Just as the name suggests, My Liner Notes takes from the nostalgic art form of an LP’s liner notes, which can be found within the inner sleeves and inserts of dusty records and cassette tapes. The personal essays found on this blog contain anecdotal and factual material which celebrate the visceral and emotional connection we all share with music. These analytical, humorous, and often poignant opinion-editorials are always delivered with the kind of brutal honesty you can only expect from a music nerd.
Last Thursday, July 8 the Flaming Lips performed alongside Spoon, Tokyo Police Club, and Fang Island at Toronto’s Molson Amphitheatre.
For those of you who have not been to a Lips show, I can only describe it as a whirlwind of Christmas meets Halloween, where whimsical bliss collides with the weird and wonderful.
Confetti. Giant balloons. Giant balloons filled with confetti. An army of dancing orange foot solidiers. Captain catfish and a caterpillar with butterfly wings. Wayne Coyne’s trademark bubble boy device. These are just a few of the things you can expect from one of their spectacles.
With Spoon, Tokyo Police Club, and Fang Island opening for The Lips, the night was a mini festival of sorts. But as soon as the giant naked lady projected on a 50 foot screen at the back of the stage gave birth to Wayne and the boys via a working vagina opening, the night felt like it had truly begun.
The Lips played highlights from their latest, Embryonic, as well as classic material from At War with the Mystics, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, The Soft Bulletin, and Transmissions from the Satellite Heart.
Here they are playing everyone’s favourite indie-pop ballad, “Do You Realize?”
