Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots: Special Collector's Edition by the Flaming Lips to Be Released September 23, 2003; West Coast Dates with the Red Hot Chili Peppers Confirmed!Entertainment Editors BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 9, 2003 Hailed as one of the most innovative and influential bands in modern music, The Flaming Lips will release a special Collector's Edition of their critically lauded 2002 album, Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (produced by The Flaming Lips, Dave Fridmann Dave Fridmann is an American musician and record producer. He played the bass guitar for Mercury Rev and has produced a series of records from various bands. He played with Mercury Rev from their foundation in 1984, but began work as an engineer and producer five years and Scott Booker), on September 23, 2003. Packed with special features, the deluxe CD+DVDA DVDA DVD Association DVDA Digital Versatile Disc Audio DVDA Digital Video Disc Audio DVDA Digital Video Distribution Amplifier DVDA Dvd Audio edition includes all the original selections from Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, with such key cuts as the title track, (Part 1 and Part 2,) "Fight Test," The Grammy(R)-Award winning track "Approaching Pavonis Mons Pavonis Mons is the middle of three volcanos (collectively known as Tharsis Montes) on the Tharsis bulge near the equator of the planet Mars. To its north is Ascraeus Mons, and to its south is Arsia Mons. The largest volcano in the solar system, Olympus Mons, is to its northwest. By Balloon (Utopia Planitia)," and eight other essential Flaming Lips originals. Other highlights are such rare and previously unavailable (in the U.S.) bonus audio tracks as "Up Above The Daily Hum," the Japanese version of "Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots PT. 1," and "If I Go Mad," the B-side to the UK single "Do You Realize?" In addition, is the special "Floating In Space Remix" and "CD101 (live)" versions of "Do You Realize?," and an acoustic rendition of "Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt. 1" from AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Sessions. DVDA video selections contain two versions of "Do You Realize?" one directed by Mark Pellington and the other by Flaming Lips frontman front·man n. 1. also front man A man who serves as a nominal leader but who lacks real authority. 2. Music A leading singer with a group. , Wayne Coyne. The videos of "Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt 1," "Fight Test" and "Are You A Hypnotist??" are accompanied by documentaries chronicling the making of "Do You Realize?," "Yoshimi" and "Yoshimi 5.1." Also spotlighted is the audio oddity "Phoebe Battles The Pink Robots" (recorded for but never used in an episode of "Friends"), and the trailer for the film-in-progress Christmas On Mars, with an all-original Flaming Lips score. Additional bonus material includes DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. ROM animated episodes of "Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt 1" and "Fight Test." As you already have the standard CD version, I'm sending you the DVDA portion of this package along with all the packaging details for advance review purposes. Please enjoy! In other news, The Flaming Lips have accepted an invitation from their old friends the Red Hot Chili Peppers Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1983. For most of its career, the group has consisted of vocalist Anthony Kiedis, guitarist John Frusciante, bassist Michael "Flea" Balzary, and drummer Chad Smith. to tour the west coast in October prior to their upcoming European tour. Dates are listed below. Meanwhile, the band has recently recorded the theme song for Cartoon Network's animated series "Duck Dodgers For the animated television series, see . Duck Dodgers is the fictional star of a series of cartoons produced by Warner Bros. He is actually the famous (but still fictional) cartoon star Daffy Duck, cast in the role of an intergalactic future "hero". ," featuring vocals by none other than Tom Jones recorded at famed Abbey Road studios Abbey Road Studios, created in November of 1931 by EMI in London, England is best known as the recording studio used by musicians such as The Beatles, Cliff Richard, Al Stewart, Pink Floyd, Oasis, The Shadows and Elliott Smith. in London. You can catch "Duck Dodgers" on the Cartoon Network Saturday mornings at 11:30 with repeats on Sunday night at 8:00. Consult your local listings for further information. Also in the works is a new EP by The Lips scheduled for November release that will feature some brand new recordings as well as visual content. Details will be announced shortly. Red Hot Chili Peppers with The Flaming Lips: Wed Oct 10 Mandalay Bay Las Vegas, NV Thur Oct 9 Cricket Pavillion Phoenix, AZ Sat Oct 11 The Forum Los Angeles, CA Sun Oct 12 TBA Los Angeles, CA Tue Oct 14 Coors Amphitheater San Diego, CA Fri Oct 17 Oakland Coliseum Oakland, CA Sat Oct 18 Arco Arena Sacramento, CA Mon Oct 20 Memorial Coliseum Portland, OR Tue Oct 21 Key Arena Seattle, WA For a good time, please visit: www.flaminglips.com |
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