Last night, a bunch of us watch Fearless Freaks, the Flaming Lips documentary, at the building where Ben’s studio is. He managed to score a projector, so it was almost like we were watching at the movies. This documentary really delivered, from lots of footage of Wayne growing up and interviews with his family, to the history of the band from their fuzzed out psychedelic punk rock days until now. It was funny seeing little parts of Tarbox Road Studios in the documentary and Dave Fridmann briefly on screen. I’m inspired to re-listen to a lot of their records today. The first Flaming Lips album I heard was In a Priest Driven Ambulance as a cassette in 1994. Later that year, when my friend dragged me with her and a bunch of other people to Lollapalooza, I was insistent on seeing them play the side stage and was completely blown away. I bought the 4cd Zaireeka the week it came out and then attempted to figure out how I was going to synchronize all 4 discs to play at once on separate systems. I saw them when they came to Philadelphia on the boom box experiment tour that was more…
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Saxon Shore : Luck Will Not Save Us from a Jackpot of Nothing is #146 on the CMJ top 200 this week, the 6th week on the charts. Bosque Brown : Plays Mara Lee Miller is #145 this week, the 4th week on the charts. Thanks to everyone playing these btv releases. Johnathon is in Bloomington with Dan Burton finishing up the new Unwed Sailor album The White Ox. Phillip from Questions in Dialect is playing on the album as well. I’m not sure who all else will be playing. I just added a few more Unwed Sailor dates to the touring page, be sure to check out the dates and see both Saxon Shore and Unwed Sailor when they’re in your area. I finally got the audio for June Panic’s one-sided LP that will be called Raising the Canopy Wire. It should be out in the next few months or sooner. :::scott:::
Bosque Brown is playing in Dallas this Friday at Sons of Hermann Hall. Get yourself there if you can. I added new dates for Saxon Shore and Unwed Sailor, so be sure to check them out. They’ll both be touring in August and Unwed Sailor continues on into September. :::scott:::