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Good gravy, UK paper, The Guardian has named OKC's Flaming Lips the greatest band today. Readers of this website will know that I enjoy The Flaming Lips, but, oddly enough, today I had a little confrontation over the Flaming Lips.

In the lab for the game class., I was playing Notwist over the PA for a little background noise. As class started, a particularly self-absorbed student put on Transmissions From the Satellite Heart, much to my dismay.

"This just isn't going to fade into the background," I said.

"But its the Flaming Lips."

"Yeah, yeah, I lived outside OKC for five years; I don't need to hear this again."

But I didn't get into that album until after Clouds Taste Metallic came out and had finally fallen in love with the band, so I feel a little righteous in telling the kid to take the damn rock-and-roll off the PA.