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After reading the recent Steven article, I can't help but feel a little disdainful at how Wayne and co. go about departures, especially in regards to long standing members ("we'll see how long we can go before anyone notices"). The only time he's ever publicly announced a departure as it happened was with Kliph, and that was only because he was called out by him

I guess it's because this whole business reminds me of the hate David Gilmour got from all of the Roger Waters sycophants in 85. David just wanted to go on playing and performing. Roger and his people were convinced that without him, it just wasn't Pink Floyd anymore. And maybe that was true to some degree. It wasn't the same. The albums were much less dark and broody. They didn't have that cohesive thread running through every song. All the while everyone was dumping on David for driving Roger away, when it was clearly Roger who up and decided he was done with Floyd. There was no internet back then for the two of them to use when exchanging jabs at each other. Just the odd article in Rolling Stone or Kerrang and who knew if what they were reporting was even true. The real story didn't come out until years later and yeah, Roger turned out to be a complete bag of ass who let his ego screw up a 20 year friendship and what is arguably one of the greatest rock bands of all time.

Flash forward to today, and this rift between Drozd and Coyne smells very familiar. Are they pissed at each other? Was someone's ego too big for their inflatable bubble? Did someone let their heroin addiction screw with everyone else's good time once too often. Nobody really seems to know except the two of them and apart from some really vague social media content there really isn't much to go on.

What I do know is that I saw The Lips last Thursday in Houston. I really don't know where the idea that Wayne has trouble singing a whole show comes from because they did a double set and he belted his way through the whole thing without any trouble which I saw with my own two eyes from right up against the barricade and I had an awesome time. Wayne is in his mid 60s. I'm in my mid 50s. I hope I'm able to move half as good as he can in 10 years.

Do I miss Steven? I'm not even sure yet. I've been going to their shows since 2005. Even when Steven was still in the band they had started to slow down in recent years. I will say AJ hasn't taken anything away and can really hold his own on the instruments. Would it be nice to see Wayne and Steven back together. Of course it would. Am I going to hold my breath for it. No. Will I still go see every Flaming Lips show I can? You're damned right.

I don't know what happened between the two of them, and I hope some day the get it resolved and play together again. Till then I wish them both the best and look forward to hearing what they have to offer musically.

I always do as the lyrics instruct and turn it on and all the way up.

Steven chimes in again.

Set 1:

The Stars Are So Big... I Am So Small... Do I Stand a Chance?

Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1

Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 2

Turn It On

Pompeii Am Götterdämmerung

True Love Will Find You in the End (Daniel Johnston cover)

The Spark That Bled

The Golden Path (Chemical Brothers cover)

All We Have Is Now

Do You Realize??

Set 2:

She Don't Use Jelly

A Spoonful Weighs a Ton

Flowers of Neptune 6

Waitin' for a Superman

Every Teardrop Cried

Be Free, a Way

Vein of Stars

Five Stop Mother Superior Rain

Fight Test

The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (With All Your Power)

Encore:

War Pigs (Black Sabbath cover)

Race for the Prize

I know this is probably an impossible question to answer- I want to go the The Flaming Lips show tonight in Houston, but doors open at 6 and I don't get out of work until 8, could be at the show by 8:30. They are playing 2 sets, how much do you think i would be able to catch? I feel like the timing of concerts (like doors open vs when the music starts) is always a mystery to me.

I had tickets to see Flaming Lips when they came with Modest Mouse and they had an emergency and didn't perform and have been bummed about it ever since.

Edit: decided to go!

Edit 2: it was awesome.

hey anyone know where i can buy the mp3s for stevens work on the heart is a drum machine film? cant find it anywhere

Was mind hustling bout this song I member from wayyy back I was a lil jit but any way was they lips really on fire or is it one of them neo Babylon lies they perpetrate