The Days of Lore

Lips and assholes, pt. 3

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 | musiX, pdX | 1 Comment

About a month and a half ago, I biked (and walked) up to the top of Mount Tabor—nearly giving myself a heart attack in the process —with the intent of possibly participating in a video shoot for The Flaming Lips‘ “Watching the Planets.”

The good news is I didn’t have a heart attack. The even gooder news is that I didn’t get naked … but it turns out Lips frontman Wayne Coyne did. It was anybody’s guess as to how the video would turn out (“Like with Christmas On Mars, we had no idea what it was about until it came out,” drummer Kliph Scurlock told me). Well, the video for “Watching the Planets” debuted today at NME, and you can watch it here. Lots of breasts and penises and vaginal fur ball thingies. I guess I don’t need to tell you that it’s NSFW.

The best news of all? I recycled the above headline yet again.

Tags: "Watching the Planets", Portland, The Flaming Lips, video shoot, Wayne Coyne