Flaming Lips Updates: March of 1,000 Flaming Skeletons, Christmas on Mars Release
By RICHARD GINTOWT
In his ongoing quest to rewrite the book of spectacle, Flaming Lips bandleader Wayne Coyne has blasted boomboxes in parking garages, crowd-surfed in a giant hamster ball, obliterated the Oklahoma confetti supply and worn out more white suits than Puff Daddy.
Last Halloween he out-insaned his own insanity by gathering a horde of hundreds in downtown Oklahoma City and fitting them with skeleton costumes and torches. The resulting March of 1,000 Flaming Skeletons parade probably scared the bejeezus out of the folks at the nearby Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill.
Never one to let his good ideas burn out before they fade away, Coyne and company will rekindle the torches this year for a second interpretation of what Pat Buchanan probably thinks will happen if Barack Obama becomes president. Lips fans can register to participate in the Oct. 25 parade at the band's Web site: $35 buys a branded skeleton costume, a commemorative t-shirt, a torch and the chance to participate in a parade that will beat the pants off anything your high-school marching band ever did.
The Lips holiday season continues with the long-awaited release of Christmas on Mars, a Wayne Coyne-directed film that will presumably freak the fuck out of normal people AND David Lynch fans. Screenland will host theatrical screenings of the sci-fi freakout on November 22 and 23 that will celebrate the release of Christmas on Mars DVD and accompanying 12-track musical score. According to The New York Times, the seven-years-in-the-making film is: "Destined for cult status. Forget the plot, it's about textures: black and white images with psychedelic bursts; dashes of David Lynch, the '70s midnight movie Dark Star and 2001; an echo of The Wizard of Oz; and in a riff on maternity, maybe an iota of The Matrix."
Sounds kind of like Beverly Hills Chihuahua, but whatever, we're totally there.
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