If not Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, then what?
For the first time ever!
The first and only performance of the album.
Requested by Haylie • Compiled by Cricket26
01. The Books - “Tokyo” (The Lemon of Pink)
02. The Flaming Lips - “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 1” (Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots)
03. Bright Eyes - “Another Travelin’ Song” (I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning)
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photos by Kyle Dean Reinford The Flaming Lips @ SXSW, 3/14/2013 The Flaming Lips have become known for doing special things at concerts in the last ten years -- confetti, blood, giant hampsters balls. But last night (3/14) as part.....
Did you hear that The Flaming Lips have a new musical? Yup! It's currently playing at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego. We saw it this weekend and we enjoyed Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots so much that afterwards we made a donation to the theater to help support their amazing work. There is [...]
"Answer: Flaming Lips singer Wayne Coyne. And he shut down an Oklahoma City airport in the process." According to reports, Coyne was flying to LAX to catch a preview of the new Flaming Lips musical "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" --...Show More Summary
The Flaming Lips’ Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots has been turned into a full-fledged piece of musical theater and big surprise, it’s pretty weird for some people. Via The LA Times:
You either go along with the premise — a Japanese American...Show More Summary
The Flaming Lips-inspired score is the highlight of the literary-challenged 'Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots' at La Jolla Playhouse. LA JOLLA — Futuristic theatrical effects are deployed like a hypnotist's pocket watch in "Yoshimi Battles...Show More Summary
The world has come a long way since the Who released Tommy in 1969. Tomorrow night, a stage adaptation of the Flaming Lips’ seminal 2002 rock opera Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots will premiere at L.A.’s LaJolla Playhouse. It’s not Broadway, but it is an indicator that the era of the rock opera could make [...]
After languishing in production purgatory for the past five years, the theatrical adaptation of The Flaming Lips’ Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots is finally going to see the light of day. The play will première Nov. 6 at the La Jolla...Show More Summary
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Flaming Lips' musical "Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots" is finally getting its theatrical debut this winter at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego. [You Ain't No Picasso]
Stream Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti's new release Mature Themes on First Listen. [NPR]
NBC offers weak excuses for cutting off the Who during the closing ceremonies. [WSJ]
The Flaming Lips' 2002 concept album Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots happens to be a personal favorite of ours. And from November 6 to December 16, a musical version of this trippy LP will hit San Diego's La Jolla Playhouse. Here's the synopsis of this show, which is helmed by Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne and director Des McAnuff: More »
The Flaming Lips are set to premiere their theatrical adaptation of Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots on Nov. 6. The production, directed by Des McAnuff, is expected to run until Dec. 16 at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, Calif. Auditions for several roles will be taking place this month....
Earlier this year, it was reported that the Flaming Lips' musical based on their 2002 album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots would debut later this year at La Jolla Playhouse in La Jolla, California. Now, the Future Heart reports that the show will premiere on November 6. Show More Summary
The Flaming Lips’ long-teased musical version of Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots finally has a run date for its theatrical debut. The La Jolla Playhouse near San Diego, CA will run the performance from November 6 – December 16. Here’s what the theater has to say about the show: Yoshimi is a young Japanese artist [...]
From the best album of pop music I expect to see in my lifetime, the Flaming Lips’ Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. Been on my mind for all kinds of personal reasons, maybe obvious. And a great song for triggering the runner’s high, if those weren’t enough:
2003 wasn’t just the year after Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. 2003 was the year Unsound Krakow started up, a festival that, according to its website, “is interested in the idea of cross-border collaboration, and thinking of the festival as a tool for commissioning and fostering new work.” 2010 wasn’t just the year before Strobo Trip. Show More Summary
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots takes the stage in L.A.
"Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" set to premiere at La Jolla Playhouse later this year