Flaming Lips pull off space bubble shows By Sonaiya Kelley, Los Angeles Times
Published: January 28, 2021, 6:00am
Share: Bubbles aren t new to the Flaming Lips. In 2011, singer Wayne Coyne crowd-surfed inside a bubble at The Boulevard Pool at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
The Flaming Lips pulled off their first full-length space bubble concerts this past weekend in Oklahoma City, with both the band and audience members sequestered in their own zip-up bubbles.
The band performed a couple of sold-out shows in promotion of its 2020 album “American Head,” featuring 100 inflatable audience bubbles with enough room for up to three people inside.
Trent Reznor and Jon Batiste Explain How Pixar s Soul Got Its Musical Heart
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In a key scene from Pixar-Disney’s latest film “Soul,” the protagonist, Joe Gardner, a frustrated middle-school band teacher yearning to be a jazz pianist, describes moments of sublime musical creativity as being “in the zone.” While that state plays a pivotal role in the film, it also describes the rarified atmosphere that pianist Jon Batiste is occupying these days.
Known for his day job as the bandleader on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” the 34-year-old New Orleans-born, Juilliard-trained keyboardist contributed the crucial jazz component to “Soul.” He’s up for two Grammy Awards at this year’s (delayed) ceremony and will release another album, “We Are,” on March 19, but his music in “Soul” is generating even more critical kudos these days and 2021 Oscar buzz.
Serena spills on âinsaneâ quarantine rules Serena Williams has given an honest assessment of Australiaâs âintenseâ COVID-19 protocols as she completes her hotel quarantine.
Tennis by Nic Savage 27th Jan 2021 7:08 PM American superstar Serena Williams has endorsed Australia s super strict COVID-19 protocols as she completes a two-week quarantine in Adelaide ahead of the Australian Open. But speaking on
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Williams praised the super intense biosecurity rules, admitting the 14-day quarantine was challenging with a three-year-old daughter. It s super, super strict, but it s really good, Williams said. So, Australia right now has, the last I heard, zero cases of COVID. So that is unbelievable, right, the whole country? That is really amazing.
Serena spills on âinsaneâ quarantine rules Serena Williams has given an honest assessment of Australiaâs âintenseâ COVID-19 protocols as she completes her hotel quarantine.
Tennis by Nic Savage 27th Jan 2021 7:08 PM American superstar Serena Williams has endorsed Australia s super strict COVID-19 protocols as she completes a two-week quarantine in Adelaide ahead of the Australian Open. But speaking on
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Williams praised the super intense biosecurity rules, admitting the 14-day quarantine was challenging with a three-year-old daughter. It s super, super strict, but it s really good, Williams said. So, Australia right now has, the last I heard, zero cases of COVID. So that is unbelievable, right, the whole country? That is really amazing.
Serena spills on âinsaneâ quarantine rules Serena Williams has given an honest assessment of Australiaâs âintenseâ COVID-19 protocols as she completes her hotel quarantine.
Tennis by Nic Savage 27th Jan 2021 7:08 PM American superstar Serena Williams has endorsed Australia s super strict COVID-19 protocols as she completes a two-week quarantine in Adelaide ahead of the Australian Open. But speaking on
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Williams praised the super intense biosecurity rules, admitting the 14-day quarantine was challenging with a three-year-old daughter. It s super, super strict, but it s really good, Williams said. So, Australia right now has, the last I heard, zero cases of COVID. So that is unbelievable, right, the whole country? That is really amazing.