Quote of the day

"To be published alongside the man who ate 22lbs (10kgs) of his own boogers, beside the woman with the longest toenails, or perhaps even to be published beside an individual who has had maybe 1,000 cockroaches stuffed into their ears… that, to me, would be one of life's absurd joys."

Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne, commenting on the band's achievement of setting a new world record for the most gigs in 24 hours. Bet he told each crowd it was his favourite venue...

Of all the crazy things they've done recently - six-hour-long charity singles, 24-hour-long songs on USB drives embedded in skulls, upsetting Erykah Badu by releasing a video featuring her writhing around naked in blood and semen - this is actually pretty tame, but nevertheless very handy promotion for forthcoming album of collaborations, The Flaming Lips And Heady Fwends. Badu and Nick Cave are among those who've contributed, but if the recent collaboration with Lightning Bolt is anything to go by, I'm not holding out too much hope of it being worth the investment.