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Via Chromewaves, NME reports why the Flaming Lips decided to cover Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody:

“We took it to task, knowing that when people think of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ they think of this huge overblown thing with the weird vocal swirls and backwards bits going on. I think we nailed it and made it a little more intense and a little more sad. We put a big operatic flourish in the middle just to make it a little more Flaming Lips-ish.”

I was very excited for an '05 release of "At War With The Mystics", but...

Coyne revealed that fans can expect The Flaming Lips new album, ‘At War With The Mystics’, in January 2006.

For those of you who, like me, need a Flips fix soon can catch "Fearless Freaks" at the Webster Film Series on Friday the 13th (May). We made the mistake of waiting to purchase tickets for the Sounds of Science with Yo La Tengo the day of the show, only to find that both showings were sold out. We won't be making the same mistake for this!

If you can't make it to the film, Shout! Facory is releasing a double-disc DVD on May 17th.

Posted by Tom at May 6, 2005 10:22 AM