Who Wants to Play Flaming Lips Bingo?

If you’ve ever been to a Flaming Lips show, you know what to expect: a giant screen projecting psychedelic naked-lady videos, confetti cannons, womb imagery — and, without fail, Wayne Coyne stepping into a giant hamster ball to wade out into the crowd like a certain messiah walking on water. In honor of last night’s Lips performance at the Henry Miller Library in Big Sur (perhaps the most appropriate combination of band and venue in history), LA Weekly pointed us to a set of Flaming Lips Bingo cards for fans to use at their live shows. Although we’re not sure how practical it would be to actually play while watching the relentless spectacle of the band’s performance (not to mention while in the throes of certain Lips fans’ substances of choice), the game is spot-on. Check out one of the cards after the jump, and click here to download the entire set, created by St. Louis’ Riverfront Times.

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@JaneD'oh I totally agree. I love this band, but their live shows are really starting to bum me out for precisely this reason.

> a giant screen projecting psychedelic naked-lady videos Sadly, yes, I now know to expect this having recently been to a Lips concert. It was disappointing to see. I'm not sure why a band that seems otherwise rather conscientious would want to alienate approximately half their audience. Why no naked-man videos?* Why pander only to the straight males in the crowd? Do the Lips not realize they have (straight) female fans as well, or do they just not want us at or to enjoy their shows as much? *Of course, we know all the answer to that. Because having naked men on display as decoration would make *men* uncomfortable and we can't have that. But women are expected to graciously accept it without batting an eye or else be labeled a "feminazi" or some such nonsense.