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Staring at Sound: the True Story of Oklahoma's Fabulous Flaming Lips

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ISBN-10: 0767921402

ISBN-13: 9780767921404

Edition: 2006

Authors: Jim DeRogatis

List price: $19.00
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An engrossing and intimate portrait of the Oklahoma-based psychedelic pop band the Flaming Lips, cult heroes to millions of indie-rock fans. In July 2002, the Flaming Lips released an ambitious album called Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, which merged elements of orchestral pop, electronic dance music, and old-fashioned psychedelic rock with lyrical themes that were simultaneously poignant and philosophical and supremely silly. The album sold a million copies worldwide, introduced the Flaming Lips to a mass audience, and made them one of the best-known cult bands in rock history. Staring at Sound is the tale of the Flaming Lips’s fascinating career (which, in reality, began in 1983) and…    
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Book details

List price: $19.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/14/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Jim DeRogatis is the pop music critic at the Chicago Sun-Times, co-host of Sound Opinions, and the author of several books about music and culture, including Velvet Underground (Voyageur Press) and Let It Blurt: The Life and Times of Lester Bangs.

Preface
I Want My Own Planet
Finally the Punk Rockers are Taking Acid
Everything's Explodin'
You're Fucked if you do, and You're Fucked if you don't (Hall, Fredonia!)
Waitin' for the Frogs to Fall Down on me
Turn it on and all the Way Up
I've Heard About a Place Where They Enlarge Yer Space
The Captain's Being Bold About it
Waitin' for a Superman
I Thought that Time Would Prove You Wrong
We've Got the Power Now, Motherfuckers
Acknowledgments
Index