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Pink Floyd FAQ published

Posted August 26, 2009 by Floydian Slip

Backbeat Books has published “Pink Floyd FAQ: Everything Left to Know … and More!” by Stuart Shea.

The 344-page paperback is organized into brief chapters that cover various aspects of Pink Floyd history:

How did the U.S. discover Floyd?
What guests played on Floyd records?
What were the band’s most memorable gigs?
What are their greatest moments on record, as a group and individually?
What are the notable missteps — and how did the band recover?
Are the seemingly confessional songs true?
What records influenced them, and which performers follow in their wake?
What was it like to be at a Floyd show in 1967, in ’73, in ’80?

Shea is co-author of “Fab Four FAQ,” associate editor of “The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia,” and author of “Wrigley Field: An Unauthorized Biography.” He lives in Chicago.

Buy “Pink Floyd FAQ: Everything Left to Know … and More!” through Amazon now. Your purchase helps support Floydian Slip.

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Computer worm disguised as Pink Floyd video

Posted August 25, 2009 by Floydian Slip

A computer “worm” disguised as a Pink Floyd music video is tunneling its way through Chinese social networking site Renren.

The Pinkren-A worm tricks users into helping it propagate by making itself appear to be a video for Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here.” When users click on it, the worm executes programming that helps it spread across the network.

Renren is a popular Chinese social networking site akin to Facebook. It has 40 million users.

Apparently the worm has no malicious payload except to continue spreading.

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Floydian Slip site updated

Posted August 23, 2009 by Floydian Slip

A new Floydian Slip Web site went live this morning. The new site focuses on marketing the Floydian Slip radio show to new affiliate stations.

Floydian Slip ended a 13-plus-year run in the Burlington, Vt., area on June 7. Host Craig Bailey has been making plans to relaunch the show as a syndicated program.

The site now includes materials geared toward introducing the show to program directors of rock stations around the country: A sample program as streaming audio, program clock, sample rundown, rate sheet and more.

Radio stations can sign up on the site for a free 6-week trial run of the show.

The new site also places an emphasis on Web standards and accessibility.

“The last time I did a major overhaul of the site was 2001,” says Bailey. “Since then, Web design best practices have changed considerably. With a move to syndicating the radio show the time seemed right for a new site.”

Floydianslip.com still contains an extensive discography of Floyd albums and solo works; Floyd news, now structured as a blog; and more.

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David Gilmour covers “Chicago”

Posted July 15, 2009 by Floydian Slip

Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour has joined other artists in re-recording Graham Nash‘s “Chicago.” The new recording is part of an effort to help British computer hacker Gary McKinnon avoid extradition to the United States.

Bob Geldof and Chrissie Hynde also appear on the track, which was produced by Chris Thomas (“Dark Side of the Moon”).

McKinnon is accused of causing more than a half-million dollars of damage by hacking into nearly 100 federal and military computers in the United States. McKinnon, who is a UFO fanatic, says he was looking for evidence of extra-terrestrial life.

McKinnon has Asperger’s syndrome, which has turned his plight into a wider discussion of treatment of those with autism.

Nash’s song, written in the aftermath of the conflict at the 1968 Democratic party convention in Chicago and subsequent trial of the “Chicago Seven,” has been rewritten by KcKinnon’s mother, Janis Sharp, to include new lyrics.

You can download the song here after making a donation of any size to benefit McKinnon’s cause. Funds go to the Autism Research Centre (ARC) and the National Autistic Society (NAS).

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Good-bye cruel world: “Floydian Slip” going off-the-air

Posted May 29, 2009 by Floydian Slip

Weekly Pink Floyd radio show “Floydian Slip” will end its 13-year run on Champ 101.3 with show #701 on June 7.

Station management informed the show’s host, Craig Bailey, of its decision on May 28, citing the station’s evolving format and the show’s lack of sponsorship as reasons.

“I never imagined this would last as long as it has, but I’m not quite ready to have it end,” said Bailey. “I suppose I’d consider pitching it to another station or webcasting it on my own. I haven’t decided.

“I appreciate the chance to do a good-bye show. It’s not very often a DJ is let go and then invited back behind the mic one last time.”

Bailey started the show in 1989 on 106-VIC, a student-run station at Ithaca College, where he was a senior. After a year on the now-defunct WEXP 105.1 in Burlington, he brought the show to Champ in 1995.

