Tonight I'll be seeing the Flaming Lips perform all of "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots." But before that, I'll be at a session to hear their very weird album that came out on 4 CDs and requires 4 sound systems to play simultaneously. The story of "Zaireeka":
The Flaming Lips 'Zaireeka' Turns 20
The Flaming Lips are no strangers to strangeness. But before the vinyl pressed with blood, before the flash drives encased in gummy skulls, before the flash drives encased in gummy fetuses, before the six-hour song, and before the 24-hour song, there was Zaireeka. Consisting of four different CDs that have to be played simultaneously on […]
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