Flaming Lips Alley Dedication

[metro]

On October 25th at 11:30am join Wayne Coyne and the Flaming Lips for the dedication to be held on the plaza outside the Mickey Mantle entrance to AT&T Bricktown ballpark to accommodate the 40-foot stage and video screen, and the multitude of props the Flaming Lips are bringing for the occassion.



I hear Wayne and crew are going to be performing live and will be using the famous spaceship, aliens, and santas again!

[CuatrodeMayo]

Interesting enough, I am in Chicago and just heard acouple of hours ago a Lips song in the Macy's downtown. Made me smile.

[kmf563]

Just in case:

What: Flaming Lips Alley Dedication

When: 11:30 AM, Thursday, October 25

Where: Outside AT&T Bricktown Ballpark (the Plaza at Mickey Mantle entrance)

Last winter, the Chamber helped pass a proposal to honor Oklahoma City's own Grammy Award-winning alternative rock band The Flaming Lips by naming an alley after them in Bricktown.

I hope you will join me on Thursday, October 25, at 11:30am, along with Mayor Mick Cornett, Burns Hargis and Flaming Lips front man Wayne Coyne, for the official dedication ceremony for Flaming Lips Alley.

The event will be held on the plaza outside the Mickey Mantle Dr. entrance to AT&T Bricktown Ballpark. In true Flaming Lips fashion it will be a multi-media experience, complete with 40-foot concert video screen, fans dressed in costume, and plenty of confetti cannons.

The VIP and "Red" ballpark lots off Joe Carter Ave. will be open for event parking.

[ksearls]

It is going to be a fun event but don't think they will be performing. It will be a ribbon cutting like no other!

Kim

[soonerguru]

I'll be there, for sure. Can someone tell me a little more about their Halloween parade, though? That sounds very promising.

[metro]

soonerguru, if you do a search for Ghouls Gone Wild, there is at least one thread on it. I'll try and find it for you.

[kmf563]

I'll be there, for sure. Can someone tell me a little more about their Halloween parade, though? That sounds very promising.

Here's a quick link to that site for you.
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[metro]

Just a reminder the Lips Alley Dedication is tomorrow morning at 11:30am. Ksearls have you or anyone else confirmed if they will be performing or not? The papers claim they are as stated above, however you and others on OKCTalk are stating they are not. Can anyone clarify? I figure the papers must have had a pretty solid lead to publish that the Flaming Lips are playing a FREE CONCERT.

[soonerfan21]

What: Flaming Lips Alley Dedication
When: 11:30 A.M., Thursday, October 25

Where: Outside AT&T Bricktown Ballpark (the Plaza at Mickey Mantle entrance)



Last December, the City of Oklahoma City honored Oklahoma City's own Grammy Award-winning alternative rock band The Flaming Lips by naming an alley after them in Bricktown.

On Thursday, October 25, at 11:30 a.m., please join Mayor Mick Cornett, Burns Hargis and Flaming Lips front man Wayne Coyne for the official dedication ceremony for Flaming Lips Alley.

The event will be held on the plaza outside the Mickey Mantle entrance to AT&T Bricktown Ballpark, at the intersection of Mickey Mantle and Flaming Lips Alley. It will be a multimedia experience, with a 40-foot concert video screen, fans dressed in costume, and plenty of confetti cannons.

The VIP and "Red" ballpark lots off Joe Carter Avenue will be open for event parking. No need to RSVP.

[kmf563]

Wayne will be there. No full band performance, only live music on a big screen.

[ksearls]

They will not be playing a concert and it doesn't say they will in anything that I have seen or anything distributed by DOKC or the Chamber. They are bringing lots of their concert stuff and staging but no "free concert". That being said, no one will stop them if they start playing.

It will be an awesome spectacle; it's getting world-wide press!

[jbrown84]

The Halloween Parade is also getting international press.

[metro]

The Halloween Parade is also getting international press.

I wonder how much international press this "Centennial Spectacular" with Reba and Vince Gill is getting which by the way has much more paid advertising for it than these small local events. The Flaming Lips generate free international press on their own merits, something we should have been using to the city's advantage years ago. Just shows how much OKC leaders and media have been out of the loop in promoting the Oklahoma and OKC music scene.

Also, I was eating in Bricktown for lunch and they were setting up the stage for tomorrow. Should be impressive hopefully!

[kmf563]

Too bad I have to work today! I would love to be down there for that event. I hope somebody - jbrown, doug....will get some good pics for us that can't go?? you guys take better shots than most of the press.

And I will be marching with the Lips Saturday in the halloween parade!! I can't wait. I think it will be a blast!

[metro]

I'll be there and I have my camera as always.

[kmf563]

lucky. of course you get off work....not really fair. but hey, guess that's life.
would love to see your pics! a recap of the event would be nice too. are you going to video any of it metro?

[OKCCrime]

It is good to see the city recognize the Flaming Lips. Lead singer Wayne Coyne seemed really excited about it all. There was plenty (or mostly) press present at the event. A few aliens and santas. Wayne let two F words slip. It seemed almost as if they were intentional. Disappointingly, there was no live music.

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[JWil]

Pics?

[MrZ]

Even without a live performance (the trumpet playing doesn't count lol), today was still pretty cool. Glad I decided to go. Did anyone else see the large balloons bouncing down the streets with the wind? Was pretty funny to see people's reactions when they saw them.

Any idea if they are performing after the Halloween Parade? The site says this:

Grand Marshal Wayne Coyne and the Flaming Lips will appear at the end of the parade, so come early to get a good spot.

Not sure what they mean by appear after the parade.
I have skipped Opening Night the last few years, but if they are playing this year I will definitely be there.

[metro]

Yeah it was a pretty good event although the turnout was disappointing, but of course being the chamber, they do it mid-morning when most people have to work or can't get downtown. Mostly chamber cronies and press (alot of press including international press). There were a few die-hard fans and such and business people including myself. I took plenty of pictures and even got a pic with Wayne. I'll try to post them tomorrow (sorry, Taste of Western is tonight!).

[OKCCrime]

What was up with the huge snow globe anyway? I didn't get it. Furthermore, I had a hard time seeing it from the back. Metro, you get any pictures of it? I certainly hope the city didn't pay too much for that thing!

OKCCrime

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[metro]

Yes, I got plenty of pics of everything, probably too much if anything! Thats the good thing about digital, you can shoot as much as you want and keep the good pics without wasting "film". I just got back from Taste of Western so I'll post them here soon.

[metro]

Okay, I posted a dozen or so pics from the dedication today in my gallery. I didn't post the pic of me and Wayne though. I still have tons of pics I didn't post but posted some of the better ones.

http://www.okctalk.com/gallery/showg...500&ppuser=204

[Doug Loudenback]

Neat pics, Metro!

I couldn't make it ... hope to see the parade on Saturday.

If all of the news of late about the Flaming Lips reveals a gap in knowledge about them (as was true for me), you might enjoy visiting their website, The Flaming Lips ... there, click the "Audio" tab at the top and listen to lots of their tunes!

I'm listening to "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song" right now ... very cool!

Very nice article in today's Oklahoman, NewsOK: Bricktown Alley dedicated to the Flaming Lips . Toward the end of the article, Wayne Coyne said,

And I say we're on the way to becoming, I think, the ... coolest city in America."

[kmf563]

Great pics metro! thanks for sharing those.