Wayne Coyne with Sean Lennon and Les Claypool

Wayne Coyne with Sean Lennon and Les Claypool

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Ahead of their much-anticipated upcoming US co-tour, the Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne and The Claypool Lennon Delirium’s Les Claypool and Sean Lennon catch up on the Talkhouse Podcast. The three legends have known each other for years, and they get into a lot here, including: how Wayne comes up with new ideas for the Lips’ incredible stage visuals; CLD playing to pachyderms; life lessons they’ve learned from Butthole Surfers, Bootsy Collins, and Mike Watt; and having the best New Years Eve ever… every night.

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—Elia Einhorn, Talkhouse Podcast host and producer

Today’s episode was co-produced by Mark Yoshizumi. It was recorded in Sacramento, California at Ace of Spades by Matthew Maxwell, at Wayne’s Oklahoma City, Oklahoma studio by Michael Ivins, and at Hook and Fade Studios in Brooklyn by Mark Yoshizumi.

Research assistance was provided by Madalyn Feltus.

The Talkhouse Podcast’s theme song was composed and performed by The Range.