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OKC Mayor Mick Cornett talks to Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips about life in Oklahoma City and launching his music career from OKC.
A
And
welcome
to
the
mayor's
magazine.
This
is
our
show
for
november
two
thousand
ten.
Thank
you
for
joining
us,
I'm
Mick
Cornett,
the
mayor
of
Oklahoma
City
and
in
our
very
first
segment,
a
special
treat.
We
have
Wayne
Coyne
who
lives
in
oklahoma
city
and
is
the
lead
singer
of
The
Flaming
Lips
Wayne.
Welcome
to
the
show!
Well,
thank
you
for
having
me
miran,
it's
great
to
see
you.
It
is
great
to
have.
B
B
B
I
mean
I've,
always
I've
always
liked.
The
idea
of
part
of
me
is
a
little
bit
like
Charlie
Manson.
You
know,
but
I'm
kidding.
No,
but
you
know
I
think
I,
think
music
fans.
You
know
if
they
truly
love
your
music.
You
know
there
is
a
sense
of
a
Pied
Piper
earnest
about
it,
but
I.
Don't
think
that
that's
that's
not
egotistical,
I
mean
I.
Think
people
want
that
I
think
they
want
to.
Even
like
me
meeting
you
right
right
here,
it's
or
like
they
get
to
see
this
person
who
sings
this
song.
B
Now
that
means
so
much
to
them
and
I've
done
that
plenty
and
it
it
doesn't
ever
feel
weird
I
mean
I've
met.
You
know,
people
like
Paul
McCartney
and
Pete
Townsend,
and
it's
wonderful.
You
know
so,
but
I
I
guess
our
audience
would
be
considered.
Cultish
I
mean
they.
You
know
they.
They
kind
of
know
things
about
us
that
I
didn't
realize
they
would
know
about
us
and
they
don't
always
they
always
loved
enough
other
groups
for
it
to
seem
like
they
just
love
music
in
general
and
I'm
part
of
that.
B
B
Think
we
started
on
the
south
side
now
when
I
Drive
past
this
house
on
51st
and
Drexel
I,
don't
recognize
it,
but
I
was
very
young,
so
we
must
have
moved
from
Pittsburgh
when
I
was
I.
Can't
remember
you
know
we
would.
We
would
talk
to
my
mom
and
dad
about
this
why'd.
You
come
here
and
it
always
just
seemed
like
oh
I,
don't
know,
I
mean
they'd,
never
I
know.
B
Well,
my
dad
had
this
the
this
offer
to
you
know
the
at
the
time
you
have
to
think
it
was
like
the
early
60s.
It
seemed
like
the
the
West
you
know
going
west
and
getting
out
of
a
place
like
Pittsburgh,
where
it
was
all
about
steel
and
I.
Don't
know
was
here
Cole
and
stuff.
I
don't
I
don't
know.
I
mean
he.
B
B
Luckily,
I
think
my
my
mom
and
dad
they
didn't
think
they
needed
a
plan
I
think
they
thought
well,
we'll
just
do
it
and
I'm
sure
you
know
it'll
work
out
and
you
know
as
much
as
I
would
talk
to
them.
I
mean
they're,
not
alive
anymore,
as
much
as
I
would
talk
to
them
about
it
never
felt
like
a
brave
leap
into
the
unknown.
B
B
And
a
lot
of
that
until
recently
had
was
totally
unchanged.
I
mean
I,
could
drive
by
there
and
have
a
flashback
of
being
in
the
fourth
grade
or
something
else
right,
but
now
a
little
bit
of
it
starting
to
change
but
39th
street
I.
Don't
know
if
you
remember
you
know
back
in
the
day
sure
I
do.
That
was
like
the
strip.
You
know,
yeah
people,
rode
motorcycles
and.
B
B
I
think
I
can
get
you
a
job,
and
you
know
when
you're
16
I
mean
I.
Think
I
already
wanted
to
do
music,
but
you
don't
know
how
you're
gonna
do
that
or
anything.
So
the
idea
that
I
could
make
you
know
eighty
dollars
a
week,
working
at
long,
john
silvers
and
being
a
fry
cook
or
whatever,
and
then
I
could
go
home
and
do
music
or
whatever.
I
think
that's
what
old?
B
B
A
B
Of
the
groups
that
I
was
starting
to
like
a
lot
of
the
people
that
I
was
starting
to
see
bands
coming
through
Oklahoma
City.
You
know
they
weren't
rock
stars.
They
were
people
that
were
doing
music
and
art
and
they
believed
in
it
and
they
tried
their
best
to
make
money
at
it.
But
a
lot
of
them
did
the
same
thing.
That
I
did
you
know
they?
B
Why
do
you?
Why
do
you
work
this
silly
job
and
I
tried
to
explain
to
them
as
best
I?
Could
I
probably
explain
it?
A
lot
better
now
than
I
did
then,
but
the
idea
that
you
know
I'm
free,
you
know
I,
don't
have
a
lot
of
money,
but
I'm,
free
and
I
want
to
pursue
music
and
my
ideas
and
I
and
I
try
to
tell
that
to
two
young
people
even
now
and
I
meet
them
that
you
know
this
idea
that
you
get
to
dream
right.
A
B
You're
still
busy
doing
something,
I
think
that's
that's
a
powerful
thing.
It's
really
a
joy
I
mean
dreaming
about
what
you
might
become
or
dreaming
or
what
you
you
know
because
of
your
songs
and
your
identity.
I
mean
to
me
that
was
great,
but
it's
also
great
that
it
came
true.
I
could
see
it
also.
You
know
if
I
what
you
know
wasn't
able
to
be
remotely
successful,
write-in
being
in
the
band
and
may
have
not
a
big
such
a
good
story.
But
for
me
it
showed
me
this.
B
You
know
that
all
those
experiences
I
had
I
mean
my
the
main
experience
that
changed
me.
There
is
not
a
good
experience,
but
it's
a
powerful
one.
When
I
was
sixteen
that
we
got
robbed
really
this.
There
was
a
series
of
robberies
going
on
at
the
time,
and
I
believe
there
was
a
this
wasn't
that
long
after
the
sirloin,
so.
B
I'll
mention
that
somewhere
out
there
in
the
world
and
people
will
remember
that
you
know,
but
so
every
time
someone
had
you
know
any
restaurant
that
had
gotten
robbed
around
town.
Everybody
would
know
about
this.
So
when
we
got
robbed
on
this
night,
you
know
that
flies
through
your
mind
and
when
you're
young
it
flies
through
there
with
not
much
else
in
there,
and
you
just
think.
Oh
my
god,
I'm
gonna
die,
and
I
remember
you
know
we
laid
on
the
floor.
It
seemed
like
an
eternity,
I'm
sure
it
was
only
about
a
minute.
B
You
know,
but
we
laid
on
the
floor
with
these
guns
to
our
head
and
I
thought.
Oh,
my
god,
I'm
gonna
die.
This
is
how
it
happens.
You
know
you
watch
movies
and
it
seems
like
an
epic
thing.
Yeah
where
you
read
about
you
know
and
but
I
realized.
Then
it's
like
you
know:
I
didn't,
I,
didn't
I,
haven't
anything
and,
and
and
my
you
know
all
these
people
that
I
know
they're
there
I
didn't
say
anything
to
them.
You
know
all
these
things
occur
to
you
and
he's
in
this.