Ten Songs, Five Dozen Dancers, 18,000 Glowstick Hurlers

By Ryan - Monday July 24th 2006

Flaming Lips Hollywood Bowl

The Flaming Lips are my favorite band. To be sure, my very first Losanjealous entry dealt with last summer’s Fearless Freaks DVD release and the Beesley/Coyne Cinespace Q&A session:

“What is this thing…A blog? A website? What the hell happens? What do you do, write shit, link something relevant and make the clever? Fuck it I’m in. What’s to lose?”

I watched the movie again yesterday in order to work myself into a proper frenzy before the show. It’s just brilliant. Almost as brilliant as being one of the 18,000 people throwing glowsticks at the stage last night.

Almost.

The Flaming Lips @ Hollywood Bowl, 7/23/06
Lips photo by Nikki aka Girl in Long Beach
Craptastic Anatomically Correct RAZR™® capture by yours truly

What now?

9 Responses to “Ten Songs, Five Dozen Dancers, 18,000 Glowstick Hurlers”

Posted by thenotic 7/25/06 at 1:23 pm # Reply

crazy ass show.
Posted by Brianne 7/25/06 at 3:27 pm # Reply

One of the best concerts I’ve ever been to. The flying glowing rings were so cool. Every ring that landed at my feet went right back up in the air.
Posted by skim 7/25/06 at 10:58 pm # Reply

i agree. one of the best…we took one of those white balloons home. it’s happy in its new home.
Posted by cate 7/26/06 at 6:44 am # Reply

i always forget to wear my glasses to shows. i could see well enough, but i couldn’t quite tell what the dancers on stage right were. were they elves? aliens? topless?
Posted by Huberto 7/26/06 at 12:07 pm # Reply

EVEN BETTER! They were actually topless alien elves!
Posted by ryan 7/26/06 at 2:40 pm # Reply

cate, huberto’s right. they had topless mermaid ladies alongside a whole cadre of aliens. erstwhile captain america, thor and spider-man kept the peace, running around doing good deeds on and offstage.

I think. But why take my word for it…
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