The Birth is the debut studio album by American rock band Stardeath and White Dwarfs.

Review by Ned Raggett

Stardeath & White Dwarfs' reputation -- and public profile -- certainly isn't hurt at all by the fact that there's the family connection to the Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne, given his nephew Dennis fronts the band..."New Heat" has something of a big and beautiful shimmer underneath the intentional production murk and echo, while the Pink Floyd-goes-funk break on "Those Who Are from the Sun Return to the Sun" is a nice touch -- but even so, it underscores that the band's own identity is yet to be truly forged in full. Still, points for ending the album on a song called "Smoking Pot Makes Me Not Want to Kill Myself."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_GIsxvNq78&list=OLAK5uy_lWPS-2_DRjcNo4aaD_1nssA80xj1qH_V8

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#4 2025/26 (Il cartone “The Tower” sui campi palestinesi; il cantautorato elettronico di Kyoto)

https://radioblackout.org/podcast/4-2025-26-il-cartone-the-tower-sui-campi-palestinesi-il-cantautorato-elettronico-di-kyoto/

Steven Drozd Breaks Silence on Flaming Lips Exit: ‘Moving On Felt Right’

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/flaming-lips-steven-drozd-breaks-silence-1235504073/

Stopping for groceries this afternoon, I saw a box of CD's somebody had left by the "free library" display outside the entrance. Turned out to be about a dozen CD's by The Flaming Lips, a band I had heard about but never listened to. I restrained myself to "only" four but kind of stoked to have a new musical tangent to explore. Only listened to part of Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots but feels like good energy to take into 2026 🤸‍♀️🤾‍♀️🏋️‍♀️🤖

https://youtu.be/ZdDHi5SSIlM

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A little-known fact:

After their humiliating defeat at the hands of Yoshimi, the charred and blistered remains of the Pink Robots were secretly placed as statuary on the grounds of Halter Ranch in Paso Robles.

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