The Flaming Lips Pop-Up Store In Los Angeles 10/15/09
Andrew Youssef
The Lips had a busy week in Los Angeles, officially releasing Embryonic and freaking out Conan on Tuesday, followed by last night's pop-up store/Q&A/meet and greet/performance at the Ricardo Montalban Theatre. For 30 minutes the band took questions via Twitter, sharing some band trivia (the bunny suit's origin came thanks to a guy on mushrooms) and interesting future plans: They've collaborated with Stardeath and the White Dwarfs to cover the entire Dark Side Of The Moon LP with guest spots from Peaches and Henry Rollins. Also those with a distaste for Kraft dressing will be glad to learn the proceeds from their use of songs in commercials benefit a music school in Oklahoma, along with various animal shelters.
After that session there was a performance of new tunes, including "Convinced of the Hex," "Silver Trembling Hands," "See the Leaves," "I Can Be a Frog" (with the crowd on Karen O vocal effects), and "Watching the Planets." And of course there was the pop-up store, with tons of Embryonic goods including the limited edition fur-cased vinyl, where the band sat to hand out and sign posters after the show. The night wrapped with the band debuting their naked biker video; when it's internet ready we'll obviously post it so you can watch it not from work, but in the meantime you can peruse this gallery of the Lips' naked recruits from the video shoot. Andrew Youssef was onhand to report these details, and delivers this photo set.
Posted at 3:43 PM by amrit in Concert, Photo
Tags: Henry Rollins | Peaches | Pink Floyd | Stardeath And White Dwarfs | The Flaming Lips
It was an amazing show and I can't wait to see them tour in 2010. I even have footage from the sing along I Can Be A Frog and Watching the Planet. I only wished they had performed Do You Realize? Wayne and company were great and even stayed after the Theater closed to sign everyone's autographs and take photos.
*Watching the Planets*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyjGTnKRN4g
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This show was absolutely amazing!!! I was one of the very lucky few and The Lips made it such a special and personalized night. It felt like I was getting to hang out with some of my heroes! The new songs are so brilliant live. Highlights for me were the Q&A and the Gong falling off the stand on Watching the Planets, haha! Brilliant, so glad Stereogum was there to cover the event.
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