

Posted June 11, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Join us this week for Floydian Slip #740:

  • Cuts from “The Wall” and “The Division Bell”
  • A new protest recording from Roger Waters
  • A tribute to the only vocalist to sing lead on a Floyd track who wasn’t a member of the band
  • And much more

Hear it:

  • KTHO 590 AM/96.1 FM “K-Tahoe”
    South Lake Tahoe, Calif. USA
    Sat, 6-7 pm (PDT)
  • WDVT 94.5 FM “The Drive
    Rutland, Vt. USA
    Sat, 10-11 pm (EDT)
  • WBKM “Burlington’s Kinda Music”
    (Online radio station)
    Sat, 10-11 pm (EDT)
  • ErrorFM Channel 2 “Indiepop”
    (Online radio station)
    Sat, 11 pm-12; Sun, 1-2 pm (EDT)
  • WIZN 106.7 FM “The Wizard”
    Burlington, Vt. USA
    Sun, 8-9 pm (EDT)
  • WRBA 95.9 FM “Arrow 959”
    Panama City, Fla. USA
    Sun, 11 pm-12 am (CDT)

(All times are local times)


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Floydian filmmaker seeks funding

Posted June 10, 2010 by Floydian Slip

A new feature-length documentary film about long-time Pink Floyd sleeve designer Storm Thorgerson is nearly complete, and the filmmaker is looking for funding.

New York filmmaker Roddy Bogawa is the man behind “Taken by Storm,” a 90-minute film looking at the prolific career of Thorgerson, who helped create nearly every Floyd album cover, as well as countless iconic covers from some of the world’s biggest bands.

Floyd’s David Gilmour and Nick Mason are two of many musicians who appear in the film, along with photographers, illustrators and assistants who’ve helped execute the work from the days of Thorgerson’s early studio Hipgnosis to his new company, StormStudios.

Thorgerson has granted Bogawa access to his personal archives so the film promises a bevy of never-before-seen workparts.

Bogawa has established a page at Kickstarter to raise money to complete his project. Pledge amounts as low as $25 can get you some swag in return. If you have larger amounts to spend, some of the rewards are quite impressive. (Ever fancied yourself an Associate Producer? With $3,500, consider it done.)

Visit “Taken by Storm” at Kickstarter or visit the film’s official site.


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Final four dates announced for “Wall” tour

Posted June 10, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Roger Waters has announced the “final four” U.S. dates for the North American leg of his tour of “The Wall”:

  1. Sept. 24
    United Center, Chicago, Ill.
  2. Oct. 3
    TD Garden, Boston, Mass.
  3. Dec. 3
    Oracle Arena, Oakland, Calif.
  4. Dec. 5
    Staples Center, Los Angeles, Calif.

The tour now has 87 confirmed dates for North America. Watch the official Roger Waters site for all official dates.


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Heritage becomes first Floydian Slip sponsor

Posted June 8, 2010 by Floydian Slip

We’re pleased to announce Heritage Automotive Group Inc. has signed on as the first sponsor of “Floydian Slip.”

The company sells new and certified pre-owned vehicles from two locations: Heritage Ford and Heritage Toyota Scion, Shelburne Road, South Burlington, Vt.; and White River Toyota, White River Junction, Vt.

The company performs service under their H-Team moniker.

Visit Heritage on the Web.


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Take our survey; win a CD

Posted June 8, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Thanks to everyone who completed our listener survey last week. Understanding who listens to “Floydian Slip” is key to marketing the show to advertisers and growing our network.

But we’re far from our goal!

To further entice you, we’ve beefed up our monthly drawing: Take our survey and be entered into a drawing at the end of each month to win a Floyd CD, in addition to a “Floydian Slip” flash-drive. Winners will have a half-dozen titles to choose from.

The survey is reserved for actual listeners of our show — either over-the-air or to one of our many online streams. Please complete the survey only once.

Take the survey now.


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Winners: The Bad Plus

Posted June 7, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Congratulations to winners of the new CD by The Bad Plus, featuring a cover of Pink Floyd‘s “Comfortably Numb.”

  • Lucy Weber
    Weybridge, Vt., USA
  • Eric Geigle
    West Hartford, Conn., USA
  • Mathieu Drouin
    Varennes, Quebec, Canada

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Flaming Lips “Dark Side” now on CD

Posted June 7, 2010 by Floydian Slip

The Flaming Lips‘s cover of Pink Floyd‘s “Dark Side of the Moon” is now available on CD.

The Oklahoma prog-psych rockers first made the album available via iTunes Dec. 22, and as a limited edition LP in April. They also performed it live in Oklahoma City on New Year’s Eve.

Including guests on the recording, the album is credited to “The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs with Henry Rollins and Peaches.”

Buy your copy online. Your purchase helps support “Floydian Slip.”


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Roger Waters releases “We Shall Overcome” video

Posted June 7, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters has made available a new recording of the protest song “We Shall Overcome.”

Posted June 3 to YouTube, the video is a call for the end of the blockade of Gaza.

Waters is seen in the video singing and playing acoustic guitar. Lead guitar is played by G.E. Smith, with drums by Thor Jonsson, neither of whom are seen in the video.

Waters explains his motivation by referencing the freedom march to Gaza this winter. “The would be Freedom Marchers wanted to peacefully draw attention to the predicament of the Palestinian population of Gaza. The Egyptian government, (funded to the tune of $2.1 billion a year, by us, the U.S. tax payers), would not allow the marchers to approach Gaza,” he writes.

“I was moved, in the circumstances, to record a new version of ‘We Shall Overcome.’ It seems appropriate.”


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Floydian Slip songlist #739

Posted June 7, 2010 by Floydian Slip

  1. Shine on You Crazy Diamond Pts I-V
    Wish You Were Here (1975)
  2. Love Song
    Barrett (Syd Barrett) (1970)
  3. San Tropez
    Meddle (1971)
  4. On the Turning Away
    A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987)
  5. Comfortably Numb
    For All I Care (The Bad Plus f/Wendy Lewis) (2009)
  6. Free Four
    Obscured by Clouds (1972)
  7. See Emily Play
    Relics (1971)
  8. A Pocketful of Stones
    On an Island (David Gilmour) (2006)

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Floydian Slip preview #739

Posted June 4, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Join us this week for Floydian Slip #739:

  • Floyd from “Wish You Were Here” and “Meddle”
  • David Gilmour from “On an Island”
  • An earlier single from “Relics”
  • And much more

Hear it:

  • KTHO 590 AM/96.1 FM “K-Tahoe”
    South Lake Tahoe, Calif. USA
    Sat, 6-7 pm (PDT)
  • WDVT 94.5 FM “The Drive
    Rutland, Vt. USA
    Sat, 10-11 pm (EDT)
  • WBKM “Burlington’s Kinda Music”
    (Online radio station)
    Sat, 10-11 pm (EDT)
  • ErrorFM Channel 2 “Indiepop”
    (Online radio station)
    Sat, 11 pm-12; Sun, 1-2 pm (EDT)
  • WIZN 106.7 FM “The Wizard”
    Burlington, Vt. USA
    Sun, 8-9 pm (EDT)
  • WRBA 95.9 FM “Arrow 959”
    Panama City, Fla. USA
    Sun, 11 pm-12 am (CDT)

(All times are local times)


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