Flaming Lips Rock the Paramount
One down forty nine to go.* A few weeks ago Am & I saw the Flaming Lips rock the Paramount. It was a great show made better by virtue of the venue. I always like going to the Paramount because it has such a personality and personal feel to the shows there. Honestly I was a bit worried what it would be like to see a rock show in the balcony, but we had great seats in the center lower section near the loge. Not that we sat at all during the show. And the slope made viewing much better I think than the flat floor below us.
Highlights included a shout along to the Yeah Yeah Yeah song -- now with 20% more political rant! -- and a somber but conscious-raising moment of playing Taps. Two tons of confetti shot in the air, several dozen bouncing giant 4 foot ballons, a dozen santas & alienettes with flashlights, and four ringing ears hours later we were quite satisfied with the show. I recommend going if the Lips are playing in your area.
WTF am I talkin' 'bout? Check out these great photos right from the floor, courtesy of serious Lips fan lizberry81.
If you are going to be in the Oklahoma City area in a couple weeks then you should join the freak out parade of 1000 skeletons planned by the Lips. Don't think I didn't look to a flight. Alas $350 a ticket is just too much for us right now. Who knows when the price might go down? Farecast does! (Farecast can do things like forecast when to it's best to buy tickets from Seattle to Hawaii, for example). Now if they only made skeleton parades more regular.
* In 2002 Q magazine (who?) rated The Flaming Lips as one of the fifty rock acts to see before you die. Actually my countdown is at more like 46 since I've also seen Dylan, Young, and the late RL Burnside, as well as the Lips, though I despair I shall never see Pink Floyd or Fairport Convention. And Guns n' Roses? I mean really?
Highlights included a shout along to the Yeah Yeah Yeah song -- now with 20% more political rant! -- and a somber but conscious-raising moment of playing Taps. Two tons of confetti shot in the air, several dozen bouncing giant 4 foot ballons, a dozen santas & alienettes with flashlights, and four ringing ears hours later we were quite satisfied with the show. I recommend going if the Lips are playing in your area.
WTF am I talkin' 'bout? Check out these great photos right from the floor, courtesy of serious Lips fan lizberry81.
If you are going to be in the Oklahoma City area in a couple weeks then you should join the freak out parade of 1000 skeletons planned by the Lips. Don't think I didn't look to a flight. Alas $350 a ticket is just too much for us right now. Who knows when the price might go down? Farecast does! (Farecast can do things like forecast when to it's best to buy tickets from Seattle to Hawaii, for example). Now if they only made skeleton parades more regular.
* In 2002 Q magazine (who?) rated The Flaming Lips as one of the fifty rock acts to see before you die. Actually my countdown is at more like 46 since I've also seen Dylan, Young, and the late RL Burnside, as well as the Lips, though I despair I shall never see Pink Floyd or Fairport Convention. And Guns n' Roses? I mean really?
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