BAM's Blog » Flaming Lips http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog Entertainment blogging from The Oklahoman's Brandy McDonnell Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:28:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Entertainment blogging from The Oklahoman's Brandy McDonnell BAM's Blog no Entertainment blogging from The Oklahoman's Brandy McDonnell BAM's Blog » Flaming Lips http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/category/flaming-lips/ Video: The Flaming Lips featuring Erykah Badu and Siri “Now I Understand” http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2012/02/07/video-the-flaming-lips-featuring-erykah-badu-and-siri-now-i-understand/ http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2012/02/07/video-the-flaming-lips-featuring-erykah-badu-and-siri-now-i-understand/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:19:54 +0000 brandy http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/?p=42480

Is it April yet?

On this drowsy Tuesday, I’m posting some of the music that’s keeping me awake, including this clip of The Flaming Lips’ recent collaboration with Erykah Badu, also featuring the voice of the iPhone 4S.

The Lips have been working on a number collaborations with other artists for an album due on Record Store Day, which is April 21. Along with Badu, others with whom the Lips have been working include Yoko Ono, Bon Iver, Nick Cave, Ke$ha and Lykke Li.

-BAM…

]]> http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2012/02/07/video-the-flaming-lips-featuring-erykah-badu-and-siri-now-i-understand/feed/ 0 Wednesday Video Spotlight: HOTT MT featuring Wayne Coyne, “Never Hate Again” http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2012/02/01/wednesday-video-spotlight-hott-mt-featuring-wayne-coyne-never-hate-again/ http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2012/02/01/wednesday-video-spotlight-hott-mt-featuring-wayne-coyne-never-hate-again/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:45:15 +0000 brandy http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/?p=42317

I know it’s early in the year, but this may just be one of the best music stories of 2012.

On the morning of his 51st birthday (Jan. 13), Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne answered the door at his Oklahoma City home to find three strangers bearing a gift: Nick Logie of the Los Angeles alt-rock quintet Telegram, his girlfriend Ashleigh Allard, and their friend Adam Ashe were holding an extravagantly packaged copy of an album Logie and Allard had just finished recording, according to Spin.com.

Coyne tweeted a photo …

]]> http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2012/02/01/wednesday-video-spotlight-hott-mt-featuring-wayne-coyne-never-hate-again/feed/ 0 John Mellencamp, Arlo Guthrie to headline Tulsa’s Woody Guthrie Centennial Celebration in March http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2012/01/26/john-mellencamp-arlo-guthrie-to-headline-tulsas-woody-guthrie-centennial-celebration-in-march/ http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2012/01/26/john-mellencamp-arlo-guthrie-to-headline-tulsas-woody-guthrie-centennial-celebration-in-march/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:01:16 +0000 brandy http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/?p=42172

Woody Guthrie (AP file)

The L.A.-based Grammy Museum, in conjunction with Woody Guthrie Publications Inc. and the Woody Guthrie Archives, announced today details about their plans to commemorate the life and career of Oklahoma folk music legend Woody Guthrie in Tulsa.

Designed to celebrate Guthrie’s extraordinary body of work and impact on American music, Tulsa’s Woody Guthrie Centennial Celebration will take place March 5-11 and will include an exhibition, educational programming, a conference at The University of Tulsa and a tribute concert headlined by John Mellencamp and Guthrie’s son Arlo …

]]> http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2012/01/26/john-mellencamp-arlo-guthrie-to-headline-tulsas-woody-guthrie-centennial-celebration-in-march/feed/ 3 Wednesday Video Spotlight: Flaming Lips and Nels Cline cover The Beatles at Oklahoma City’s New Year’s Eve Freakout #5 http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2012/01/25/wednesday-video-spotlight-flaming-lips-and-nels-cline-cover-the-beatles-at-oklahoma-citys-new-years-eve-freakout-5/ http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2012/01/25/wednesday-video-spotlight-flaming-lips-and-nels-cline-cover-the-beatles-at-oklahoma-citys-new-years-eve-freakout-5/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:05:54 +0000 brandy http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/?p=42134

The word “epic” gets tossed around a lot these days, but I can’t just think of a more appropriate adjective to describe this 17-minute cover of The Beatles’ awesome blues-rocker “I Want You (She’s So Heavy),” which The Flaming Lips and Wilco guitarist Nels Cline performed during the Lips’ New Year’s Eve Freakout #5 at Oklahoma City’s Coca Cola Bricktown Events Center.

Thanks to George Salisbury and the visual geniuses at Delo Creative (including one-time BAM’s Blog contributors Nathan Poppe and Matt Carney) for sharing the video, since it absolutely …

]]> http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2012/01/25/wednesday-video-spotlight-flaming-lips-and-nels-cline-cover-the-beatles-at-oklahoma-citys-new-years-eve-freakout-5/feed/ 0 Flaming Lips collaborative album to include Bon Iver, Nick Cave, Yoko Ono and more http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2012/01/12/flaming-lips-collaborative-album-to-include-bon-iver-nick-cave-yoko-ono-and-more/ http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2012/01/12/flaming-lips-collaborative-album-to-include-bon-iver-nick-cave-yoko-ono-and-more/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:38:04 +0000 brandy http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/?p=41800

The Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne performs at the New Year's Eve Freakout #5 at the Coca Cola Bricktown Events Center in Oklahoma City. (Garett Fisbeck, The Oklahoman)

Oklahoma City-based psychedelic rockers The Flaming Lips are bringing the collaborative spirit they embraced in 2011 into the New Year.

Lips frontman Wayne Coyne tells Rolling Stone that the band is finishing up a new album that features collaborations with a dizzying array of musical stars.

