{"id":1551,"date":"2012-02-22T02:07:12","date_gmt":"2012-02-22T10:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/?p=1551"},"modified":"2015-01-12T09:31:50","modified_gmt":"2015-01-12T17:31:50","slug":"photos-the-flaming-lips-perform-the-soft-bulletin-to-kick-off-noise-pop-2012-at-bimbos-365-club-in-san-francisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/2012\/02\/photos-the-flaming-lips-perform-the-soft-bulletin-to-kick-off-noise-pop-2012-at-bimbos-365-club-in-san-francisco\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTOS: The Flaming Lips perform <i>The Soft Bulletin<\/i> to kick off Noise Pop 2012 at Bimbo&#8217;s 365 Club in San Francisco"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1566\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1566\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_232204.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1566\" title=\"The Flaming Lips @ Noise Pop 14\" src=\"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_232204-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_232204-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_232204-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_232204.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1566\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Flaming Lips perform &quot;Do You Realize?&quot; at Bimbo&#39;s 365 Club on the opening night of Noise Pop 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I think I swallowed some confetti.<\/p>\n<p>For the first night of the 20th annual Noise Pop festival, organizers had The Flaming Lips bring their entire overwhelming, homemade stage show inside Bimbo&#8217;s 365 Club in San Francisco. This isn&#8217;t the first time the Oklahoma City band has exploded like a rainbow all over North Beach&#8217;s red velvet lounge, but it&#8217;s still somewhat of a shock for a band that normally sells out amphitheaters to play in a 700-person-capacity club.<\/p>\n<p>The clincher for me was that the band would be playing its 1999 masterpiece <em>The Soft Bulletin<\/em> in its entirety. I set my alarm for the Saturday morning that tickets went on sale, and they sold out shortly thereafter.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>And Tuesday night was just as awesome as I was hoping\/expecting. A few highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/releasethesunbird.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Release the Sunbird<\/a>, the new project from Oakland musician Zach Rogue of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roguewavemusic.com\/#home?filter=all\" target=\"_blank\">Rogue Wave<\/a>, did a fine job warming up the crowd with some folky indie pop. &#8220;The Flaming Lips are up next. I&#8217;ve always wanted to say that,&#8221; said a clearly thrilled Rogue.<\/li>\n<li>My brain seriously short-circuited when &#8220;Race for the Price&#8221; happened, even though I was fully prepared for what was going to happen.<\/li>\n<li>Classic Wayne Coyne: &#8220;There&#8217;s a difference between screaming because you love music and you&#8217;re with your friends and having the best orgasm of your life.&#8221; He ordered the crowd to make the latter sound when he got to the final lines of &#8220;A Spoonful Weighs a Ton.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The fucking guitar&#8217;s got to get over my fur,&#8221; Coyne announced with a smile after a guitar tech handed him an instrument with the strap adjusted too short.<\/li>\n<li>Unsurprisingly, things got increasingly philosophical as the album went on. &#8220;Without music &#8230; fuck, how would we make it?&#8221; Coyne said.<\/li>\n<li>I got a little teary during the stripped-down version of &#8220;Waiting for Superman,&#8221; featuring just Coyne on vocals and Stephen Drozd on piano. No lie.<\/li>\n<li>Before playing &#8220;Feeling Yourself Disintegrate,&#8221; Coyne expounded on what he thought the message of <em>The Soft Bulletin<\/em> was. We all start out being in love with our beautiful world and curious about what&#8217;s going on, Coyne said, but at a certain point we realize the world is also full of horrible misfortune\u2014maybe more misfortune than good. But we have to be curious about that, too, he said, and realize that &#8220;we&#8217;re the ones that make our world beautiful. &#8230; It&#8217;s just enough to get us through. And <em>that<\/em> is the bulletin.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Coming out for an encore of the non-<em>The Soft Bulletin<\/em> (but thematically appropriate) track &#8220;Do You Realize?,&#8221; Coyne first called the Noise Pop organizers on stage and read from Mayor Ed Lee&#8217;s proclaimation declaring this Noise Pop Week in San Francisco. &#8220;Why isn&#8217;t he here?