Comments on: Christmas on Mars Review: Eat Your Own Spaceship http://blog.adambard.com/2008/06/01/christmas-on-mars-eat-your-own-spaceship/ Web Design, Freelancing, and other fun stuff. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:34:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Don’t Overdo It — Post — Blog . Adam Bard http://blog.adambard.com/2008/06/01/christmas-on-mars-eat-your-own-spaceship/#comment-1174 Don’t Overdo It — Post — Blog . Adam Bard Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:57:43 +0000 http://blog.adambard.com/2008/06/01/christmas-on-mars-eat-your-own-spaceship/#comment-1174 [...] posts catered to the consumers of this expertise.  Don’t clog your blog talking about some movie you saw, or your vendetta against auto-flushing toilets, or frustrated rants about CSS and Javascript. It [...] [...] posts catered to the consumers of this expertise.  Don’t clog your blog talking about some movie you saw, or your vendetta against auto-flushing toilets, or frustrated rants about CSS and Javascript. It [...]

]]> By: t0n3d0g http://blog.adambard.com/2008/06/01/christmas-on-mars-eat-your-own-spaceship/#comment-1147 t0n3d0g Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:30:51 +0000 http://blog.adambard.com/2008/06/01/christmas-on-mars-eat-your-own-spaceship/#comment-1147 Just saw "Xmas On Mars" at the Alamo Draft House in Austin last night, complete with Wayne's cheeky Master of Ceremonies bit. The film was overall a very fun ride and the people attracted to the event really made it memorable. Wayne was gracious as ever, hanging out the chat with virtually every last person, and remaining "full present" with each person he visited with, chatting in a very folksy, unpretentious manner... same as he's been since I started following the band in late 1991. **** SPOILER ALERT **** The absolute highlight of the film, and possibly the entire visual ouvre of the Flaming Lips to date, was the fascinating Marching Band sequence. When I asked Wayne the source of his inspiration for this concept, he talked for a while about not having a specific vision for the film when he started the project other than he absolutely knew that this marching band sequence would be included complete with "Vaginal Anxieties" of growing fetuses divorced from a biological womb. He hinted at possible allegories of the waxing of female spirit, lots of different vagina references. Just saw “Xmas On Mars” at the Alamo Draft House in Austin last night, complete with Wayne’s cheeky Master of Ceremonies bit.

The film was overall a very fun ride and the people attracted to the event really made it memorable. Wayne was gracious as ever, hanging out the chat with virtually every last person, and remaining “full present” with each person he visited with, chatting in a very folksy, unpretentious manner… same as he’s been since I started following the band in late 1991.

**** SPOILER ALERT ****
The absolute highlight of the film, and possibly the entire visual ouvre of the Flaming Lips to date, was the fascinating Marching Band sequence. When I asked Wayne the source of his inspiration for this concept, he talked for a while about not having a specific vision for the film when he started the project other than he absolutely knew that this marching band sequence would be included complete with “Vaginal Anxieties” of growing fetuses divorced from a biological womb. He hinted at possible allegories of the waxing of female spirit, lots of different vagina references.

]]> By: CHRISTMAS IN JUNE: The Flaming Lips' Lynch-ian Film Finally Premieres | self-titled magazine :: s/t daily http://blog.adambard.com/2008/06/01/christmas-on-mars-eat-your-own-spaceship/#comment-284 CHRISTMAS IN JUNE: The Flaming Lips' Lynch-ian Film Finally Premieres | self-titled magazine :: s/t daily Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:17:40 +0000 http://blog.adambard.com/2008/06/01/christmas-on-mars-eat-your-own-spaceship/#comment-284 [...] Film Festival. The most revealing review we’ve found so far comes from a blogger named Adam Bard, who wrote the following along with a “mild spoiler alert” warning … The movie [...] [...] Film Festival. The most revealing review we’ve found so far comes from a blogger named Adam Bard, who wrote the following along with a “mild spoiler alert” warning … The movie [...]

]]> By: justin w. http://blog.adambard.com/2008/06/01/christmas-on-mars-eat-your-own-spaceship/#comment-281 justin w. Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:47:34 +0000 http://blog.adambard.com/2008/06/01/christmas-on-mars-eat-your-own-spaceship/#comment-281 Oh, It was completely bizzare. I was one of like 400 or something that saw it at sasquatch. I just randomly decided to go up there during the cure and got lucky. At times it was kind of disturbing, and very random for the most part, but it really tripped me out. Oh, It was completely bizzare. I was one of like 400 or something that saw it at sasquatch. I just randomly decided to go up there during the cure and got lucky. At times it was kind of disturbing, and very random for the most part, but it really tripped me out.

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