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Flaming Lips Make Peace With Death For Halloween
Monday, October 29th, 2007“Oklahoma Gazette invited resident Okie eccentrics the Flaming Lips to participate in its annual “Ghouls Gone Wild” Halloween parade, the Lips enlisted their biggest fans to join the March Of 1,000 Flaming Skeletons–a “spectacle celebrating the mysterious, the supernatural, and the otherworldly,” according to the band’s recruitment email.” - Yahoo Music
“As Spinner previously reported, the Flaming Lips will lead 1,000 volunteers in a “March of the Thousand Flaming Skeletons” as part of the annual Halloween parade in Oklahoma City this Friday. Spinner recently caught up with leading Lip and ringmaster Wayne Coyne as he made preparations. “A lot of Halloween things end up being dumbed-down,” Coyne tells Spinner. “We’re trying to make it an adult experience and just kind of get to a little more of the ‘death’ aspect of it.” - AOL Spinner [READ MORE]
Long interview with Wayne Coyne’s hometown papers News OK:
NewsOK: You could be living anywhere you want, but you’ve chosen to stay in Oklahoma and you’ve even chosen to remain pretty much in the neighborhood where you grew up… Why did you choose to stay here?
Coyne: Well, early on we didn’t really make any of those choices. We were just being who we really were, which I think is the only way you can do it. I was 22 when we put out our first record and began this life as The Flaming Lips. There’s no way I could have looked ahead 25 years and thought “staying in Oklahoma is going to be one of the most unique things about us.” It was more about who you were and your ideas and the music you made…. [READ MORE]
… also recently in Oklahoma City, “Confetti was shot from guns, big balloons soared, and fans in alien and Santa costumes mingled with business-suited civic leaders Thursday as the city officially recognized the Flaming Lips as a part of its cultural landscape.” [READ MORE]
Wayne talks more about Flaming Lips alley with Fox 25 Morning News:
Flaming Lips expand Zaireeka for 10th Anniversary edition - Pitchfork [READ MORE]
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Flaming Lips iTunes Exclusive + DFest Dates
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007Click over to iTunes for an exclusive album from the one & only Flaming Lips! “Body Builder Porn” and Black Sabbath covers included!
In other news, Flaming Lips will be headlining Oklahoma’s own DFest (July 27-28)
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Spring Time Mushroom Wig Out With Colourmusic!
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007May 5 @ Cains Ballroom w/ Starlight Mints, Tulsa, Oklahoma
May 17 @ HyperFest VIP Party @ Sauce/Raw, Albuquerque, New Mexico
May 17 @ The Atomic Cantina, Albuquerque, New Mexico
May 19 @ HyperFest Showcase @ The El Ray Theatre, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Flaming Lips’ Manager Scott Booker Interviewed on Pirate Pods
Monday, April 23rd, 2007Click over to Pirate Pods for the audio podcast interview with indie music marketing visionary Scott Booker, co-owner of World’s Fair and manager of the one and only Flaming Lips
Flaming Lips Trailer: UFO at the ZOO
Monday, April 16th, 2007Yesssssssssssss! Live DVD coming July 10th: U.F.O.’s at the Zoo: The Legendary Concert in Oklahoma City Trailer (Warner Bros. Records). The F’Lips talked to Billboard about it recently.
Flaming Lips Talk Live DVD at Billboard.com !
Tuesday, April 10th, 2007The Flaming Lips are putting the finishing touches on a live DVD, “UFOs at the Zoo,” due in July via Warner Bros. The project was filmed last September in the group’s Oklahoma City hometown, at an amphitheatre within the grounds of the city zoo. [READ MORE]
Here are some scenes from Flaming Lips’ incredible live show that may or may not make it into the DVD - were you in the crowd? Grab it when it comes out to find out!
Plug Voting Deadline is Tomorrow!
Tuesday, February 6th, 2007Click here to vote and have your voice heard - World’s Fair represent!.
Indie Rock Album Of The Year
Midlake - The Trials Of Van Occupanther (Bella Union)
Hip-Hop Album Of The Year
Dr. Octogon - The Return Of Dr. Octagon (OCD International)
J Dilla - The Shining (BBE)
Mr. Lif - Mo’ Mega (Definitive Jux)
DJ Album Of The Year
Diplo - FabricLive 24 (Fabric)
Matthew Dear - Fabric 27 (Fabric)
Artist Of The Year
J Dilla (BBE)
Female Artist Of The Year
Alice Smith (BBE)
Male Artist Of The Year
J Dilla (BBE)
Song Of The Year
Midlake - “Roscoe” (Bella Union)
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Record Producer of the Year
Dabrye (Ghostly)
El-P (Definitive Jux)
J Dilla (BBE)
Music Video Of The Year
Midlake - “Young Bride” (Bella Union)
Click here to watch!
Album Art/Packaging of the Year
Mr. Lif - Mo’ Mega (Definitive Jux)
Fabric CD Series - “Wiggle” Out the Electro Jams
Friday, June 23rd, 2006
Next up in the Fabric London series of CDs highlighting top DJ talent from around the world, the Wiggle duo. Take a couple of clicks over to Fabric London’s label website and preview the tracks from any of Fabric’s incredible CD mix series via streaming audio. Includes some really obscure beats and sounds to dance to in grimey underground bassments!
Fabric CD Series - Matthew Dear & DJ Format Releases Coming Up in U.S.
Friday, June 2nd, 2006World’s Fair is pleased to announce we have joined forces with the prestigious Fabric Records. As you may know, Fabric is a first-rate dance club with killer sound and atmosphere located in Central London that hosts internationally-known DJs. To represent and celebrate their Friday and Saturday night parties at the club, they started the Fabric and FabricLive record series. June 13 will see the official US release of Matthew Dear as Audion – Fabric27 and DJ Format – FabricLive27. Be on the lookout for new mixes from the likes of Wiggle, Evil Nine, Tiefschwarz and Cut Copy in the months to come.
Take a couple of clicks over to Fabric London’s label website and preview the tracks from any of Fabric’s incredible CD mix series via streaming audio.
Matthew Dear as Audion - Fabric27 [CLICK HERE TO LISTEN]
Includes music by Audion, Mikael Stavostrand, Ricardo Villalobos, Lee Curtiss, Robag Wruhme, Butane, Yamo, Ruede Hagelstein, Sweet N Candy, Billy Dalessandro, Claude VonStroke, Ali Khan, Argy, Body Code, Rene Breitbarth, Robert Babicz, Ame, Seth Troxler, Vienna Vegetable Orchestra.
DJ Format – FabricLive27 [CLICK HERE TO LISTEN]
Includes music by DJ Format, Ugly Duckling, Lyrics Born, Cut Chemist & This Kid Named Miles, Coldcut, Aspects, Jimmy Smith, Mr. Lif Ft. Edan, Nostalgia 77, Ella Fitzgerald, Marsha Hunt, Reverend Cleatus & The Soul Saviours, Nina Simone, Brian Auger, Julie Driscoll & The Trinity, Julien Covey & The Machine, We The People, Ellen Mcilwaine, Karachi Prison Band, Ruff Francis & The Illusions, Linda Perry & Soul Express / Eddie Billupos, John Murtaugh, Ananda Shankar, Cleo Lane, Edan Ft. Dagha.