&#8221; Coyne asked. &#8220;What&#8217;s he got to do on a Tuesday night.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The notice I got before the show told me there was no photography allowed, but there were about 10 gazillion cell phones snapping pictures of the stage throughout the show\u2014including mine. Here&#8217;s photographic evidence of the evening:<\/p>\n\r\n\r\n\r\n    \r\n        <!-- =======================================\r\n        THE ORBIT SLIDER CONTENT \r\n        ======================================= -->\r\n        <div class=\"orbit-default\r\n                                                 resp             \">\r\n            <div id=\"featured1\"> \r\n                <div class='sorbit-wide absoluteCenter'  \r\n                            data-caption='#post-1566' \r\n                            data-thumb='http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_232204-150x150.jpg'>\n  <a class=\"sorbit-link thickbox\" href=\"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_232204.jpg\" rel=\"\" title=\"The Flaming Lips @ Noise Pop 14\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"absoluteCenter noStretch\"\n  src=\"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_232204.jpg\" \n  alt=\"The Flaming Lips @ Noise Pop 14\" \/>\n<\/a> \r\n            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                <span class=\"orbit-caption    \" id='post-1566'>\n    \n    <h5 class=\"orbit-title0 size-\">The Flaming Lips @ Noise Pop 14<\/h5>\n    <p class=\"size-\">\"Do You Realize?,\" Bimbo's 365 Club, 02.21.12 <\/p>\n<\/span>  \n\r\n            <div class='sorbit-wide absoluteCenter'  \r\n                            data-caption='#post-1565' \r\n                            data-thumb='http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_225227-150x150.jpg'>\n  <a class=\"sorbit-link thickbox\" href=\"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_225227.jpg\" rel=\"\" title=\"The Flaming Lips @ Noise Pop 13\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"absoluteCenter noStretch\"\n  src=\"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_225227.jpg\" \n  alt=\"The Flaming Lips @ Noise Pop 13\" \/>\n<\/a> \r\n            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                <span class=\"orbit-caption    \" id='post-1565'>\n    \n    <h5 class=\"orbit-title0 size-\">The Flaming Lips @ Noise Pop 13<\/h5>\n    <p class=\"size-\">\"The Gash\" with light-up gong, Bimbo's 365 Club, 02.21.12 <\/p>\n<\/span>  \n\r\n            <div class='sorbit-wide absoluteCenter'  \r\n                            data-caption='#post-1564' \r\n                            data-thumb='http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_223352-150x150.jpg'>\n  <a class=\"sorbit-link thickbox\" href=\"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_223352.jpg\" rel=\"\" title=\"The Flaming Lips @ Noise Pop 12\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"absoluteCenter noStretch\"\n  src=\"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_223352.jpg\" \n  alt=\"The Flaming Lips @ Noise Pop 12\" \/>\n<\/a> \r\n            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                <span class=\"orbit-caption    \" id='post-1564'>\n    \n    <h5 class=\"orbit-title0 size-\">The Flaming Lips @ Noise Pop 12<\/h5>\n    <p class=\"size-\">\"Suddenly, Everything Has Changed,\" Bimbo's 365 Club, 02.21.12 <\/p>\n<\/span>  \n\r\n            <div class='sorbit-wide absoluteCenter'  \r\n                            data-caption='#post-1563' \r\n                            data-thumb='http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_223347-150x150.jpg'>\n  <a class=\"sorbit-link thickbox\" href=\"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_223347.jpg\" rel=\"\" title=\"The Flaming Lips @ Noise Pop 11\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"absoluteCenter noStretch\"\n  src=\"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_223347.jpg\" \n  alt=\"The Flaming Lips @ Noise Pop 11\" \/>\n<\/a> \r\n            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                <span class=\"orbit-caption    \" id='post-1563'>\n    \n    <h5 class=\"orbit-title0 size-\">The Flaming Lips @ Noise Pop 11<\/h5>\n    <p class=\"size-\">Hand in the air, Bimbo's 365 Club, 02.21.12 <\/p>\n<\/span>  \n\r\n            <div class='sorbit-wide absoluteCenter'  \r\n                            data-caption='#post-1562' \r\n                            data-thumb='http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_223332-150x150.jpg'>\n  <a class=\"sorbit-link thickbox\" href=\"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_223332.jpg\" rel=\"\" title=\"The Flaming Lips @ Noise Pop 10\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"absoluteCenter noStretch\"\n  src=\"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_223332.jpg\" \n  alt=\"The Flaming Lips @ Noise Pop 10\" \/>\n<\/a> \r\n            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                <span class=\"orbit-caption    \" id='post-1562'>\n    \n    <h5 class=\"orbit-title0 size-\">The Flaming Lips @ Noise Pop 10<\/h5>\n    <p class=\"size-\">Please note the couple making out in the foreground, Bimbo's 365 Club, 02.21.12 <\/p>\n<\/span>  \n\r\n            <div class='sorbit-wide absoluteCenter'  \r\n                            data-caption='#post-1561' \r\n                            data-thumb='http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_221717-150x150.jpg'>\n  <a class=\"sorbit-link thickbox\" href=\"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_221717.jpg\" rel=\"\" title=\"The Flaming Lips @ Noise Pop 9\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"absoluteCenter noStretch\"\n  src=\"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_221717.jpg\" \n  alt=\"The Flaming Lips @ Noise Pop 9\" \/>\n<\/a> \r\n            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                <span class=\"orbit-caption    \" id='post-1561'>\n    \n    <h5 class=\"orbit-title0 size-\">The Flaming Lips @ Noise Pop 9<\/h5>\n    <p class=\"size-\">The full stage, Bimbo's 365 Club, 02.21.12 <\/p>\n<\/span>  \n\r\n            <div class='sorbit-wide absoluteCenter'  \r\n                            data-caption='#post-1560' \r\n                            data-thumb='http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_221643-150x150.jpg'>\n  <a class=\"sorbit-link thickbox\" href=\"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_221643.jpg\" rel=\"\" title=\"The Flaming Lips @ Noise Pop 8\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"absoluteCenter noStretch\"\n  src=\"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_221643.jpg\" \n  alt=\"The Flaming Lips @ Noise Pop 8\" \/>\n<\/a> \r\n            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                <span class=\"orbit-caption    \" id='post-1560'>\n    \n    <h5 class=\"orbit-title0 size-\">The Flaming Lips @ Noise Pop 8<\/h5>\n    <p class=\"size-\">Wayne Coyne riling up the crowd, Bimbo's 365 Club, 02.21.12 <\/p>\n<\/span>  \n\r\n            <div class='sorbit-wide absoluteCenter'  \r\n                            data-caption='#post-1559' \r\n                            data-thumb='http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_220925-150x150.jpg'>\n  <a class=\"sorbit-link thickbox\" href=\"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_220925.jpg\" rel=\"\" title=\"The Flaming Lips @ Noise Pop 7\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"absoluteCenter noStretch\"\n  src=\"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_220925.jpg\" \n  alt=\"The Flaming Lips @ Noise Pop 7\" \/>\n<\/a> \r\n            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                <span class=\"orbit-caption    \" id='post-1559'>\n    \n    <h5 class=\"orbit-title0 size-\">The Flaming Lips @ Noise Pop 7<\/h5>\n    <p class=\"size-\">Steven Drozd concentrating, Bimbo's 365 Club, 02.21.12 <\/p>\n<\/span>  \n\r\n            <div class='sorbit-wide absoluteCenter'  \r\n                            data-caption='#post-1558' \r\n                            data-thumb='http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_214922-150x150.jpg'>\n  <a class=\"sorbit-link thickbox\" href=\"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_214922.jpg\" rel=\"\" title=\"The Flaming Lips @ Noise Pop 6\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"absoluteCenter noStretch\"\n  src=\"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_214922.jpg\" \n  alt=\"The Flaming Lips @ Noise Pop 6\" \/>\n<\/a> \r\n            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                <span class=\"orbit-caption    \" id='post-1558'>\n    \n    <h5 class=\"orbit-title0 size-\">The Flaming Lips @ Noise Pop 6<\/h5>\n    <p class=\"size-\">MIchael Ivins rocking the Soviet T-shirt, Bimbo's 365 Club, 02.21.12 <\/p>\n<\/span>  \n\r\n            <div class='sorbit-wide absoluteCenter'  \r\n                            data-caption='#post-1557' \r\n                            data-thumb='http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_213901-150x150.jpg'>\n  <a class=\"sorbit-link