We Are Not What We Dream, We Are What We Do

The Flaming Lips new album has a hard time living up to the standard set by its predecessors, but its fun just the same.

In all fairness, The bar was raised pretty high with The Soft Bulletin and Yoshimi. And, at this point the Lips are a band that need to be seen live to be fully appreciated.

Which is doable all summer long.

The latest news on Wayne and the crew is that they will be touring with NYC's favorite sons (and daughter) Sonic Youth throughout August. Perhaps even more exciting to SPIDER ROLL is next week's Bend Oregon opener, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks.

But if you cant make it in person for the baloons, blood and streamers spectacle that is a Flaming Lips show, look out for them on reruns of PBS excellent Austin City Limits (and a great cover of War Pigs with special guest Chan Marshall/Cat Power).

"To understand and to be understood is to be free."
-Daniel Johnston


**See Wayne speak (part 1)
**See Wayne speak (part 2)