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Watch This At Work Your Job Exploits You Anyway This is an excellent 2007 documentary, produced by the BBC, about Pink Floyd. It was filmed a year before Richard Wright succumbed to cancer, and it’s brilliant. Pink Floyd is one of those bands whose omnipresence (even decades later) can make us forget how amazing they [...]
Wouldn’t You Miss Me At All? Mick Rock’s Iconic Pic The Twilight World Of Syd Barrett Is Still A Mystery This new radio documentary about Pink Floyd’s legendary guitarist, and primary songwriter, doesn’t really shine any new light on Syd’s mysterious disappearance from the music world. It does have commentary from Syd’s sister, who was [...]
Happy Free Download Friday Saturday! Sorry I’m late, Youdopia. It was a busy week with little sleep. It’s totally worth the wait, though, because I have the best, most accessible, mass appealing show I’ve ever shared. Pink Floyd performing Dark Side of the Moon, in 1974. Professionally recorded by the BBC is lush, stereo, this [...]
Goddamn it. I’m getting pretty tired of these RIP posts. I’d like to stick with Jimmy Page and nipples. Well, Rick Wright, the keyboard player from Pink Floyd, has died of cancer. Shit. The story can be found here. http://license.icopyright.net/user/viewFreeUse.act?fuid=MTUzNDMxOA==
