Posted October 24, 2009 by Floydian Slip
News broke last week that The Flaming Lips’ next album will be a re-recording of Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side of the Moon.”
Last Friday, the band appeared on KCRW’s excellent “Morning Becomes Eclectic” program and spoke at some length about the recording before performing “Eclipse” live in the studio.
You’ll find the Floyd content 28 minutes 30 seconds into the program.
Posted October 23, 2009 by Floydian Slip
Join us for Floydian Slip show #707 this weekend:
We’ll devote the show to the “Ummagumma” album, released 40 years ago, Oct. 25, 1969. Listen for the entire studio disc of what was Pink Floyd’s first 2-LP set.
Hear it:
Posted October 22, 2009 by Floydian Slip
Pink Floyd’s 1969 double-album “Ummagumma” is turning 40 years old on Oct. 25.
To mark the occasion, we’ll be featuring it on Floydian Slip show #707, airing Oct. 24-25, and we’re also giving away a copy of the album.
The copy we’re giving away is a sealed 2-CD set of the 1994 remaster, including picture discs and mini-poster.
You have until 6 p.m. EDT Monday, Oct. 26 to register. Register online now.
Posted October 19, 2009 by Floydian Slip
Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason will be heard on a new track to be released Nov. 1 to benefit a children’s charity.
Nick will drum — and sing! — on a cover of The Beatles’ “All You Need Is Love.” The track will appear on “Bandaged Together,” a double-album to benefit the BBC’s Children in Need charity.
The track, which also features Bryan Ferry, Peter Gabriel, and Bill Wyman, was recorded last month at EMI’s Abbey Road studio.
Nick’s track will be available as a download beginning Nov. 1. “Bandaged Together” will go on sale Nov. 9. You’ll be able to place your order online.
This will be the second “Bandaged Together” album. The first raised £250,000 for the charity.
Posted October 18, 2009 by Floydian Slip
Posted October 16, 2009 by Floydian Slip
Oklahoma psych-rockers Flaming Lips’ next album will be a track-for-track “interpretation” of Pink Floyd’s 1973 masterpiece “The Dark Side of the Moon.”
The L.A. Times reports Lips frontman Wayne Coyne (pictured) made the announcement during a Q&A session with the audience before Thursday night’s show at the Ricardo Montalban Theater in Hollywood.
The Times says the recording, which is a collaboration with Stardeath and the White Dwarfs, a band that features Coyne’s nephew, Dennis, is already finished.
Henry Rollins and Peaches make guest appearances.
The Lips’ “Dark Side” will likely be an iTunes-only release, at least initially.
Posted October 16, 2009 by Floydian Slip
Join us for Floydian Slip show #706 this weekend:
Hear it:
Posted October 15, 2009 by Floydian Slip
New Music Express (NME) reports the Royal Mail will introduce a line of album-inspired postage stamps in 2010, including one devoted to Pink Floyd’s “The Division Bell” (1994).
Citing postage stamp collecting site Norvic Philatelics, NME says the series of 10 will be issued Jan. 7, and will also include album artwork from:
Posted October 13, 2009 by Floydian Slip
Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour will receive an honorary Doctor of Arts from the Faculty of Arts, Law and Social Sciences at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge.
He’s being honored for his outstanding contribution to music as a writer, performer and innovator.
The degree will be presented to Gilmour at graduation ceremonies held at the university’s East Road campus in Cambridge at 5 p.m. Nov. 11.
Gilmour attended Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology, a part of what is now Anglia Ruskin University.
He still has close ties with the university, most recently supporting the Syd Barrett tribute project The City Wakes from the Cambridge School of Art.
Posted October 13, 2009 by Floydian Slip
Since we started our campaign to expand “Floydian Slip” to radio stations everywhere, we’ve had lots of people ask what they can do to help bring the show to their local station.
We’ve just made our database of radio stations available at floydianslip.com, and encourage you to lend your voice of support by contacting the station(s) in your area.
Here’s the searchable database and some simple suggestions for what to tell stations.
And don’t forget the “Floydian Slip” mantra for new affiliates: Sign on and shine on!
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