Floydian Slip

Floydian Slip preview #722

Posted February 4, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Join us for Floydian Slip show #722:

Floyd from “Meddle” and “The Final Cut”
A cut from Roger Waters’ first solo album
A Floydian Slip-Up that’s more like a mash-up
And much more!

Hear it:

Radio Universitaria 100.7 FM
ViÃ§osa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Thu, 8-9 pm (BRT)
WBKM “Burlington’s Kinda Music”
Burlington, Vt. USA
Sat, 10-11 pm (EST)
ErrorFM Channel 2 “Indiepop”
London, England, UK
Sun, 4-5 am & 6-7 pm (GMT)
WIZN 106.7 FM “The Wizard”
Burlington, Vt. USA
Sun, 8-9 pm (EST)
WRBA 95.9 FM “Arrow 959”
Panama City, Fla. USA
Sun, 11 pm-12 am (CST)

(All times are local times)

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Flaming Lips to do “Dark Side” at Bonnaroo

Posted February 3, 2010 by Floydian Slip

New Music Express reports The Flaming Lips will perform Pink Floyd‘s “Dark Side of the Moon” in its entirety at the Bonnaroo festival in June.

The Oklahoma group recently released a re-recording of the album on iTunes, and performed it live during their New Year’s Eve gig in Oklahoma City.

Bonnaroo takes place in Manchester, Tenn., June 10-13. Tickets go on sale Feb. 9, the same date the festival plans to officially announce its artist lineup.

While the Lips appearance seems to be a sure thing, rumors still circulate that Floyd’s Roger Waters might perform “The Wall” at the festival.

Waters said during interviews spotlighting the 30th anniversary of that seminal Floyd album he’d like to launch a proper tour of “The Wall” in 2010/11.

While his appearance in Tennessee in June is, very likely, just a rumor, we’ll be tuning in next week to see what Bonnaroo has to say.

Visit Bonnaroo on the Web.

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Floydian Slip songlist #721

Posted February 2, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Come in Number 51, Your Time Is Up
Zabriskie Point Soundtrack (1970)
Corporal Clegg
A Saucerful of Secrets (1968)
Sorrow
The Strat Pack Live DVD (David Gilmour) (2004)
Have a Cigar
Wish You Were Here (1975)
Radio Waves
Radio K.A.O.S. (Roger Waters) (1987)
Take It Back
The Division Bell (1994)
One of My Turns
Mojo’s The Wall Rebuilt (Gentle Good) (2009)
Green Is the Colour
More (1969)
Free Four
Obscured by Clouds (1972)

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Winter Reading Contest: Third round of winners

Posted February 2, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Congratulations to the third two winners of our Winter Reading Contest:

Joe Lopez
Chicago, Ill.
Roman Theileg
Barmstedt, Germany

Both win a copy of “Syd Barrett: Legend” by Bob Cairns.

Three prizes down; two more to go. You only need to register once to be eligible for any of the five titles we’re giving away through Feb. 15.

Next up: “The Pink Floyd FAQ” by Stuart Shea.

If you haven’t already, register to win.

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Change in preview/songlist schedule

Posted February 1, 2010 by Floydian Slip

We’ve made some changes to our posting schedule for our weekly show previews and songlists.

With the recent addition of two more affiliate stations — Radio Universitaria and WRBA 95.9 FM “Arrow 959” — we’ve adjusted our broadcast week to be Thursdays through Wednesdays.

This means we’ll be posting a preview of each week’s show Thursday mornings, with each show’s songlist posting Monday morning.

As always, you can find both weekly posts here, as well as via email when you subscribe to our mailing list.

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Pink Floyd University launches

Posted January 27, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Pink Floyd University, a new correspondence course devoted to all things Floydian, has opened its virtual doors.

The project is an evolution of two courses Karl “Pink” Anderson (pictured) taught at Renton Technical College (RTC) in Renton, Wash., 10 years ago.

Anderson, now in Bay City, Ore., has expanded the curriculum to include what he promises will be an exhaustive study of the band and its output contained in 30 modules.

Registration for the course is $125, with each module costing an additional $50. Students receive course materials — including audio material — either via email or snail mail. With a maximum of four weeks to complete each module, students can graduate within 2½ years at a total cost of $1,625.

Anderson used archives from our Floydian Slip radio show to supplement his courses back at RTC. We have no official tie to PFU.

More information is available at the PFU Web site, or email Anderson at redpanda54@embarqmail.com.

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Syd Barrett on Mojo cover

Posted January 26, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Floyd’s first frontman, Syd Barrett, is on the cover of the latest issue of Mojo magazine.

Mojo celebrates the 40th anniversary of Barrett’s “The Madcap Laughs” album with a cover story featuring Floyd’s David Gilmour, Robert Wyatt (Soft Machine), Floyd designer Storm Thorgerson, photographer Mick Rock and others.

The CD included with the issue is a re-recording of “Madcap” byÂ Hawkwind, Marc Almond, R.E.M., Robyn Hitchcock and others.

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Winter Reading Contest: Second round of winners

Posted January 25, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Congratulations to the second two winners of our Winter Reading Contest:

Gerhard Den Hollander
Barendrecht, Netherlands
Michael Marinic
New York, N.Y.

Both win an autographed copy of “All That You Touch” by Simon Vegro.

Two prizes down; three more to go. You only need to register once to be eligible for any of the five titles we’re giving away through Feb. 15.

Next up: “Syd Barrett: Legend” by Bob Cairns.

If you haven’t already, register to win.

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Licensing fee eliminated for affiliate stations

Posted January 25, 2010 by Floydian Slip

We’ve dropped the fee we had been charging affiliate stations to air “Floydian Slip.” Or, in broadcasting parlance, we’ve shifted from a “cash” to a “barter” model. We hope the effect will be to get more affiliates to sign on to carry our weekly broadcast.

Why the change?

Stations just aren’t accustomed to paying cash for syndicated programming, no matter how low the price. Most expect to get shows like “Floydian Slip” without paying a fee. In exchange, they give airtime for syndicators’ network commercials that are included in their shows.

We’re focusing on expanding our Random Precision Radio Network, with hopes to eventually attract a network sponsor.

Pink Floyd fans can lend a hand: We’ve made our radio station database searchable online so you can see what station(s) in your area we’ve already approached and put in a good word.

Search the database and help bring “Floydian Slip” to your local station!

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