Speaking of Flames...

So last I heard, the cause of the aforementioned fire was still unknown, but it was in someone's office, not a pyrotechnics laboratory. On the subject of things that flame, the Lips new album is almost a month away and there has been a flurry of news. I'll pass along the highlights:

From mtv.com, Wayne declares that, "Of course there's a lot of stuff about battling wizards and warlocks and people like that, because we're a rock band and that's what rock bands do in some small way."

On Glide, the Sorcerer's Orphan (or Wayne again) describes MY COSMIC AUTUMN REBELLION (THE INNER LIFE AS BLAZING SHIELD OF DEFIANCE AND OPTIMISM AS CELESTIAL SPEAR OF ACTION) "as if standing on the top of a holy mountain shooting lazer beams out of my hands."

Steven even weighs in about the upcoming tour on the official FLips site saying they "have been discussing ways to kick our stage and light show up a notch...pyrotechnics maybe? Ivins' foot-controlled flashpots? Possible! At least there's less hair to set on fire now... Other than that, I’ll just say that we’re gonna have a 2 guitar attack on some songs!"

And if that ain't enough to whet your appetite, they've been confirmed at SXSW.