Whilst Roger Waters is normally a good interviewee these days, with an open and expressive nature talking about life and music, a new interview has just appeared which leaps straight into the "must hear" category.
The WTF podcast hosted by Marc Maron has interviewed various people over the years including such diverse individuals as Keith Richards, Ben Stiller and President Barack Obama. The podcast is a free download through this link at wtfpod.com, and has Roger on superb form, talking a wide range of subjects from his own solo career, through to his Pink Floyd bandmates, John Lennon, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, and the state of the world.
The interview lasts around 90 minutes and feels like an indepth chat between friends over a pint, rather than any kind of rigid, structured discussion. The initial part of the podcast might seem a little odd, with chat about his cats, but once you get past this, to Roger's appearance, you'll find yourself absorbed from beginning to end.
Our thanks to everyone who emailed in with the info about this interview.
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Happy Halloween! Regulars to Brain Damage over the years will know that our friend Joe Ringus is a hugely talented pumpkin artist, and each year crafts a Pink Floyd themed pumpkin for Halloween (which is celebrated by many, principally this evening, but in a number of places it covers a number of days).
Those regulars will no doubt be as keen as we have been to see if Joe would be continuing the tradition this year, and if so, what design would be picked. The great news is that Joe has been hard at work yet again, and has done a phenomenal job once again! We're delighted to share his incredible carving with you.
Joe said: "The tradition continues! This year's pumpkin goes back to The Wall with the image of the Mother. It's yet another rendition of Gerald Scarfe's creative illustrations. Happy Halloween!"
Thanks Joe - we think you've done another excellent job! It's a great tradition and we know many of our visitors love to see them. If there are any other pumpkin artists out there who have created Floyd designs, we'd love to see them. In the meantime, click the thumbnail to the left to see Joe's hard, and careful, work in more detail.
Earlier this year, Nick Mason appeared at BIMM London for a Masterclass, in front of a keen audience. BIMM is the British and Irish Modern Music Institute and is a group of six independent colleges which specialise in this type of music. Nick talked about Pink Floyd, how he got started in music, and had plenty of advice for the musicians in attendance. Here's an edited video of the event:
Just published in the UK, with an eye catching, suitably coloured cover, is the new issue (dated December 2016, issue 235) of Uncut Magazine. Covering no less than eleven pages, it's a fascinating look at both the upcoming Pink Floyd: The Early Years 1965-1972 box set, and a wider exploration of the early days of the band, with insightful discussions of what happened and why, from the likes of Nick Mason, Joe Boyd, Andrew King, Peter Jenner, and Aubrey 'Po' Powell.
To accompany the eleven page Floyd article are six detailed pages looking at the pair of Desert Trip weekend mega-shows, which were of course headlined on the Sunday (final) night of each weekend by Roger Waters.
Also currently available in UK stores, and in due course in selected retailers outside the UK, is the new issue (dated November 2016, issue 459) of Record Collector. Apart from the 1967-era Floyd picture on the cover, it has an eight-page article looking at the early years of the band.
The article is a mix of the author's own recollections of his early interest in the band, along with Nick Mason's own ruminations of the formative days of the band, covering various blues songs and other things, such as Beatles tracks - they'd tend to learn hits from the Top 20. Nick has some fascinating recollections (although some of which are understandably quite vague due to the passage of time) and it's an interesting look at the early days of the band.
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