Wow that was amazing. I'm not sure it was a concert. More of a "show." Bunnies, confetti, light lassos, pepto bismol, the most intense strobe lights I've ever seen, confetti, incredible hulk hands, nun puppets, more confetti, giant balloons, and of course, confetti. I'm going to be finding that stuff in weird places for the next few days. It's funny, I'm not sure how to take it all. They've sort of become this self-consciously not cheesy, but something close to it..tongue-in-cheek circus act. I mean, it's great to get caught up in, but it's strange at the same time. It was refreshing to have a band enjoy their audience enjoying their music, and actually getting away with it (because they can). Wayne seems like a great guy (very nice in his cream colored suit, with pepto stains, which I got to grab a few times), and very personable, shaking our hands and smiling and such. There was a13 year old boy there with his dad right up front with us. It was hsi frist concert, and Wayne talked to him, asked him is name. He was like, "I'm Billy," and Wayne said, "Jilly? Nice to meet you, Jilly!" and the kid was like, "No, man, BILLY!" Jilly? what the hell, Wayne?

They played some stuff off the Soft Bulletin, and of course The Pink Robots, and some of their other popular stuff like "Vaseline." I got there pretty early, and grabbed the front row with some fellow features fans from Chattanooga. It was nice having them there. The high point was definitely "Do You Realize" and "Fight Test" and "Yoshimi." Low points were: annoying girl next to me who shoved her way next to me only to spill her nasty drink on me, tell me 20 times that her friend was on stage in a bunny costume, repeatedly hit me in the face and apologize, have a running (one-sided) conversation with Wayne, ask me what the drummer's name was, and continue to ask me when I already told her "Cliff," make a fool out of herself by lying to Wayne about it being her birthday, and him not believing her. Besides that, I wish they had fucked around a little less and played more of the album. I was sad not to hear "Are You a Hypnotist?" and "It's Summertime." Forget the "knives Out" cover I've been hearing about.

Well, that said, it was fun. Now I can actually point to someone on tv and say, "I've shaken his hand." woohoo. oh yeah, and say that I've seen the flaming lips...

(Edited by Buckley at 1:38 pm on Apr. 16, 2003)

Glad you liked it. Wish I could have been there...

i'll be at the asheville show tomorrow night (sorry yada), and if all goes as scheduled I'll get to interview the band (at least steven and michael) as well as sport a fuzzy costume. somewhere in heaven lester bangs and greil marcus are looking down smiling. (i realize that greil marcus is not in fact dead, but sometimes I think he should be)

LW, you should definitely try to wear the zebra costume they let the extras wear. I think that was the coolest one. If you do, you should put some bullet holes and blood stains on the front, and bow repeatedly.

Crap Crap Crap. I really wanted to go this, but I couldn't find tickets. Some of my friends just gave me hulk hands, though. I do a mean hulk impression with my hair a little shorter.

you lucky bastards.......seriously, i'm glad you had a good time, buckley. and i also hope that you have a good time at the asheville show, lw........

Yeah, I was waiting for those to come out during the show sunday night. Oh well, maybe next time.

i'm hoping for the dolphin. y'know the one jt wore.

You guys wanna hear a rumor that I heard today?

Beck and the Flaming Lips are coming to the Ryman Auditorium.

You can say "bullshit" all you want to, but if Bob Dylan is playing The Trap, anything's possible.

ANGER!!!

Don't you mean HAPPINESS!!??

Sorry, I was seeing so much red after the first post that I didn't read the rest of the thread.

Where did you hear of the Lips here in Nashville? Are tickets on sale yet? Will it be after May 22 (when my life can resume) ?

my life began 19 years ago on May 22nd...and so did Morrissey's and the unabomber's as well.

I heard that rumor, too, and quickly dismissed it as such, so as not to get my hopes up.

But I hope.

(Edited by foldsfan at 7:59 pm on Apr. 16, 2003)

Hmm...that would be cool. But I read part of a weird interview with Wayne in some even weirder magazine like GQ in which he was dissing on Beck & didn't sound too psyched to be his backup band anymore. I'm going to see Beck with a friend in ATL, and no Nashville show is listed as part of that tour yet. Openers are Dashboard Confessional (sigh) and Black Keys

I told you I'd go with you Carl. Why didn't we, again?

Because 8th grade is over and it's called "dating" now.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.................

I'm not sure why we didn't go, Keith. Tickets seemed to be next to impossible to get. Plus, while none of my friends really believe me, I do have a job (sort of). Having dropped $50 on the PJ show tonight (yeah, I'm going and it's gonna friggin rule!), I wanted to cut back a little on the concert spending and save money for a Beck ticket.

Also, I hate you and couldn't stand the thought of being in a car with you for more than an hour at a time.

re: FLips in Asheville

OHMYGAWD what an amazing experience!!!
They are quite possiby the nicest band ever (yes even nicer than the features-rollum can be a primadona), ecpecially wayne coyne. that man has a lot of love for his art and especially for those who apprieciate what he does. my life is slowly becoming complete. I'll post a link to the article soon.

(Edited by thelawnwrangler at 3:48 pm on Apr. 19, 2003)

I hope that now you can appreciate how angry I still am at this band for robbing me of a show, lw.

Any news on a Nashville show? If so, it's not on the website.