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Talking Heads: Live in Rome 1980 full concert

BoringPostcards — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 18:57:49 -0800

Talking Heads, Live in Rome, 1980 The Talking Heads concert film you haven't seen: the show that would eventually be recorded in the (awesome) concert film Stop Making Sense 3 years later, recorded while it was still a bit weird and uncertain. And therefore, wonderful. Several individual songs from this show were compiled a few years ago in an excellent post by Meatbomb.

Walking on Broken Maybes

WCityMike — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 20:52:55 -0800

Carly Rae Jepsen based "Call Me Maybe" on Annie Lennox's "Walking on Broken Glass". Rostam Batmanglij of Vampire Weekend (wiki) mashed the two together: "Call Me on Broken Glass". (Bonus Lennox mashup link: "Sweet Dreams" vs. "Can't Touch This" and many others).

My Life in the Bush Of Ghosts - Pre-release Version

xod — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 08:48:40 -0800

[This] "is a pre release version of david byrnes first solo album, which was given me by david, when i stayed at his place in alfabet city, in 1981 [...] anyway, the final release differed a lot from this tape, because he used quotes from the quoran in this version, which he had to replace later. i dont know if this version was ever released in any way, shape or form." My Life in the Bush Of Ghosts, David Byrne and Brian Eno

Y Kant Sammy J Read

Panjandrum — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:24:58 -0800

Sessions at West 54th aired for a few years on American public television in the late 1990s, featuring live sets and interviews with musicians. The February 1999 show featured Tori Amos as the guest, performing both solo and with a band. David Byrne, who had himself previously performed, both hosted and interviewed Tori about her music, her life, and her work as co-founder of RAINN. Full setlists from both performances and David Byrne's sartorial wonders inside. Tori Amos (6 Feb 1999) Precious Things (without awkward David Byrne intro) iieee Past The Mission Caught A Lite Sneeze Interview #1 Take To The Sky (solo) Cooling (solo) Interview #2 The Waitress Transcript of interview segments, stills, and additional details. (WARNING: Web 1.0!) David Byrne (13 Oct 1998) Fuzzy Freaky Making Flippy Floppy & Interview 1 Take Me to the River Help Me Somebody Dance on Vasoline Back in the Box Interview 2 & Miss America Interview 3 & Psycho Killer I Zimbra

More Talking About Buildings And Music

Joey Michaels — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 21:37:04 -0800

David Byrne: How architecture helped music evolve. A TED talk.

Much like the political career

edgeways — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 21:16:27 -0800

David Byrne Takes On The Man. Good ole Charlie [Crist], used Bryne's (Talking Heads) song, Road to Nowhere, during Crist's failed run for Senator of FL in 2010, without permission, without licenses. The lawsuit that was filed was settled this week, which culminated in Crist issuing a YouTube apology. Crist also told the Associated Press that Byrne "couldn't have been more of a gentlemen" when the two met to settle the case.

Let's dance forró!

Tom-B — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 08:19:14 -0800

Forró is popular dance music from northeastern Brazil. Forró em Vinil is a blog with out of catalog forró gems for download. But wait, is this legal? YES! Under Brazil's new copyright reform proposal, if a work is no longer available on the market, it's fair use to copy it if you're not making a profit. Chapter IV, Article 46, paragraph XVII. So go ahead and enjoy some forró! (click on "para baixar este disco, clique aqui") You can... ...learn how to dance it! (for more, search for "aprenda dançar forró") ... learn about our beloved Luiz Gonzaga, THE forró giant. See him play! ... even check out some NY based forró. David Byrne loves it!

Why don't you love me?

Lutoslawski — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:20:02 -0800

Featuring Nellie McKay, Cyndi Lauper, Tori Amos, Martha Wainwright, Steve Earle, Annie Clark (St. Vincent), Kate Pierson (of the B-52s) and many others, Here Lies Love is the result of a recent collaboration between David Byrne and Fatboy Slim. 22-tracks long, it tells the story of the Iron Butterfly, aka Imelda Marcos, first lady of the Philippines, and her relationship with her childhood servant Estrella Cumpas. Its official release is April 6th, but until then you can listen to the whole thing on NPR Music. The double-disc set will also feature a 120 page booklet and a DVD of historical footage. David Byrne wrote briefly about his collaboration with Annie Clark in this journal entry featured in this previous post.

Fear of Music Collaborations

geoff. — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:06:01 -0800

David Byrne on Collaborations: "A writer at Pitchfork critically said I’d collaborate for a bag of Doritos. I do love it, and the results are sometimes surprising, sometimes creatively successful and sometimes even popular (“Lazy” was a huge hit everywhere except the US)." On song writing, "After the initial transcription of verbal sounds into nonsense sentences made of real words, a long, tedious process begins. I then begin to write out every phrase I can think of that matches that sonic/syllabic flow — no phrase is too mundane or stupid. I try not to pre-judge anything that occurs to me at this point — one never knows if something that sounded stupid at first will, in a new context, make the whole thing shine."

