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I don't know what to say, Im excited... sure to be a good time!

The Flaming Lips / Lightning Bolt Vinyl Pressing Session Highlights

The Flaming Lips / Lightning Bolt Vinyl Pressing Session Highlights, a set on Flickr.

Another 7 days of pressing vinyl at A&R in Dallas for The Flaming Lips. The colors were much more limited this time, but I think I made it work! You might be surprised at the limitless shades of grey in the universe and what you can do with them. Stan Getz let me experiment a little bit (see the smoking rabbit), but we only got a few that looked like that because we had to stop the machine every time we pressed a record. It would have taken months to get 2000 discs at that rate. I have been getting messages on twitter from people around the world with pictures of their copy of this record... it's fun and fascinating to see where they end up!
These were pressed in August, so there is a lot of my sweat in these discs, literally.
It was hotter in the plant than it was outside in the middle of a record setting heat wave (no pun intended).
Still, it was worth it. It's hard work, but I am lucky to be doing it and I am having a fun!

Trust

Here's my cover of a Pretty Things song, "Trust", from their 1968 classic album S.F. Sorrow.
There are so many great songs that would be fun to cover on there, but I chose this one because it was the one that was stuck in my head when I was ready to record last week. Feel free to hit the download button, grab the other covers while you're at it.
Trust by New Fumes
here's the original:

A Song for the Owl

So I found this baby owl in my driveway and named it Billy.
I took it inside for the afternoon to keep it away from stray dogs and the sun.
That night, I took it outside and placed it on a branch in a tree in my yard.
It's parent came pretty quickly to feed it, and in about a week, it was flying.
I like to think that it hangs out in the trees around my house and keeps an eye on me.
Yesterday, I wrote a song to Billy.
"Billy, I am a Living Animal"
I'll leave it up here for a short time so you can check it out.
Billy, I Am a Living Animal by New Fumes

I found a baby owl in my driveway!!!

The Flaming Lips/ Prefuse 73 vinyl

The Flaming Lips/ Prefuse 73 vinyl, a set on Flickr.

I have been recording new material, but for about two weeks I hand poured 2000 12" discs for The Flaming Lips collaboration with Prefuse 73 at A&R Record Manufacturing in Dallas. Not a bad gig! Here are some of the highlights...