Posted October 25, 2009 by Floydian Slip
Pink Floyd‘s 1979 double-album “The Wall” is the cover story on the new issue of Mojo magazine.
The issue includes a new interview with Roger Waters by David Fricke, as well as information about the band’s 1980/81 tour.
The CD that comes with the issue is a re-recording of “The Wall” by a variety of artists, including Sweet Billy Pilgrim, The Young Republic, The Amazing, Astra, Woodpigeon and others.
“The Wall” was released 30 years ago, Nov. 30, 1979.
Posted October 24, 2009 by Floydian Slip
News broke last week that The Flaming Lips’ next album will be a re-recording of Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side of the Moon.”
Last Friday, the band appeared on KCRW’s excellent “Morning Becomes Eclectic” program and spoke at some length about the recording before performing “Eclipse” live in the studio.
You’ll find the Floyd content 28 minutes 30 seconds into the program.
Posted September 30, 2009 by Floydian Slip
Here’s the segment that WCAX-TV Channel 3 aired last week about Floydian Slip’s return to the FM airwaves.
Shot and edited by Andy Gordon.
Posted September 15, 2009 by Floydian Slip
London’s Metro newspaper reports 24-year-old singer/songwriter Lily Allen has spoken out against file sharing.
Her comments, posted on her MySpace page, are in response to a recent Times story quoting Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason suggesting prosecuting those who illegally share music files is misguided and shortsighted.
“I think music piracy is having a dangerous effect on British music, but some really rich and successful artists like Nick Mason from Pink Floyd and Ed O’Brien from Radiohead don’t seem to think so,” she wrote.
“These guys from huge bands said file-sharing music is fine. It probably is fine for them. They do sell-out arena tours and have the biggest Ferrari collections in the world.
“For new talent though, file-sharing is a disaster as it’s making it harder and harder for new acts to emerge.
“You don’t start out in music with the Ferraris. Instead you get a huge debt from your record company, which you spend years working your arse off to repay.”
The Ferrari reference would seem to be a jab at Mason’s impressive auto collection.
Posted September 15, 2009 by Floydian Slip
Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn? Apparently so.
Lynn, the World War II-era vocalist immortalized in Roger Waters‘ “Vera” on Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” (1979) is sitting at the top of the UK music charts at age 92.
Her greatest hits compilation “We’ll Meet Again — The Very Best of Vera Lynn” even managed to beat out the flurry of Beatles remasters that hit stores recently.
“I am extremely surprised and delighted, and a big ‘thank you’ to all my fans for putting me there,” Lynn said to the UK Press Association.
Posted September 10, 2009 by Floydian Slip
Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason (left) is one of many professional musicians lending a voice to the Featured Artists Coalition (FAC), a group encouraging the British government to rethink its stance toward illegal file sharers.
“The last thing we want to be doing is going to war with our fanbase. File sharing means a new generation of fans for us,” Mason said.
“It’s a great thing to have another generation discovering your music and thinking you’re rather good. File sharing plays a part in that, because that generation don’t do it any other way.”
His comments are a reaction to British Business Secretary Lord Mandelson‘s plan to suspend the Internet accounts of those caught sharing digital music files.
FAC has drafted a resolution that calls on the government to innovate new business models that help fans obtain music legally.
That plan has received backing by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors, and the Music Producers’ Guild.
Pictured, from left: Mason and other FAC members — Ed O’Brien (Radiohead), Dave Rowntree (Blur) and Billy Bragg. (David Bebber/The Times)
Posted September 1, 2009 by Floydian Slip
Visitors to U.K. satellite classic rock radio site Planet Rock have voted Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” the greatest album of all time.
“Led Zeppelin IV” came in at #2. AC/DC’s “Back in Black” was #3.
Two more Floyd entries grace the top 40: “The Wall” at #7 and “Wish You Were Here” at #8.
You can see the entire list at the Planet Rock Web site.
Planet Rock is available on DAB digital radio across the U.K., Sky Channel 0110, Cable Channel 924, Freesat Channel 730 and at www.planetrock.com
Posted August 29, 2009 by Floydian Slip
Hopes to redevelop the Battersea Power Station, the ominous four-chimney structure pictured on the cover of Pink Floyd’s 1977 “Animals” album, are in doubt, as the company planning to do the work drowns in debt.
Real Estate Opportunities plans to make the nearly-80-year-old structure the centerpiece of a £4 billion riverside development to include 3,500 homes, shopping malls, hotel and environmentally-friendly office space.
But those plans are sketchy now the company is £1.62 billion debt.
Read more about the history of the power station at the London Evening Standard.
Posted August 25, 2009 by Floydian Slip
A computer “worm” disguised as a Pink Floyd music video is tunneling its way through Chinese social networking site Renren.
The Pinkren-A worm tricks users into helping it propagate by making itself appear to be a video for Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here.” When users click on it, the worm executes programming that helps it spread across the network.
Renren is a popular Chinese social networking site akin to Facebook. It has 40 million users.
Apparently the worm has no malicious payload except to continue spreading.
Posted July 1, 2007 by Floydian Slip
MSN Music Editor Sean Nelson has named Pink Floyd‘s debut album “The Piper at the Gates of Dawn” one of the best albums of 1967.
As media attention focuses on the 40th anniversary of the “Summer of Love,” MSN’s article “Summer of Love’s Greatest Hits” singles out 10 albums as the year’s best.
“Piper” comes in at #9.
“‘Piper at the Gates of Dawn’ is the only existing record of (Syd) Barrett firing on all cylinders before aggressive LSD intake and looming mental illness combined to render him first unreliable, and then basically vacant,” Nelson writes. “It’s also the most ’60s-sounding record of the ’60s that also sounds good.”
EMI Records plans a three-CD remaster of “Piper” in August.
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