The Flaming Lips Published: A Visual History

The Flaming Lips are the subject of Waking Up With A Placebo Head Wound: Images Of The Flaming Lips From The Archives Of Jay Blakesberg And J. Michelle Martin-Coyne - 1987-2004, a limited edition photo book available only on the band's website, www.flaminglips.com.

Featuring 375 images from photographers Blakesberg and Martin-Coyne, the 184-page book also contains essays on the band by Michael Ivins, Steven Drozd, Scott Booker, Rick Gershon, Martin-Coyne and Blakesberg, as well as an introduction by Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne.

Waking Up With A Placebo Head Wound will be printed in an extremely limited edition of 1,500 numbered copies presented in a handmade box and signed by each band member. Fans who preorder the book before Nov. 12 will also receive a free, limited edition Christmas On Mars 7" picture-disc single as a bonus comprised of 2 new studio recordings from the film's soundtrack.

Christmas On Mars, the science fiction holiday movie written, directed and starring The Flaming Lips, will not be seen this December as previously announced on the band's website. It's now projected for release December 2005.

In recording news, long-time producing partner Dave Fridmann is working with the band on the follow-up to their Grammy Award-winning 2003 release, Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots. The new album, At War With The Mystics, is tentatively set for release in mid 2005. Meanwhile, due to the success and critical praise of the Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots 5.1 Surround Sound Mix, the band and Dave Fridmann will remix their 1999 release, The Soft Bulletin into the 5.1 audio realm. Release is expected in the first quarter of 2005.

Also on The Flaming Lips' 2005 event horizon is a documentary film by acclaimed video director Bradley Beesley (Okie Noodling, etc.) and Shout Factory Films chronicling the band's emergence over the past two decades. Additionally, a book on the band is being written by Chicago Sun-Times music journalist Jim DeRogotis. Staring At Sound: The True Story Of Oklahoma's Fabulous Flaming Lips, will be published Fall 2005 by Sterling Lord Literisti.

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