Flaming Lips NYE Contest - Rose Parade update

As you know the Flaming Lips put on a YouTube event which ended yesterday. A dance contest submission where the winner gets to share space on the stage with the Lips and even two free tickets so you can bring your friend.

The winner was to have received a call yesterday 12/26/2006. Should that winner not be successfully contacted they move on to the next runner up(s) until the connection is made.

As of this writing I've checked both their YouTube address http://YouTube.com/group/flaminglips as well as their official site at http://www.flaminglips.com and no announcement is posted... nor was one expected as the fine print would preface.

However one would expect that the winner would have posted in great excitement their good fortune as this is a much coveted prize. Unless of course Warner Brothers conditioned for a gag order (poor winner, that would be a hard secret to be forced to try and keep! We'll understand if you leak it!).

Some have posted comments such as "... wouldn't it be fantastic if ALL of us got to dance on stage..." and to many that is more than likely what they hope in their hearts of heart might occur!

Knowing Wayne Coyne only from media and the Fearless Freaks DVD alone you'd get the feeling that he would be just that type to do something exactly like that. But again, this contest is solely Warner Brothers last word.

It is assumed that he legaleze stating WB would elect the panel of voters, most expect it will be the 3 band members and ultimately front man Wayne Conye's call.

These boys have been busy. Wraping up a wild year of touring The NYE (New Years Eve) gig in L.A. immediately follows their San Francisco show the day before, and is followed hours later by the Rose Parade in Pasadena. According to www.flaminglips.com the very next moring Jan 1, 2007, the band will be riding the Oklahoma Centential float.

I discovered a link with Rose Parade 2007 Float Details N to Z which says:
"Oklahoma (#50)
Float Theme: Oklahoma Rising

"Oklahoma Rising" celebrates the centennial of the state of Oklahoma in 2007. The float is part of a year-long celebration that includes special events and activities designed to promote the birthday of the state and its incredible spirit, long history and bright future of its rich traditions, cultures and people.

An invitation to this historical event is represented as an open gift displaying the 100th birthday celebration, welcoming visitors and state residents to the gala festivities. The 23-foot-tall cake is iced with carnations and roses. Gift packages are decorated in swirling ribbons of chrysanthemums, oncidium orchids, dendrobium orchids and safflower. O-K-L-A-H-O-M-A is spelled out in five- to ten-foot-tall letters of orange Mirage roses framed in white carnations. A lush floral carpet of 50,000 Charlotte roses and red gerbera frames garden steps created with coconut flakes and ironed cornhusk. One special package is opened at the corner of Colorado and Orange Grove Boulevards during the parade to unveil an exciting surprise for parade viewers.

NOTE: DO NOT MISTAKE THIS OTHER FLOAT FOR THE ONE THE FLIPS ARE ON - IT IS *NOT* THIS ONE BELOW


Oklahoma Centennial (#37)
Float Theme: A Unique History

Celebrating its 100th anniversary of statehood, Oklahoma shares its history with depictions of a gigantic Native American chief's headdress (more American Indian tribes are located there than anywhere in the U.S.), flowing waters (the state has more miles of water shoreline than the east and west coasts combined), a lasso-twirling cowboy (could that be Oklahoma native Will Rogers?), a huge American bison, an oil well, cowboy boots with the centennial logo and a grove of Redbuds (the state tree). The 70-foot-long float is pulled by an eight-horse team of black and white Express Clydesdales.

The surrey with a fringe on top at the front is made of rice, strawflower and carnation petals. The headdress features everlasting, black seaweed, pampas grass, chrysanthemums, pinto beans and split peas. The cowboy's boots are adorned with flaxseed, statice and rice, with silverleaf buckles. And the oil well gushes with rice, silverleaf and seaweed.

Ref: Rose Parade 2007 Float Details N to Z
http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/gl_plants_roses/article/0,1785,HGTV_3612_5192563,00.html