Hey Kliph,

Are there any songs off embryonic that stand out when you think of ones that would be fun to play live?

Is the Ego's Last Stand one of them????

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Hey kliph,

What kind of Crash/Rides did steven use for the Tranmission tours?

Kliph-

I just realized you're on Sunshine Fix's first album. What song or songs do you play on? It seems like everyone in the liner notes played drums at some point on the album. Have you played on any other Elephant 6 albums? I've always thought that any of those bands would be great openers for the Lips, especially the Olivia Tremor Control. I'll keep dreaming....maybe Cornelius will join the show as well. Thanks again!

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Originally posted by SlickPoetry:
Kliph,

Is it true that Wayne played a considerable number of the bass parts on Embryonic? Do you know/recall which songs he's playing bass on?

He did play a lot of them. Off the top of my head, that's him on "Convinced Of The Hex", "See The Leaves", "Your Bats", "The Ego's Last Stand" and "Worm Mountain". He may have done one or two more. Everything went so quick that it's hard to remember for sure.

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Originally posted by Bunny_309:
Kliph,
I finally received my furry version of the album today. So I just looked through the booklet and saw that you have finally been listed as a member of the band. Congratulations! I was happy to see that (it partially made up for not getting a golden ticket).

Thanks!

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Originally posted by Bunny_309:
Just to follow up on my last post (since I've now actually listened to the album through after suffering through a week of late mail, after deciding not to listen to anything but the dvd-audio on first listen), congrats on being a part of such a fantastic album! That was the very first time that I have not been disappointed with an album I've been eagerly anticipating the release date of. Super psychedelic and balls out!

Thanks again.

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Originally posted by Mark West:


Do you like mayonaise ?

Leather phones?

But, no, I don't like mayonnaise.

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Originally posted by RouletteDares:
Hi Kliph, hope all is well with you. I bet being a member of the Lips in actual writing is such an amazing feeling!

I notice during the "Secret Show" that visually the performance was very stripped down, no confetti, balloons, streamers, dancers etc etc. I just wondered if this was down to practicality or whether this is the sort of aesthetic you guys were going for this tour/at the moment?

Apologies as normal if it's been asked.

No, it was just for that show. We'll have the gizmos and hoo-has for the rest.

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Originally posted by The Punctured Yolk:
Can you comment a little bit about the different master that is applied to the vinyl? Is Michael most involved in that process? What kind of differences are you guys looking for in the vinyl master compared to the cd? Thanks again.

I really don't know what differences anybody's hoping for. It's mainly because some people like listening to records, so they should be able to listen to Embryonic on record if they want to. Michael's usually pretty involved with the vinyl mastering process, but wasn't able to be this time as we were touring.

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Originally posted by funkrobot:
Hey Kliph what happened to happybutnervous?

And, can we just keep the old bored?

I don't know. I haven't heard from her.

And this bored will go away, though I'm not sure when. If you want to pay WB to keep hosting it, I'm sure they would, but we're not going to.

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Originally posted by This is Vernon Hicks III:
Hey Kliph,

Do you like sandwiches?

p.s.

we'll always have June 16th...

Sandwiches are good and June 16th is the coolest day ever. The Minutemen even did a song about it.

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Originally posted by gratefulsugaree:
Kliph,

Is watching the planets going to be shown at Voodoo?
K, thanks~

Oh and you totally look kick ass in that gold jacket!

We're having a hard time getting that video shown due to all the nudity, but it'll get out there sooner or later.

And I hate that stupid jacket. The dumb wardrobe girl made me wear it and I was too big of a wuss to tell her to piss off.

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Originally posted by Mark West:
Hi Kliph

Do you know if you'll be doing Later with Jools Holland when you're over in the UK next month.

I hope so

Wix

I haven't heard anything about it. Our schedule is pretty packed as it is, so I don't know if there would even be time.

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Originally posted by Deerboy:
Kliph I dont think I've posted in here before but could you guys please consider playing When you smile at NYE as a shout out for a friend who wont be able to make it to the concert? shes a huge lips fan will be out of town for the holidays.
if this could happen it would make our year.

This isn't the place for song requests.

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Originally posted by LandonCoates:
Hey Kliph,

Any chance of the UFO appearing in Chicago in December? Is this going to be the biggest show you guys have ever headlined (non-festival)? 20,000 people is pretty huge.

What new songs are you guys thinking about incorporating into your set? May I suggest The Ego's Last Stand and Watching the Planets? Also, I think I Can Be a Frog works well as a singalong, but perhaps take out the pauses between every line- there's plenty of time to make animal noises while the music is still rolling, it gets kind of awkward when it keeps starting and stopping. (No offense intended)

Dunno about the UFO. And we'll keep working new songs into the set as we have time to practice them.

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Originally posted by The_UFO:
Hey
Have you guys ever heard or heard of the album Sound Characters (Making the Third Ear) by Maryanne Amacher. Supposedly playing it at very loud volumes creates the effect of the music actually coming from inside your head, and out of your ears. I haven't actually experienced this, but I think it sounds cool, and might be the sort of thing yourself and the guys might be interested in discovering (if you havent already) or maybe even trying? THANKS

Once again, it's so cool that you do this Kliph

I haven't heard it. That's a pretty bold claim for a record to make.

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Originally posted by lovethegoodwitch:
Is there any specific reason that there is never an actual depiction of lips on fire on any of the Flaming Lips shirts or posters?

Because it would be cheap and obvious.

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Originally posted by tulsatime2:
Hey Kliph,

Are there any songs off embryonic that stand out when you think of ones that would be fun to play live?

Is the Ego's Last Stand one of them????

"The Ego's Last Stand" could be fun. It's hard to say, really. I thought "The Sparrow Looks Up At The Machine" would be super easy and fun, but we struggled with it for a bit and put it aside for the time being. I also thought "Pompeii Am Götterdämmerung" would be super easy to do, but it took us something like 6 different arrangements before we hit on one that worked in a live situation.

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Originally posted by Goalieman707:
Hey kliph,

What kind of Crash/Rides did steven use for the Tranmission tours?

I have no idea.

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Originally posted by Synthflymachine:
Kliph-

I just realized you're on Sunshine Fix's first album. What song or songs do you play on? It seems like everyone in the liner notes played drums at some point on the album. Have you played on any other Elephant 6 albums? I've always thought that any of those bands would be great openers for the Lips, especially the Olivia Tremor Control. I'll keep dreaming....maybe Cornelius will join the show as well. Thanks again!

I'm on that song "A Better Way To Be" or whatever it's called. That's the only Elephant 6 recording I've been on and I wasn't even sure I'd be on that one. We were in Athens in 2000 and had a day off and I went to Bill's house and he was working on that song and asked if I'd lay a scratch drum part down so he could continue working on it. I did and then a while later I bought the album and was surprised (and honored) to find my shitty scratch drum track on it.

And if you want to see Cornelius and the Lips together, you should have seen one of the Music Against Brain Degeneration shows. Cornelius were fantastic.