The Lips joined up with fellow band Stardeath and White Dwarfs, which features Wayne Coyne’s nephew, to do a killer cover of Madonna’s “Borderline.” Sweet. (And the video’s cool too.)
I don’t know why people put up with it. I wouldn’t put up with it. I don’t care if it’s Arcade Fire or Brian Eno. If either of them walked into a room and treated people like (*&% I’d be like, ‘%*%& you, get outta here.’
Wayne Coyne • In a Rolling Stone interview where he ripped everyone’s favorite indie band a new one. Coyne has a history of this – he famously ripped Beck a while back. Arcade Fire lead singer Win Butler responded by saying he played with the Lips over three years ago when the band was jet-lagged. “I am not sure Wayne is the best judge,” Butler wrote. • source
The Flaming Lips are rockin’ their home state. Wayne Coyne must be proud. Today, the state legislature passed a resolution naming the state’s official rock song, and the one they picked is frickin’ killer. “Do You Realize??,” off the Oklahoma band’s “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots,” beat out songs from the last 50 years (including the All-American Rejects, thank God) to win one for the indie kids. source