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Waters' "Amused To Death" influence dies

Written by Matt
Wednesday, 08 October 2003
The New York University professor Neil Postman, author of "Amusing Ourselves To Death: Public Discourse In The Age Of Showbusiness", which inspired Roger Waters' last album, sadly died on Sunday aged 72, after a battle with cancer.
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Pink Floyd PULSE DVD delay?

Written by Matt
Wednesday, 08 October 2003
We understand that the long-awaited release of PULSE on DVD, scheduled for November 4th, has now been delayed until March 2004. This information comes from EMI in Italy, courtesy of our friend Nicola De Cal from the Hey You fanzine.

New Italian film with Pink Floyd music

Written by Matt

Wednesday, 08 October 2003

The new Italian film, which looks at the 1978 kidnapping and murder of Prime Minister Aldo Moro by Marxist extremists, and featuring the music of Pink Floyd (detailed in September's news), is going to be showing at the London Film Festival.

Tickets are on sale from today for the performances, which are on October 31st at 3:30pm, and November 1st, also at 3:30pm. It is being screened at the Odeon West End cinema... Full details are available through this LFF link. Our thanks to Jason Pyke for the information!

Dark Side Of The Moon Classic Albums on Australian TV

Written by Matt
Wednesday, 08 October 2003
For anyone in Australia that hasn't bought the DVD yet, the Australian TV channel SBS is showing the Dark Side Of The Moon Classic Albums episode on Sunday night (October 12th) at 7.30pm. Thanks to Tim on the Echoes list for this info!

Nick Mason on film

Written by Matt
Monday, 06 October 2003
Brain Damage has now had a chance to see the new movie, "Bright Young Things", mentioned below, which opened in Britain on Friday. For those of you interested in how much Mason there is on screen, here's the lowdown: there's a seven minute motor racing sequence, shot at a heavily disguised Brooklands Racing Circuit. The film is set in the 1930s and a good job has been done at creating a convincing atmosphere - even better than the Goodwood Revival Festival!
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