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Steveo · Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 12:36 pm Post subject: Flaming Lips Honored

Oklahoma City honors The Flaming Lips

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma City Council has designated an alley in the city's Bricktown area in honor of The Flaming Lips.
The city council also voted Tuesday to name two streets in the burgeoning entertainment and restaurant district in honor of country singer Vince Gill and jazz great Charlie Christian, both Oklahoma City natives.

Lead singer Wayne Coyne said the honor means a lot to The Flaming Lips, who got their start in Oklahoma City in 1983.

"So many bands despise their hometowns," Coyne said. "I guess we're just lucky or it never felt that way to us. Oklahoma City never rejected us. It's always seemed to be a strange twist of fate that even though we want to play Los Angeles or London, we weren't doing it to say we don't like where we came from."

The psychedelic indie rock band's latest album, At War With the Mystics, was released earlier this year.

Coyne said having an alley designated in their honor was somewhat appropriate, as The Flaming Lips have never been mainstream.

"It's not just a typical, 'Give them a street, give them a statue, give them a handshake.' It's like some little secret special thing," he said.

"I could see people sneaking in during the middle of the night doing graffiti art," he said of the alley. "I can see all kinds of strange things going on there."

These guys are so cool!
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Mavhunter · Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 1:47 pm Post subject:

ROAD TRIIIIIIIIIIP!
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Terri · Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 10:47 pm Post subject:

Here is some lame local news station doing a report on it:

http://www.newsok.com/video/text/69742/?template=news/main

Wayne says some cool stuff, haha

Sharp · Gender: Joined: 17 Mar 2006 Posts: 5942 Status: User

Flaming Lips will be charging $300,000 for the use of their name.

Der · Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 2:56 am Post subject:

Sharp · Gender: Joined: 17 Mar 2006 Posts: 5942 Status: User

It's a reference to a hell of a lot of suing and a world gone mad with copyrights.

Der · Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 3:12 am Post subject:

Ahhh. . . I. . . see.

Anyway, that's a cool story.
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DJ The Stick · Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 3:17 am Post subject:

Sharp · Gender: Joined: 17 Mar 2006 Posts: 5942 Status: User

As time goes by, I'm feeling less like rockman, and more like hooooomsar.

Finland's probably naming some stuff after lordi. There should be threads on that.

the bunk · Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 3:56 am Post subject:

you shouldnt, because you lack the wit of hoooooomsar. stop trying to be anything.
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Sharp · Gender: Joined: 17 Mar 2006 Posts: 5942 Status: User

Hooooomsar never used that much wit.

Rocky Sullivan · Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 6:06 am Post subject:

but he does now!
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the bunk · Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 5:57 pm Post subject: