Tour of OKC with the Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne
August 5th, 2008I’m a big fan of the Flaming Lips and a huge fan of their lead singer Wayne Coyne. I love it that he continues to live in his old neighborhood near McKinley Park, when he has the means to live anywhere he chooses. Check out the video and get an idea of what it is like to be an local rockstar, live in one of OKC’s not-so-nice neighborhoods (though I think it is getting better), and have your own alley in Bricktown. Probably the highlight is when he talks about some close calls with armed robbers while working at the old Long John Silver’s at 30th & Classen – makes it sound like South L.A or something.
Tour of Oklahoma City with the Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne! from imagiNATIVEamerica on Vimeo.
August 5th, 2008 at 2:06 am
By the way, I am pretty sure his neighborhood is actually called Weesner! I could be wrong though; his house is close to the divide between the Weesner subdivision and Alexander’s subdivision. Weesner sounds cooler though, so I am going with that.
August 5th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Wow! That was great! Thanks, Blair! You (generic “you”) just gotta like this guy and admire and feel proud that he deliberately chose not only to remain in his hometown, but in the McKinley Park neighborhood.