PINK FLOYD

RIP, Floyd animator Ian Emes

Ian Emes, British film director, animator, artist, writer and pioneer of experimental film techniques, famous for his work with Pink Floyd, has died. Our sincere condolences to his family and friends. Ian's eye-catching animated film French Windows (set to Pink Floyd's One Of… pic.twitter.com/lVyI9W8p1o

— Pink Floyd (@pinkfloyd) July 22, 2023

My first gig was Mike Oldfield in 1980 (I was 8) and there were these amazing Escher-style looped animations made by Ian and other mad things that I wish I could see again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5r8JytuFeo

They sell Pink Floyd shirts at old navy, the image of the robotic hands shaking. I was in the store with my 13 yo, showed it to him and told him he should listen to them. He was like, “Pink Floyd?”

that version of Money sucks pretty bad but admittedly it does make me wonder what the rest of the album sounds like

The Hipgnosis documentary was super enjoyable, the opening and closing shots of Po trudging around with a portfolio strapped to his back with ropes was a bit of an eyeroll, like Gahan carrying the deckchair up the mountain or the Jawas on the beach with the giant Ian Curtis portrait.

that version of Money sucks pretty bad but admittedly it does make me wonder what the rest of the album sounds like

Why did you say that.

If he's reciting his slam poetry over Great Gig In the Sky....

the one where i have no idea what the hell he'll do to it is "on the run", how do you turn that into a dirge

Nick Mason accepting honorary citizenship of Pompei in a special ceremony held today, prior to this evening's #SaucerfulOfSecrets show at the Teatro Grande in the ancient ruins: pic.twitter.com/9exyECqiDL

— Pink Floyd (@pinkfloyd) July 24, 2023

FloydPodcast shuts down

One blow after another… It’s with a very heavy heart and much sadness to report that I’ve been “asked” to cease and desist this podcast by the powers that be, Sony Music Entertainment under the direction of Pink Floyd Management.

I’m quite taken back by this order to stop because I have a BMI license but apparently (I’m told by Sony’s legal team) that does not cover “exploitation of sound recordings – bootlegs or otherwise.”. So thats that. I’m still trying to get clarification if my license covers the use official recordings and if I could continue in that manner. I’m looking into it but as of right now, it’s game over.

protip play the new version of "Money" at 1.5x speed, doesn't make it much better but it does make it a lot funnier at least

Reggae Floyd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdTb9K6EWOI

that CD was all over the place back in the day. its pretty good!!

it is tremendous iirc

Anyone seen this yet?

https://www.sydbarrettfilm.com/

more footage keeps turning up! Here's "Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun" from Kralingense Bos festival in Rotterdam, 28 June 1970.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9dRp8g0g4w

Wait, this isn't from the Stamping Ground footage? Wild.

the sound is from Stamping Ground, the footage was silent

(says the camera man in the text under the clip)

Oh silly me, thanks StanM!

Scientists have reconstructed Pink Floyd’s Another Brick in the Wall by eavesdropping on people’s brainwaves – the first time a recognisable song has been decoded from recordings of electrical brain activity.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/aug/15/scientists-reconstruct-pink-floyd-song-by-listening-to-peoples-brainwaves

*scientist pointing at brainwave*: "by the way there's pink"

gray matter, white matter, it's all pink to me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tID-b4rMk9k

The lunatic is in my head

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqlUDqS8sLU

My friend watched that and messaged me 'Thoughts on Publius Enigma?'

(I think it's a lot of fun)

narration courtesy of the uncanny valley

There's something pleasantly Spinal Tap-y about a complex promotional puzzle that no one's able to figure out, even with increasingly detailed prodding by a mystery figure on a messageboard, until the whole thing just fizzles out.

I still remember the two gigs I saw at Earls Court in '94, Publis Enigma appeared on the big screen and was quickly scribbled out by hand, it was the strangest thing.

I find it cute that the band's people still keep going with it - scrubbing 'enigma' off the Earls Court DVD in the Later Years box set is almost unfair at this late stage.

It takes a nation of millions to scrub off Publis Enigma

My urologist diagnosed me with pubis enigma... pretty nasty rash, I had to use a cream

happy 80th to george roger waters

kinda weird how PINK FLOYD RULES but roger waters doesn't really rule at all

he does, actually

Nah, he's always been a dickhead.

Apparently the new Syd documentary has some unseen photos of Syd at the SOYCD recordings
https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/have-you-got-it-yet-is-the-syd-barrett-doc-finally-ready-for-release.1157074/page-15#post-32837396

https://i.postimg.cc/sG4PkJTx/IMG-2379.jpg

We've got what I think is the third ever photograph of the 1968 five-piece, and it's so the best one.

WAKE UP BABE A NEW PINK FLOYD’S 5 MEMBERS PHOTO DROPPED ‼️ https://t.co/olmizoRnN3 pic.twitter.com/xjeIAG86jJ

— iman (@sydbarrettlover) September 10, 2023

Who is sitting 1st and 3rd from the left in the bench photo? Neither looks like Gilmour.

No idea who's first, third looks a bit like Bob "Rado" Klose? And on the far left in the bottom left pic. Guessing they mean Klose is the 5th Floyd, Gilmour def not pictured.

Klose was gone before Pink Floyd even signed a deal. I'm guessing it's managers Peter Jenner and Andrew King (both of who were gone when Syd was gone)

That was my first thought, too, but after googling photos of Jenner and King i didn't think it looked anything like them. After searching a little harder for roughly concurrent pics, yeah, that's def who it is.

Saw Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets last night and I don't think I've grinned ear-to-ear so much during a concert ever. I went there half-expecting to meet it with cringe and/or a superior smirk, or shame, or some other form of psychic defence. But I honestly had the best time, it was pitched just right as not-too-earnest band of mates having fun, but the performances were really enjoyable & creditable (including some songs that I would have thought were disastrous to even attempt).

And crucially, Nick Mason was serving some great Nick Mason - especially on Atom Heart Mother (!) when he was doing those lazy fills and the funky slow four it was joyous.

Definitely about 100 times more fun than the time I saw Roger Waters on his DSOTM tour.

I’d love to see this. I thought they were gonna have a US tour? Is it cancelled?

awesome! v jealous

Nick Mason has aged into his drum fills.

I have never had a problem with Mason. But I also remember hearing a rumor (around the time of Delicate Sound) that his drums weren't even mic'd anymore. Surely it's not THAT bad. He seems to be playing adequately in every video I've ever seen.

(Also I want it known that I highly disapprove of the way "Delicate Sound of Thunder" scans as the same syllabi pattern as "Momentary Lapse of Reason" in Gilmour's dialect. He was clearly phoning it in.)

I remember from the Delicate Sound video there was a second percussionist doing a lot of work - esp on the then-new tunes - but feels like Mason is still in there somewhere? at the time I really hated that 27 people on stage era of rock bloat - kinda wild to think that it was the same rhythm section I saw the other night, complete opposite approach to just about everything

Emsworth I think it was Gary Wallis on percussion for the Delicate Sound shows. But I agree that Mason still held the beat down. I don't know why the rumor started that he couldn't play any more but I remember it being out there.

For the record, I have no quarrel with Nick or his playing. He may not be the world's most interesting drummer but as far as I know he has always been up to the task.