'Heady stuff': Flaming Lips Frontman Talks About 24-Hour-Long Track Sold in a Human Skull
In a small interview piece posted today by the L.A. Times' Pop & Hiss blog, Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne talks about the band's forthcoming 24-hour-long track, particularly the song's unique playing format and packaging.
Has being in a cult-status indie rock band gone to Coyne's head? Hmmm. As Pop & Hiss says, this is "heady stuff." Why the head puns? Well, the upcoming 24-hour track will be "stored on a memory stick that will be placed inside a human skull."
Yeah, you read that right. More from the story:
“It’s a giant, actual human skull,” Coyne said with great pleasure, no doubt to distinguish the other recent project from the skull-shaped gummy candy into which the band recently packed a USB drive with four new songs. “Not everyone can have them, but the guy I’m buying them from is allowed to sell them.“This guy has had his shop since 1983; he’s in Oklahoma City,” he said. “So I thought it was just a normal thing, 'Hey, we’ll buy a human skull.' He has a big place where he gets skulls from all over the world. And not just human skulls: He also has elephant skulls and hippo skulls. You can get almost anything.”
Good to know. So when can you get your human skull stuffed with a full day's worth of Lips music? Yeah, we don't know either. Soon. Relax. In the meantime, you can drop $124.98 on "Heady Nugs," the limited-edition vinyl set of the band's recordings from 1992-2002, consisting of the first five Warner Bros. records.
Skulls seem to be a thing with Coyne and the band. In April they put out new tracks embedded in edible gummy skulls.
Previously
LAist Interview: Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips
The Flaming Lips For Breakfast
