A (sadly now defunct) fansite for the Oklahoma psych-rock band The Flaming Lips. Appears to have gone down in the last couple years but still persists via Internet Archive. They've got a lot of interesting info about the band and their songs; probably my favorite is the juxtaposition of these two quotes on their page for
Christmas at the Zoo (order reversed here for comic effect):
Wayne's quote from Staring At Sound:
"We were building on these themes: What band can sing about animals? What band can sing about Christmas? I know we can, not because it is so sincere, but we can sing about things that other bands wouldn't care to."
Steven's quote from Staring At Sound:
[about "This Here Giraffe"]"I was just like, 'Aw, geez, not another fucking song about animals.' The same thing happened with 'Christmas at the Zoo.' I had the music and the melody intact on a four-track demo, and of course I didn't give him anything to go by when he asked, 'Well, what do you want the song to be about? Do you have any ideas?' My answer is always the same: 'No, I don't have a vague idea what I would want you to sing about.' So he came back a couple days later talking about the animals at the zoo and Christmas, and I was like, 'Jesus Christ!'"
Truly one of the rock bands of all time.