JIm Linderman on DavidByrne, the book and work. Linderman maintains a group of sites dealing with art, authenticity, photography and culture, including Dull Tool Dim Bulb where this article first appeared. Ahh, Kindle. I'll give in one day soon. I do not lack for reading material, the web has loaded the content of so many things my fingers wear out far before my eyes. But I thought I
Martian landscapes, a sample page from the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary, DavidByrne on the internet & psychoacoustics & privacy, and the most passionate and delving analysis of Eyes Wide Shut that I’ve read.
Maybe you’ve seen it already, but there’s an ever-insightful musing by DavidByrne on the internet, the death of books & other antiquated media, psychoacoustics & silence, the continual rebirth & research into new technologies, and the implications on our personal lives, amongst other things, in that clever way that Byrne manages to make it [...]
Want to crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of their women? Blood Sport investigates the entirety of all-things arena for gladiators and challengers alike. C. Christian Moore , multiple rank 1 gladiator, examines the latest arena strategy, trends, compositions and more in WoW.com's arena column. DavidByrne and The Talking Heads are a personal favorite....
In recent years there has been a wealth of DavidByrne-inspired US bands, such as TV on the Radio, Grizzly Bear, Animal Collective, MGMT and Vampire Weekend fusing experimentation, art-rock, a head for great pop tunes, and the occasional African musical inflection. Though in the case of the Vampire Weekend the influence is more Paul Simon than Mr Byrne. Yeasayer (left) are another...
Nobody rides bikes in Buenos Aries. As DavidByrne writes of Buenos Aries: " Is it so uncool to ride a bike here that even messengers find other ways of getting around? " DavidByrne's Hypothesis: " I think the idea of cycling is simply off the radar here. The cycling meme hasn’t been dropped into the mix, or it never took hold. I am inclined to agree...
... Beat, but other graduates who borrow influence from this album include the heavyweight likes of DavidByrne and Peter Gabriel. More recently, the wildly popular upstart Vampire Weekend even referred to their own sound as “Upper West Side Soweto.” READ ON for more on this incredible compilation… According to a few different Internet sources, Paul Simon actually spent...
... to rabid, large fan bases). Led by Dave Longstreth—who strikes me as Generation Y’s DavidByrne, right down to the chicken-like head-bobbing and intense, skinny-professor stage demeanor—the New York sextet boast three female singers (Amber Coffman, Angel Deradoorian, Haley Dekle) who “ah” and “oh” with a kind of creamy-white gospel passion,...
We did it! More specifically and much less modestly, I did it — I won Tuesday’s election! My victory even got some coverage from Associated Press national political writer Liz Sidoti, who wrote, “A slew of cities selected mayors …” A win-win all around! No question it was an exciting campaign right up to the very end, what with DavidByrne dropping out of the race just one day before...
After paying tribute in record to both Don Henley and Black Flag — not to mention collaborating with both DavidByrne and Björk — over the past few years, it's hard to pin down on paper what Dirty Projectors is all about. A listen to the group's acclaimed 2009 album, Bitte Orc...
German with goatee set for chop Thanks to OTP reader DavidByrne who spotted that poor old Dietmar Hamman’s non-existent job is on the line. Courtesy of the Beeb.
... her auratic energy," he told me.The birthday party was a big hit. People such as Lou Reed and DavidByrne turned out for the event - it was held at the Guggenheim Museum in New York a few years ago - and Binikos' cocktail was a big hit, too. "As everyone toasted her, a strong auratic energy vibration simultaneously connected Marina with everyone in the room," he said.More recently,...
Head songwriter David Longstreth was wondrous, too, captivating in his starring role for the evening and perhaps his whole career as DavidByrne. Moved like him, sang and played like him (conceptually, anyways), got physically animated while performing his awesome, ensemble-cast, polyrhythmic, African-American guitar/voice musical theater like him. He kept walking his lanky frame...