We live in the city of dreams, We drive on the highway of fire

Toekneesan — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:59:08 -0800

David Byrne has just published a new book about bicycles called Bicycle Diaries. A long time rider, Byrne muses on how the world looks and works from the vantage point of a cyclist. It's getting pretty good reviews. To launch the book, Byrne is touring the US and arranging public forums. Each event features a civic leader, an urban theorist, a bicycle advocate, and Byrne himself speaking about bikes in cities. Here’s a schedule of the upcoming events. He’s also designed some bike racks for his hometown of New York City. Special Bonus Links! Byrne's review of Pedaling Revolution: How Cyclists Are Changing American Cities by Jeff Mapes A map of Byrne's Bike Racks. A three part tour of Byrne's New York studio. David Byrne on the perfect city. (Previously)

This music video is MONEY.

slappy_pinchbottom — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 14:08:22 -0800

"Money" is a completely AWESOME music video of a track by N.A.S.A. (North America South America), a DJ collective featuring Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon plus many famous guest artists, including, on this track alone, David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge, & Z-Trip. (Other tracks by N.A.S.A. feature the likes of Tom Waits, M.I.A., Gift of Gab and Kool Keith.) The video features the artwork of Shepard Fairey, who has been discussed previously here. The video was directed by Paul Griswold and Syd Garon (who also did this great video for DJ Qbert and this one for Dan the Automator, which features some nice Gilliamesque touches.)

Can you spot Mr. Cook's cameos in the videos?

flatluigi — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 18:15:39 -0800

The Brighton Port Authority was a shadowy musical project lasting from the early 1970s and lasting until the mid 90s, or so it's rumored. The tapes from this project have recently been found and are slowly being released. Or, it could just be the new project of Norman Cook, more commonly known as Fatboy Slim. So far, two singles have been released: "Seattle," featuring Emmy the Great; and "Toe Jam" (NSFW), featuring Dizzee Rascal and David Byrne.

You may ask yourself, how do I work this? David Byrne on robots

whir — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:50:55 -0800

David Byrne writes three thoughtful essays on robots, song, and the uncanny valley on the occasion of the creation of a robot which sings in his voice at a Madrid museum: Visiting the robot factory in Texas, regarding the uncanny valley, on machines and souls.

Another Reason You Wish You Were David Byrne

Fuzzy Skinner — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:17:44 -0800

Once again, David Byrne plays the building. Previous post, referring to the 2005 version.

Stop making sense of this business of music

psmealey — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:01:41 -0800

David Byrne's Survival Strategies for Emerging Artists — and Megastars Where there was one, now there are six: Six possible music distribution models, ranging from one in which the artist is pretty much hands-off to one where the artist does nearly everything. 1. At one end of the scale is the 360, or equity, deal, where every aspect of the artist's career is handled by producers, promoters, marketing people, and managers. 2. Next is what I'll call the standard distribution deal. The record company bankrolls the recording and handles the manufacturing, distribution, press, and promotion. The label, in this scenario, owns the copyright to the recording. Forever. 3. The license deal is similar to the standard deal, except in this case the artist retains the copyrights and ownership of the master recording. The right to exploit that property is granted to a label for a limited period of time — usually seven years. 4. Then there's the profit-sharing deal. 5. In the manufacturing and distribution deal, the artist does everything except, well, manufacture and distribute the product. 6. Finally, at the far end of the scale, is the self-distribution model, where the music is self-produced, self-written, self-played, and self-marketed. No single model will work for everyone. There's room for all of us. Some artists are the Coke and Pepsi of music, while others are the fine wine — or the funky home-brewed moonshine. And that's fine. Sometimes a corporate soft drink is what you want — just not at the expense of the other thing. I like Rihanna's "Umbrella" and Christina Aguilera's "Ain't No Other Man". In the recent past, it often seemed like all or nothing, but maybe now we won't be forced to choose.

"Window in the Sky", a U2 montage of 137 video clips

stbalbach — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:20:28 -0800

"Window in the Sky" is a YouTube style video synch mash-up done on a professional budget with the magic of copyright clearances. "It's a triumph of postmodern reconstruction" says the Washington Post.

Sane as it ever was... Same... As... it... ever... was.

nathan_teske — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 11:40:52 -0800

David Byrne blogs, including a recent post on Jesus Camp. (Via BoingBoing. Jesus Camp, previously on Metafilter

My Life in the Bush of Ghosts released with CC license.

dobbs — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:36:01 -0800

Brian Eno and David Byrne released My Life in the Bush of Ghosts in 1981. It's a great album--and now it's available with a Creative Commons License. "This is the first time complete and total access to original tracks with remix and sampling possibilities have been officially offered on line."

An anthropologist from Mars

Swampjazz! — Mon, 29 Nov 2004 07:32:04 -0800

David Byrne's web journal

austin animators extraordinaire

madamjujujive — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 08:32:55 -0800

From surreal and scathing political satire to muisc videos such as Molotov's hot latin Frijolero and David Byrne's The Great Intoxication, Austin's Jason Archer and Paul Beck are producing some great animation. (large flash and quicktime clips) - via snarky malarkey

Learning to Love PowerPoint

kirkaracha — Wed, 20 Aug 2003 09:43:32 -0800

Learning to Love PowerPoint Wired and the New York Times feature David Byrne's DVD/book Envisioning Emotional Epistemological Information, which contains art he created with PowerPoint. The title's a reference to Edward Tufte, who has his own opinion of PowerPoint (which was remixed by Aaron Swartz).