Love My Contribution to the Flaming Lips Issue Isn’t Actually So Much About the Flaming Lips
posted by on September 20 at 14:03 PM
It’s about catching catfish with your bare-motherfucking-hands!
People have died doing it, been seriously injured, and it’s only legal in four states—catfish noodling is completely crazy. But what does it have to do with the Flaming Lips? Well, long-time Lips lover Bradley Beesley (Summercamp!, UFOs at the Zoo) did a documentary about catfish noodling a few years ago and the Flaming Lips did the soundtrack—it’s called Okie Noodling, and if you haven’t seen it, I suggest you do so.
The documentary talks to noodlers and their families, follows them on their fishing trips (special, seeing as how most guys like to keep their spots secret), and Beesley and his team even help start the first annual catfish noodling tournament in Oklahoma. The film is really weird, funny, and entertaining, as you could imagine a film about such a topic would be. And I can’t think of a band more better suited than the Flaming Lips to have supplied the musical accompaniment.
The DVD can be special ordered through most local record stores if you can’t find it.
What the heck?! I just watched this a couple of weeks ago on PBS or something. It was right up there with that weird doc. on that old guy who built his own home in Alaska and lived there by himself. know what I'm talking about?
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