Pitchfork

In mid-October 2005, Pitchfork News posted a story titled "Flaming Lips Finish Filming Christmas on Mars", several years after our first mention of it in November of 2002. Whether or not it was, indeed, done some two-and-a-half years ago, we felt compelled even then to mention that the Flaming Lips' long-delayed filmic epic was "finally... finally... FINALLY" in the can.

Though there's been plenty of talk of a release for Christmas on Mars in the interim, those plans have never quite congealed. That is, until now: next month, for reals this time, Christmas on Mars is finally... finally... FINALLY going to be screened in public. As previously mentioned, Christmas on Mars will make its screen debut May 25 in George, Washington as part of the Sasquatch! Festival, a day before the Lips take over the Gorge for a live performance. The film will also be shown at Bonnaroo, at which the Lips are not appearing.

About... damn... TIME.

The Lips-- who, if you haven't heard, put on kind of an okay live show-- will inspire mass apathy in audiences all over the place this spring and summer, with dates in North America, the UK and Europe. Oh, who the hell am I kidding? LIVE FLAMING LIPS WOOOO!!!!

And once the woos have subsided, the Lips will head back to the studio to work up their next LP with constant companion Dave Fridmann. No word yet on a DVD release for Christmas on Mars, but one imagines starting that letter to Santa now won't be in vain this year.

The Flaming Lips:

05-23 Chillicothe, IL - Summercamp
05-24 Philadelphia, PA - Penn's Landing (Jam on the River)
05-26 George, WA - The Gorge (Sasquatch! Festival)
06-06 Lawrence, KS - Wakarusa Festival
06-15 Birmingham, AL - City Stages Music Festival
07-19 Dorset, England - Camp Bestival
07-20 London, England - Lovebox Weekender
07-25 Detroit Lakes, MN - 10,000 Lakes Festival
07-26 Pemberton, British Columbia - Pemberton Festival
08-07 Haldern, Germany - Haldern Pop Festival
08-09 Gothenburg, Sweden - Way Out West Festival