BLARG! (words)

laser hands...

  • Apr18/10 19:37:30
  • Listening To The Flaming Lips - Summertime
  • Feeling happy
  • Smoking a bubbler

First off, thanks for all the suggestions people gave in my previous blog. Had it not been for much peer pressure, I probably would have tried something totally out there and would have been dissappointed with the results. Instead, three friends and I baked a batch of deliscous brownies! I was skeptical after my first brownie experience (no effect whatsoever), but I was reassured when I licked the spoon and turned into a high mess for the next 5 hours. I'll be doing this afain for sure!

 

Now fast forward to saturday night. The concert was just out of this world! whyle the stage is being set for the Lips to go on, people in bright orange jump suits start coming around and giving everybody laser pointers. Neat! Next the band comes onto the stage through a door in the middle of the massive LCD screen behind the set-up. This is already trippy. We realize that Wayne is missing. Without warning, Wayne appears kicking in a clear plastic bag. Given their recent "embryonic" theme, I'm suddenly reminded of a child in the womb. The bag starts to inflate, and pretty soon it turns into a giant, clear beach ball... with Wayne inside it. Then it hits us; this is the human-sized hampster ball he crowd surfs in. This is too good to be true. He never surfed over us, but he came pretty darn close! 

 Most of the rest of the night is a haze of happy bliss that i really hope i remember when I'm a bit more sober, but some of the highlights: 

o) Wayne asks the audience to light him up with their laser pointers and holds up a giant mirror. Laser-awesomeness everywhere!

o) Wayne's giant LASER HANDS (!!!) shining green laser glory all over the room

o) confetti like a snow storm in December

o) giant balloons! Everywhere!

Basically, this show re-defined how I think of a concert. Even though there was tons of awesome moments and beautiful effects, hands-down the best part of the show was Wayne constantly repeating that this was our party, that this was our night, and how much he loved all of us. And we kept yelling back how much we loved him. I also approve highly of his reasoning for the balloons; "they just make it feel more like a f***ing riot..."

 

 

Kezra May15/12 13:00:20
[Kezra]

Okay what the hell. This sounds like -the- best time.
I've loved The Flaming Lips for ages, but have never heard
of their live performance antics. Glad you managed to get baked,
and glad you had fun. ^^ You seem like a pretty cool bro.
We should definitely chat sometime... somehow...
If I wasn't so new to this site (and currently in the stratosphere)
I could probably find your profile, but alas. I have no idea how to navigate.

Kezra May15/12 13:02:49
[Kezra]

Oh hey. I found it. Ahah...
and you haven't been on for years.
Wellllllll shit.