Staring at Sound: The True Story of Oklahoma's Fabulous Flaming Lips

Jim DeRogatis

ISBN 10: 0767921402 / ISBN 13: 9780767921404

Published by Broadway Books, 2006

About this Item

Inscribed by author on half-title page. Softcover. Stated First Edition, first printing (with full number line). Light edgewear, else fine. Illustrated with many b/w photographs throughout. Index. pp xviii, 241, [1]. The inscription reads ''For Meredith / Turn it on & / all the way / up! / Jim''.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Staring at Sound: The True Story of Oklahoma's Fabulous Flaming Lips
• Publisher: Broadway Books
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0767921402
• ISBN 13: 9780767921404
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

An engrossing and intimate portrait of the Oklahoma-based psychedelic pop band the Flaming Lips, cult heroes to millions of indie-rock fans.

In July 2002, the Flaming Lips released an ambitious album called Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, which merged elements of orchestral pop, electronic dance music, and old-fashioned psychedelic rock with lyrical themes that were simultaneously poignant and philosophical and supremely silly. The album sold a million copies worldwide, introduced the Flaming Lips to a mass audience, and made them one of the best-known cult bands in rock history.

Staring at Sound is the tale of the Flaming Lips's fascinating career (which, in reality, began in 1983) and the many colorful personalities in their orbit, especially Wayne Coyne, their charismatic and visionary founder. Based on hundreds of hours of interviews with the band, it follows the Flaming Lips through the thriving indie-rock underground of the 1980s and the alternative-rock movement of the early '90s, during which they found fans in such rock legends as Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones, Robert Plant, and Devo, and respected peers in such acts as the White Stripes, Radiohead, and Beck. It concludes with exclusive coverage of the creation of the group's latest album, At War with the Mystics.

About the Author

Jim DeRogatis is the pop music critic at the Chicago Sun-Times. Together with Greg Kot, rock critic at the Chicago Tribune and author of Wilco: Learning How to Die, he is the host of Sound Opinions, "the world's only rock and roll talkshow," which is now broadcast on Public Radio. He is the author of Let It Blurt: The Life and Times of Lester Bangs, America's Greatest Rock Critic (Broadway Books, 2000), among other books.