The Flaming Lips ready “Christmas” present
While the film has so far drawn rave reviews, up until now, only a few lucky festival goers have actually gotten to view The Flaming Lips’ Christmas on Mars. However, this will all change on October 28th. The Wayne Coyne written and directed science fiction film telling the story of the first Christmas on a human-colonized Mars, will be officially released for all to enjoy…just in time for Christmas!
It’s Christmastime, and the colonization of Mars is underway. However, when an oxygen generator and a gravity control pod malfunction, Major Syrtis (the Lips’ Steven Drozd) and his team (including the Lips’ Michael Ivins) fear the worst. Syrtis also hallucinates about the birth of a baby, and many other strange things. Meanwhile, a compassionate alien superbeing (Coyne) arrives, inspiring and helping the isolated astronauts.
The DVD will also be bundled in a separate deluxe package that will include Christmas on Mars’ original score on CD and a bonus disc featuring interviews, behind-the-scene’s footage, and most importantly, Russian subtitles.
If you’re unwilling to hold out another month, New York’s KGB Complex’s Kraine Theater is holding screenings each night through October 30th.
In addition to to this upcoming release, The Flaming Lips are also reportedly working on a brand new studio album, described as “something like if John Lennon got together with Miles Davis and they discovered computers.”
Christmas on Mars Tracklist:
01. “Once Beyond Hopelessness”
02. “The Distance Between Mars And The Earth — Part One”
03. “The Horrors Of Isolation: The Celestial Dissolve, Triumphant Hallucination, Light Being Absorbed”
04. “In Excelsior Vaginalistic”
05. “Your Spaceship Comes From Within”
06. “Suicide And Extraordinary Mistakes”
07. “The Distance Between Mars And The Earth — Part Two”
08. “The Secret Of Immortality: This Strange Feeling, This Impossible World”
09. “The Gleaming Armament Of Marching Genitalia”
10. “The Distress Signals Of Celestial Objects”
11. “Space Bible With Volume Lumps”
12. “Once Beyond Hopelessness”
caught a screening of the movie at Lolla this year: totally worth it. Go see it/buy it if you can. It’s one of the trippiest flicks i’ve ever seen.
i think they played some of it a few times at wakarusa this year as well, but i never got in to watch anything b/c i didnt want to wait in line.
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