Chronicling the greatest fans in music
The Satellite Rad!!!
Originally Published November November 1, 2025 The Observer (TO): When did you first discover The Flaming Lips? Owen: I had Batman Forever on DVD as a kid, and I always found “Bad Days” to be such a fun and quirky song, so that was in my rotation for years and years. When I was in high school, I decided to…
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It’s Good To Be King
Originally Published May 1, 2025 Tom and Morgan Seabright of Detroit, MI travel to shows in search of new friends, and old songs. The Observer: When did you first discover The Flaming Lips? Tom Seabright: When I was in high school, a girl I was friends with online made me aware of the Steve Burns “Songs…
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The spectacle-a psychedelic circus
Originally Published April 1, 2025 The Observer: Give us a sense of the time when you first heard of The Flaming Lips? Rob Lowe: I first heard of The Flaming Lips because of the Batman Forever Soundtrack. It came out when I was about 14 or 15 years old. I used to play that album all…
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The Flux Wildly Experiment
Originally Published August 1, 2025 The Observer (TO): When did you first discover The Flaming Lips? Flux Wildly: Back in 2000, when I was 13 years old, living with my parents in the Netherlands. Not knowing a thing about alternative music, my stepdad gifted me all CD soundtracks of Jim Carrey films, as I loved his acting…
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I Found My Tribe
Originally Published July 1, 2025 Q: When did you first discover The Flaming Lips? CM: I discovered the Flaming Lips when I saw them live for the first time 1993. I was 19 years old and had just come back from my freshman year of college in Idaho. I was born and raised in Detroit,…
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A New York State Of LOVE LOVE LOVE
Originally Published September 1, 2025 The Observer (TO): When did you first discover The Flaming Lips? DANNY: My freshman year roommate in college introduced me to a lot of alternative rock music. I had vaguely heard of The Flaming Lips and asked him his opinion on them, but he told me they were weird, like REALLY weird. So I…
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The Cosmic Collector
Orginaly Published October 1, 2025 The Observer (TO): When did you first discover The Flaming Lips? Kyle Stringer, KS: I’d say I became a real fan when I went to the Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival in Lawrence, KS in 2008. I was in high school, had never been to a music festival before, and had…
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Where Unicorns Play
Originally Published March 1, 2025 The Observer (TO): When did you first see The Flaming Lips? AMY: My first show was at the Forum in Kentish Town, London in January 2003. (The Yoshimi anniversary box set included a recording of that show!) I had heard the Lips on the radio and my partner, Alex, had recently…
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Where The Wild Things Are
Originally published Dec. 1, 2025 The Observer (TO): Give us a sense of the time when you first heard of The Flaming Lips? Wes: It was 2011 and we were living in Atlanta, GA when I first heard The Flaming Lips. I was going through an experimental phase with mushrooms and was looking for new trip music when…
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Santa Celebrates 100 Shows
Originally published Jan. 1, 2025 If you’ve bumped into Santa, a.k.a Alan Bass, the beautiful human dressed in a red suit and Daniel Johnston t-shirt, then you’ve met the fan whose followed the band to 11 countries and all over the United States in search of adventure, and positive vibes. Q: When did you first…
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