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10/16/09 News briefs: Flaming Lips, Jarvis Cocker, Jemina Pearl, 25 Best Music Websites and Spike Jonze
Friday, October 16th, 2009
The Flaming Lips have announced that they will release a track-by-track interpretation of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon. Henry Rollins, Peaches and Wayne Coyne’s nephew Dennis will all contribute.
Jarvis Cocker stepped out for the London premiere of Wes Anderson’s new stop-motion animated flick, Fantastic Mr. Fox, in which Cocker plays a small role. His date for the night? His son Albert, who strikes a remarkable resemblance to his dad.
Former Be Your Own Pet singer Jemina Pearl got a little miffed the other night in Detroit when a fan started heckling her about her old band. Her animal instincts kicked in and then she kicked the snot out of him…
In case you’re looking to get your music fill from every angle, The Independent has compiled a list of the 25 Best Music Websites on the interweb. We were ignored, but there are plenty of other great ones on there.
In case you’re going to see Where The Wild Things Are this weekend, keep in mind that Spike Jonze wrote the whole script while listening to Arcade Fire’s Funeral. Or so he told Ain’t It Cool News.
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Flaming Lips Song Gets Recognized
Thursday, April 30th, 2009Flaming Lips Song Gets Recognized
The Flaming Lips’ song “Do You Realize??” became the official rock song of Oklahoma on April 28 when Governor Brad Henry signed an executive order. But the honour certainly didn’t come easy for the band.
Frontman Wayne Coyne described the journey as “absurd” to Billboard.com. The song won the honour via an Internet contest with over 21,000 votes cast and this was passed by the Oklahoma state senate. But then the state house of representatives rejected the contest results because member Michael Ivins wore a communist-inspired sickle and hammer t-shirt.
“I don’t think we’re battling against what we feel is like a backwards mentality here,” said Coyne. “It’s really just a few religious wackos that think they can tell everybody what to do. It’s not even to me Democrats versus Republicans. It’s really just a couple of these small-minded guys who are the most popular guys in their church and their little small towns. In some ways it’s so absurd, it can only make us look good and them look stupid.”
The entire ordeal ended when Governor Henry vetoed the house’s decision and chose to move ahead and honour the song. The executive order was signed at the Oklahoma History Center in Oklahoma City.
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