He hasn't dropped them, forgot them, or anything. It's just too heavy for superman to lift.
I just watched The Fearless Freaks, which was a documentary about The Flaming Lips, and it was amazing, let me tell you. Below is my response to the film, which I furiously scribbled into a notebook (until sanford called me), just after seeing the documentary.
Man, that was a wonderful documentary. I mean, I've been listening to the Flaming Lips for about a year now, but there's something about seeing the real guys that sets you in some sort of spin, you know? I mean, Wayne Coyne, Wayne Coyne is amazing.
It's strange to hear these quirky lyrics and the beautiful music and see him, because he is so down to earth. He is truly connected with the world around him, to his friends, his family, his music, etcetera. I guess he has to be, you know, to be able to connect to people in such a way.
Wow, though.
Another thing aobut Wayne Coyne that I really enjoyed seeing was his dedication to his music, and to living...now, I guess. There was very little doing things hoping for a better tomorrow, it was creating because he liked to create. There is something beautiful to me about that, something...I don't know. I'd love to do that. To create beautiful, moving work that people can connect to, but more importantly, that I can connect to, things that have a place in my heart.
Stephen Drozd (the band's drummer/plays everything except the bass,) seems to be the most musically talented member of the band. I mean, the guy drums excellently, he has an acute sense of music in general. I was behind most of the things that weren't bass or voice (he and wayne both play guitar), from transmissions of the satellite heart, on, I think. Began to play the keyboard at age 12 (after starting the drums and playing in his fathers polka band at like, 10), coming home after school and practicing up to 6/7 hours a day. Wow. It was shocking for me to learn of his problem with haroin, harrowing to learn about how people dealt with his addiction (especially wayne and wife), not to mention how it ended (receiving several blows to the head from Wayne.) Even more touching, perhaps, was seeing him and Wayne talking about it afterwards. My respect for both of them, as people and musicians is rather greate now.
If Stephen is the most talented musically, Wayne is definately the creative genius behind the band. I watched those clips of live shows, clips of interviews, even snippets of just Wayne talikikng to other people. There clearly something there that a lot of people don't have. There is a hint of genius, a ton, Sanford just called me and I'm eating a banana, of enthusiasm, some determination, and an intense connection with the world around him that was really inspiring. People related how much time he'd spend working on the music. "He'd trick you by asking you if you wanted to go get coffee or something, and you'd end up with him recording something." Paraphrased from Stephen Drozd, drummer. Wayne Coyne, I'm coming to realize, is sort of the epitome of what I'd like to be. (or at least a large part of it).
The movie that wayne and the lips decided to make, Christmas on mars (wayne talking about stephen in that, wow) stars all of them. It's amazing to me that Wayne just wanted to make a movie, and so they did. There's something about creation, about putting your ideas together, breaking them apart and putting htem down on paper, in musical notes, or as acting/directing, something about that appeals to every piece of Andrew Waid Nicholson. More than solving for X, more than "Good commentary, Andrew," more than sending bowser into a pit of lava in Mario, more than bowling with your best friends. I want to make.
I had so much more, but it's all gone.
He just wanted to make music. He just wanted to make a movie.
Now, I'm off to watch some of the extra stuff on these dvds, then do some homework, and then I think I'm gonna get some of these ideas I have for my tok project down into writing. My heart threatens to float out of my body and flutter away. The Flaming Lips are officially one of my favorite bands. So excited for seeing them at Sasquatch.
Man, that was a wonderful documentary. I mean, I've been listening to the Flaming Lips for about a year now, but there's something about seeing the real guys that sets you in some sort of spin, you know? I mean, Wayne Coyne, Wayne Coyne is amazing.
It's strange to hear these quirky lyrics and the beautiful music and see him, because he is so down to earth. He is truly connected with the world around him, to his friends, his family, his music, etcetera. I guess he has to be, you know, to be able to connect to people in such a way.
Wow, though.
Another thing aobut Wayne Coyne that I really enjoyed seeing was his dedication to his music, and to living...now, I guess. There was very little doing things hoping for a better tomorrow, it was creating because he liked to create. There is something beautiful to me about that, something...I don't know. I'd love to do that. To create beautiful, moving work that people can connect to, but more importantly, that I can connect to, things that have a place in my heart.
Stephen Drozd (the band's drummer/plays everything except the bass,) seems to be the most musically talented member of the band. I mean, the guy drums excellently, he has an acute sense of music in general. I was behind most of the things that weren't bass or voice (he and wayne both play guitar), from transmissions of the satellite heart, on, I think. Began to play the keyboard at age 12 (after starting the drums and playing in his fathers polka band at like, 10), coming home after school and practicing up to 6/7 hours a day. Wow. It was shocking for me to learn of his problem with haroin, harrowing to learn about how people dealt with his addiction (especially wayne and wife), not to mention how it ended (receiving several blows to the head from Wayne.) Even more touching, perhaps, was seeing him and Wayne talking about it afterwards. My respect for both of them, as people and musicians is rather greate now.
If Stephen is the most talented musically, Wayne is definately the creative genius behind the band. I watched those clips of live shows, clips of interviews, even snippets of just Wayne talikikng to other people. There clearly something there that a lot of people don't have. There is a hint of genius, a ton, Sanford just called me and I'm eating a banana, of enthusiasm, some determination, and an intense connection with the world around him that was really inspiring. People related how much time he'd spend working on the music. "He'd trick you by asking you if you wanted to go get coffee or something, and you'd end up with him recording something." Paraphrased from Stephen Drozd, drummer. Wayne Coyne, I'm coming to realize, is sort of the epitome of what I'd like to be. (or at least a large part of it).
The movie that wayne and the lips decided to make, Christmas on mars (wayne talking about stephen in that, wow) stars all of them. It's amazing to me that Wayne just wanted to make a movie, and so they did. There's something about creation, about putting your ideas together, breaking them apart and putting htem down on paper, in musical notes, or as acting/directing, something about that appeals to every piece of Andrew Waid Nicholson. More than solving for X, more than "Good commentary, Andrew," more than sending bowser into a pit of lava in Mario, more than bowling with your best friends. I want to make.
I had so much more, but it's all gone.
He just wanted to make music. He just wanted to make a movie.
Now, I'm off to watch some of the extra stuff on these dvds, then do some homework, and then I think I'm gonna get some of these ideas I have for my tok project down into writing. My heart threatens to float out of my body and flutter away. The Flaming Lips are officially one of my favorite bands. So excited for seeing them at Sasquatch.