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The Flaming Lips to open pop-up store for one day

October 12, 2009

Avant-garde rock band The Flaming Lips is going into the retail business, for exactly one day.

Warner Brothers Records announced that it is celebrating the release of the band's new album "Embryonic" with a pop-up store at the Nike/Ricardo Montalban Theater, 1615 Vine St. in Hollywood. The store will be open Oct. 15, the day of the album's release.

A press release teased the event, in characteristically quirky and breathless fashion:

Not only will fans have the opportunity to get their hands on unique artifacts available on this day and location only, but THE FLAMING LIPS have planned a very special, intimate MYSPACE SECRET SHOW performance just for tickets winners at this small venue, guaranteed to blow the minds of the lucky few well beyond the third bardo. This might be the only opportunity to see the band in full-blown, maximum hysteria in a minimal space ever again. Get your furry freak on for this one time only psychedelic Hollywood happening. You won't get the chance to see the LIPS live again until 2010!

THE FLAMING LIPS POP-UP STORE will house unique, limited edition, one-of-a-kind merchandise, CD's and much more. Among the exclusive goodies will be the special direct-to-consumer "Furry Package," currently available via THE LIPS Web site only and a very limited, one-time-only vinyl pressing that will ONLY be sold at the store. Fans are advised not to hesitate to avoid disappointment, depression and unwanted bad vibes. Do what you must to be part of this event.