Circus Brown's Not A Side Show

Hey Happy Xmas and all that everyone. I woke up this morning with a Flaming Lips song in my head. So I got outta bed, found The Soft Bulletin and gave it a listen. The song that was playing in my dream was The Gash, I hadn't listened to this song in a long time. I had to look up the lyrics because I knew there was a reason I had this playing in my dreams. Powerful song.

I remember the first time I saw them perform this song live. I was living in my boss's really nice 36 foot RV in Golden, Colorado August of 1999. My friend Weng went to the show with me, I'd heard that there was going to be some sort of music experiment going on at this show. When we arrived at the Ogden Theater in Denver we bought tickets then gave our ID's to a security guy who gave us a portable walkman radio with headphones. You were supposed to tune to 89.1 on the radio and listen to the show broadcast live in stereo. It was really cool, with or without the headphones, this was the first time I'd seen them without a live drummer, all the drum tracks were recorded, still cool show.

Earlier that year I'd traded some tapes of live shows from Salt Lake for an advanced copy of The Soft Bulletin, I received it a month or more before the release, and I hated the album on first listen. The night of the show, with all the visual effects I fell in love with the album. Suddenly everything had changed. I didn't buy the actual album till just a couple years ago when I'd finally worn the burnt disc out.

Check out the lyrics and watch some vids of the Lips, it always puts me in a great mood. Be safe out there this Holiday season kids!

This Saturday night on Not a Side Show I'll have The Deathless Pros playing live for your enjoyment so tune in at 10pm to 90.9 FM in Utah or krcl.org

Still the last volunteer battles on
Battles on
Battles on