thickbox\" href=\"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_213901.jpg\" rel=\"\" title=\"The Flaming Lips @ Noise Pop 5\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"absoluteCenter noStretch\"\n  src=\"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_213901.jpg\" \n  alt=\"The Flaming Lips @ Noise Pop 5\" \/>\n<\/a> \r\n            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                <span class=\"orbit-caption    \" id='post-1557'>\n    \n    <h5 class=\"orbit-title0 size-\">The Flaming Lips @ Noise Pop 5<\/h5>\n    <p class=\"size-\">Chaos ensues, Bimbo's 365 Club, 02.21.12 <\/p>\n<\/span>  \n\r\n            <div class='sorbit-wide absoluteCenter'  \r\n                            data-caption='#post-1556' \r\n                            data-thumb='http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_213841-150x150.jpg'>\n  <a class=\"sorbit-link thickbox\" href=\"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_213841.jpg\" rel=\"\" title=\"The Flaming Lips @ Noise Pop 4\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"absoluteCenter noStretch\"\n  src=\"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_213841.jpg\" \n  alt=\"The Flaming Lips @ Noise Pop 4\" \/>\n<\/a> \r\n            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                <span class=\"orbit-caption    \" id='post-1556'>\n    \n    <h5 class=\"orbit-title0 size-\">The Flaming Lips @ Noise Pop 4<\/h5>\n    <p class=\"size-\">\"Race for the Prize,\" Bimbo's 365 Club, 02.21.12 <\/p>\n<\/span>  \n\r\n            <div class='sorbit-wide absoluteCenter'  \r\n                            data-caption='#post-1555' \r\n                            data-thumb='http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_213838-150x150.jpg'>\n  <a class=\"sorbit-link thickbox\" href=\"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_213838.jpg\" rel=\"\" title=\"The Flaming Lips @ Noise Pop 3\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"absoluteCenter noStretch\"\n  src=\"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_213838.jpg\" \n  alt=\"The Flaming Lips @ Noise Pop 3\" \/>\n<\/a> \r\n            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                <span class=\"orbit-caption    \" id='post-1555'>\n    \n    <h5 class=\"orbit-title0 size-\">The Flaming Lips @ Noise Pop 3<\/h5>\n    <p class=\"size-\">\"Race for the Prize,\" Bimbo's 365 Club, 02.21.12 <\/p>\n<\/span>  \n\r\n            <div class='sorbit-wide absoluteCenter'  \r\n                            data-caption='#post-1554' \r\n                            data-thumb='http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_211009-150x150.jpg'>\n  <a class=\"sorbit-link thickbox\" href=\"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_211009.jpg\" rel=\"\" title=\"The Flaming Lips @ Noise Pop 2\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"absoluteCenter noStretch\"\n  src=\"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_211009.jpg\" \n  alt=\"The Flaming Lips @ Noise Pop 2\" \/>\n<\/a> \r\n            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                <span class=\"orbit-caption    \" id='post-1554'>\n    \n    <h5 class=\"orbit-title0 size-\">The Flaming Lips @ Noise Pop 2<\/h5>\n    <p class=\"size-\">The band setting up, Bimbo's 365 Club, 02.21.12 <\/p>\n<\/span>  \n\r\n            <div class='sorbit-wide absoluteCenter'  \r\n                            data-caption='#post-1553' \r\n                            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src=\"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_213841-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1556\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1556'>\n\t\t\t\t&#8220;Race for the Prize,&#8221; Bimbo&#8217;s 365 Club, 02.21.12\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_213901.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_213901-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1557\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1557'>\n\t\t\t\tChaos 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height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_220925-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1559\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1559'>\n\t\t\t\tSteven Drozd concentrating, Bimbo&#8217;s 365 Club, 02.21.12\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_221643.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120221_221643-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1560\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' 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