This afternoon, Roger Waters has released a new version of The Gunner’s Dream on his social media channels. The song was a stand-out track on Pink Floyd’s 1983 album The Final Cut (the last Floyd studio album to include Roger), and he has performed it live in recent years on occasion (the last time being in Guadalajara, Mexico, on December 5th 2018). In the accompanying post with the video (https://www.facebook.com/rogerwaters/posts/3866974220013021), Roger talks about watching a 2013 documentary last night about Stanislav Petrov, ‘The Man Who Saved The World’; it was Petrov who prevented nuclear war in 1983. This new recording of The Gunner’s Dream is principally focused on Roger and his piano, but at appropriate points the rest of his current touring band join in too. Here it is:
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Atomic Bronco – ‘Get You Off My Mind’ After recently returning to deliver his eagerly-awaited new album ‘Bull In A China Shop’ in recent weeks, emerging artist Atomic Bronco is now looking to showcase his latest full-length with the driven new single ‘Get You Off My Mind’. Brimming with fresh and euphoric hooks throughout, he …
Happy Halloween! Regulars to Brain Damage over the years will know that our good friend Joe Ringus is a hugely talented pumpkin artist, and each year crafts a Pink Floyd themed pumpkin for Halloween (a celebration which is embraced by many, principally tomorrow evening, but in a number of places it covers a number of days). Those regulars will no doubt be as keen as we have been to see if Joe would be continuing the tradition this year, and if so, what design would be picked. The great news is that Joe has been hard at work yet again, and has done another phenomenal job! We’re delighted to share his incredible carving with you, which is of course a representation of a scene from Pink Floyd The Wall. Joe said: As each year goes on and on it becomes increasingly hard to continue to come up with ideas for another Floyd pumpkin. But after spending the longest amount of time I’ve spent carving a pumpkin, I’m pretty happy with the result. Another fun thing – I put together a collage of all of the PF pumpkins from over the years. Have a look! Thanks Joe – we think you’ve done another excellent job! It’s a great tradition and we know many of our visitors love to see them. If there are any other pumpkin artists out there who have created Floyd designs, we’d love to see them. Also, if you have any suggestions for other images Joe could tackle in future years, please contact us at the normal email address of Matt@Brain-Damage.co.uk and we’ll pass on your ideas to him. In the meantime, click the first thumbnail above to see Joe’s hard, and careful, work for 2019 in more detail. For those who have missed some of Joe’s previous designs, you can catch up with those from years gone via the other thumbnail, so you can see what a steady hand, great ideas, and carving talent, results in!