Yoko Ono performs at The Flaming Lips' New Year's Eve Freakout #5 in Oklahoma City. (Garett

…
]]> http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2012/01/12/flaming-lips-collaborative-album-to-include-bon-iver-nick-cave-yoko-ono-and-more/feed/ 1 Video: The Flaming Lips cover The Beatles’ “I Am the Walrus” http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2012/01/05/video-the-flaming-lips-cover-the-beatles-i-am-the-walrus/ http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2012/01/05/video-the-flaming-lips-cover-the-beatles-i-am-the-walrus/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:47:33 +0000 brandy http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/?p=41559

On Wednesday, I shared video highlights of Oklahoma City-based psychedelic rockers The Flaming Lips’ New Year’s Eve Freakout #5, which was last weekend at the Coca Cola Bricktown Events Center. The two-night extravaganza – which included NYE and New Year’s Day shows – featured Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band.

Highlights of the show included covers of The Beatles’ “Strawberry Fields” and “Happy Xmas (War Is Over),” the famed holiday anthem Ono wrote and recorded with her late husband, John Lennon. Some fans who attended the show …

]]> http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2012/01/05/video-the-flaming-lips-cover-the-beatles-i-am-the-walrus/feed/ 2 Photo gallery: Flaming Lips’ New Year’s Eve Freakout #5 in Oklahoma City http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2012/01/04/photo-gallery-flaming-lips-new-years-eve-freakout-5-in-oklahoma-city/ http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2012/01/04/photo-gallery-flaming-lips-new-years-eve-freakout-5-in-oklahoma-city/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 04:56:03 +0000 brandy http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/?p=41496

Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon, the widow and son of the late, great Beatle John Lennon, join the Flaming Lips on stage during the Flaming Lips New’s Year’s Freakout #5 at the Coca Cola Event Center in Oklahoma City, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011. Photo by Garett Fisbeck, The Oklahoman

Oklahoma City-based psychedelic rockers The Flaming Lips performed their fifth annual New Year’s Eve Freakout last weekend at the Coca Cola Bricktown Events Center. The two-night extravaganza – which included NYE and New Year’s Day shows – featured Yoko Ono, Sean …

]]> http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2012/01/04/photo-gallery-flaming-lips-new-years-eve-freakout-5-in-oklahoma-city/feed/ 2 Wednesday Video Spotlight: Highlights of The Flaming Lips New Year’s Eve Freakout #5 featuring Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2012/01/04/wednesday-video-spotlight-highlights-of-the-flaming-lips-new-years-eve-freakout-5-featuring-yoko-ono-and-sean-lennon/ http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2012/01/04/wednesday-video-spotlight-highlights-of-the-flaming-lips-new-years-eve-freakout-5-featuring-yoko-ono-and-sean-lennon/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:13:06 +0000 brandy http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/?p=41500

Oklahoma City-based psychedelic rockers The Flaming Lips performed their fifth annual New Year’s Eve Freakout last weekend at the Coca Cola Bricktown Events Center. The two-night extravaganza – which included NYE and New Year’s Day shows – featured Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band.

Highlights of the show included covers of The Beatles’ “Strawberry Fields” and “Happy Xmas (War Is Over),” the famed holiday anthem Ono wrote and recorded with her late husband, John Lennon. Some fans who attended the show have kindly posted videos from the …

]]> http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2012/01/04/wednesday-video-spotlight-highlights-of-the-flaming-lips-new-years-eve-freakout-5-featuring-yoko-ono-and-sean-lennon/feed/ 1 13 Days of Oklahoma Music: The Flaming Lips experiment through 2011, play annual hometown Freakout tonight and Sunday http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2011/12/31/13-days-of-oklahoma-music-the-flaming-lips-experiment-through-2011-play-annual-hometown-freakout-tonight-and-sunday/ http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2011/12/31/13-days-of-oklahoma-music-the-flaming-lips-experiment-through-2011-play-annual-hometown-freakout-tonight-and-sunday/#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:49:10 +0000 brandy http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/?p=41423

Since it’s the last day of 2011, this is the final installment of my “13 Days of Oklahoma Music,” a video series looking back at musical milestones reached by recording artists with state ties in the year almost past.

More than ever, Oklahoma City-based psychedelic rockers The Flaming Lips engaged in wild musical, visual and merchandising experimentation in 2011.

They’ve recorded six- and 24-hour-long songs, music on hard drives and USB drives encased in gummy fetuses, $5,000 real human skulls and strobe light …

]]> http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2011/12/31/13-days-of-oklahoma-music-the-flaming-lips-experiment-through-2011-play-annual-hometown-freakout-tonight-and-sunday/feed/ 1 UPDATED: Video: OKC Farmers Market to host Flaming Lips’ Freakout after-party after fire marshal rejects party plans at the Womb gallery http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2011/12/30/updated-video-okc-farmers-market-to-host-flaming-lips-freakout-after-party-after-fire-marshal-rejects-party-plans-at-the-womb-gallery/ http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2011/12/30/updated-video-okc-farmers-market-to-host-flaming-lips-freakout-after-party-after-fire-marshal-rejects-party-plans-at-the-womb-gallery/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:56:44 +0000 brandy http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/?p=41406

UPDATE: The Flaming Lips and Womb have posted on their Facebook pages this YouTube video confirming that the Lips’ after-party as well as the planned art exhibit opening at the Womb have been moved to the OKC Farmers Market.

Oklahoma City psychedelic rockers The Flaming Lips are scrambling to find a new venue for the after-parties they were planning to go along with their New Year’s Freakout #5.

The Oklahoman’s Business Writer Steve Lackmeyer, one of my excellent colleagues, reports that the Oklahoma …

]]> http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2011/12/30/updated-video-okc-farmers-market-to-host-flaming-lips-freakout-after-party-after-fire-marshal-rejects-party-plans-at-the-womb-gallery/feed/ 1