Over the years, “Floydian Slip” has received attention in, and served as a source to, media as diverse as The Dallas Morning News, The Ottawa Citizen, Relix, and VH1.

In 2006, Bailey wrote the foreword to “Speak to Me: The Legacy of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon” (Ashgate, ISBN 978-0-7546-4019-6).

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Pink Floyd book/DVD set published

Posted April 7, 2009 by Floydian Slip

Angry Penguin has published “Pink Floyd: Reflections and Echoes: On Record, On Stage and On Film.”

The 128-hardcover book was written by Bob Carruthers and includes four DVDs of concert footage and interviews with the band, as well as with journalists and musicologists.

Nigel Cross and Michael Heatley provided additional material for the book. The DVDs are presented by Tommy Vance.

Carruthers is an Emmy award-winning scriptwriter, television director, and music promoter.

Vance was a radio DJ, most famously with Radio Caroline and BBC Radio 1. He passed away in 2005.

The book/DVD set retails for $49.95. Buy it now on Amazon.com.

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Converse to release Pink Floyd-themed shoes

Posted November 23, 2008 by Floydian Slip

The British Rock collection coming from Converse in Spring 2009 will include three sneakers inspired by Pink Floyd albums.

Available in March 2009, the Floyd line-up includes shoes reflecting the theme of (top to bottom) “Dark Side of the Moon” (1973), “Animals” (1977) and “Wish You Were Here” (1975).

The shoes, available in Chuck Taylor All Star high tops and oxford shoes, as well as Jack Purcell V4 mid-shoes and oxford models, will retail for $50 to $100.

Floyd is one of three bands featured in the collection. Converse kicks off the series with The Who shoes in January, selling for $50 to $55; Ozzy Osbourne-themed styles are scheduled for February, selling for $50 to $100.

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New book to feature album art of Hipgnosis

Posted October 16, 2008 by Floydian Slip

PictureBox will publish “For the Love of Vinyl: The Album Art of Hipgnosis,” a coffee-table book featuring the work of the design team responsible for nearly all of Pink Floyd’s album covers.

The book will feature more than 60 package designs for bands such as Led Zeppelin, Genesis, 10cc, Yes, Peter Gabriel, Black Sabbath, Paul McCartney, Styx, and, of course, Pink Floyd.

Formed by Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell in 1968, the group’s first cover for Floyd was “A Saucerful of Secrets” that same year.

Floyd drummer Nick Mason, along with other musicians, artists and designers, contribute essays to the book, which is written — or, as Thorgerson told Floydian Slip in a 1997 interview, “‘compiled,’ I think is a better word than ‘written’ — by Thorgerson and Powell.

The 224-page book comes out in hardcover Dec. 1, with a cover price of $45. Pre-order your copy for less than $30 online now.

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Syd Barrett tribute coming Oct. 22

Posted September 22, 2008 by Floydian Slip

Cambridge, England, will play host to “The City Wakes,” a 10-day celebration of the work of Pink Floyd co-founder Syd Barrett, running Oct. 22 to Nov. 1.

The event will include concerts, exhibitions, guided tours, music workshops, a 1960s style “happening,” talks and memorabilia.

Friends of Barrett’s taking part in the event include long-time Floyd album cover designer Storm Thorgerson and photographer Mick Rock.

Cambridge, about 50 miles north of London, was Barrett’s home for most of his life. He died at his home there in July 2006.

The City Wakes is produced by Escape Artists, a 10-year-old U.K. arts and mental health charity and professional production house. Escape Artists aims to improve quality of life, health and social welfare, by recognizing the importance of creativity to an individual’s well-being.

Funds raised through The City Wakes will support the charity’s work in the mental health sector.

Much more information about the event is available at “The City Wakes” Web site.

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Trashcan Sinatras to release tribute to Syd Barrett

Posted September 22, 2008 by Floydian Slip

Trashcan Sinatras will release “Oranges and Apples,” a song inspired by the late Pink Floyd co-founder Syd Barrett.

The song will be available as a download Oct. 13, and will be included on the band’s upcoming album “In the Music.”

“Oranges and Apples,” the title of which is a play on the Barrett-penned Floyd single “Apples and Oranges,” is being released in conjuntion with “The City Awakes” event. That 10-day celebration of the work of Barrett will be held Oct. 22 to Nov. 1 in Cambridge, England.

Trashcan Sinatras are a Scottish band formed in 1987.

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