My friend Stef, formerly of Los Angeles, got me hooked on the LA-based radio station KCRW's "Morning Becomes Eclectic" two years ago, and I listened to it obsessively for a couple months, then forgot all about it. But when I met Stef for a beer at the Nancy Whiskey last week, I remembered. And now I've been listening to Beck and the Flaming Lips live all morning.
Speaking of the almighty Lips, there's a terrific article about them in the March issue of Esquire which contains, among other gems, this great nugget from Lips leader Wayne Coyne recounting a conversation with Beck:
" 'You're Beck. You do that funny little hipster dance. People love the hipster dance. If you don't do the hipster dance, people are going to be disappointed. So do the hipster dance.' And Beck's like, 'But I want these shows to be serious.' And I'm like, 'Beck, I go out there and pour fake blood all over myself while singing "Happy Birthday." The least you can do is dance.' "
