The Swamp (Free subscription) | yesterday
by Mark Silva In Washington, there are talking heads, and then there are Talking Heads. And sometimes, both of them are talking about transportation. The Brookings Institution is playing host to several speakers this week, including a couple with something oddly in common: David Byrne, former front man for Talking Heads. Ray LaHood, secretary of transportation and former congressman from Peoria. Byrne...
core77.com (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Instead of adopting a highway , consider the opposite and ditch that guzzler instead. This pair of beautifully written texts covers all the angles. In addition to revolutionizing pop music in the early 80s, David Byrne has spent the last 20+ years riding his bike through New York City and dozens of other cities, and Bicycle Diaries , his recently published book, is crammed with graceful odes to the...
Linda & Harriett (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
The folks over at Simon & Schuster have been kind enough to give us two copies of Matteo Pericoli 's beautiful book The City Out My Window to give away. A great gift for any New Yorker - current dweller or not. I can think of at least five people off the top of my head that would love this book. Pericoli illustrates views from the windows of 63 New York artists, writers & thinkers (like Mario...
The Sound of Young America (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
Stephen Tobolowsky leads an eventful life. He's narrowly escaped being crushed by a bull. He's been forced to read manuscripts at Graceland at 3:00 in the morning. He was almost killed in Hartford, Connecticut — twice. He was nominated as one of the hundred coolest people in L.A. by Buzz magazine. He's palliated his epididymitis with a groin-situated soda can. He's been disillusioned by Davy...
So Quoted (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
Where I have no idea why I own a World Party CD Aids and Amageddon, Fishbone Angel, Eurythmics Angel, Jack Johnson Angel, Chaka Khan Angel, Kirsty MacColl Angel From Montgomery, John Prine Angel Man, Joan Armatrading Angel of Harlem, U2 Angels, David Byrne Are You Drinkin' With Me Jesus, Mojo Nixon Armagideon Time, The Clash The Angels Sang, Solitaires Beat Angels, Rickie Lee Jones Black Angels, Kronos...
Cyclelicious (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
I'm a book guy -- I buy or borrow about a book a week. Here are some bike books your cycling friends might like as a gift. Please let me know if I missed any new books about bikes that I should list. Custom Bicycles: A Passionate Pursuit is a lovely coffee table book of custom bike p0rn. It's like a portable, handheld version of the North American Handmade Bicycle Show. Pedaling Revolution: How Cyclists...
Stereogum (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
A quick listen of London-via-Sweden sextet Fanfarlo suggests they're building from the finer stock of 2006's crop, with surging melodramatics and instrumentation in the Arcade Fire and Beirut vein, lead vocals that are something like David Byrne via Alec Ounsworth, and as was a sign o' those times, a David Bowie endorsement . Underneath those trappings, though, are windswept indie pop songs that have...
Vulture (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
They're here! Last night at a CBS-televised concert special (you missed nothing), the nominations for the 2010 Grammys were announced! The big unsurprising winners: Beyoncé and Taylor Swift with ten and eight nods, respectively. Blessedly, Kanye will be on hand to thwart any Taylor-honoring, since he's up for five awards, as are Maxwell and the Black Eyed Peas. Also, because she was ineligible...
prefixmag (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Yesterday, Prefix’s Ivan Mitchell turned clairvoyant and attempted to predict the Grammy Award nominations. Now, we can see how he fared, as the build up to the ceremony on Jan. 31 begins in earnest. We begin with the Album of the Year , where Mr. Mitchell predicted nominations for Green Day, Lady Gaga, Maxwell, Taylor Swift and Kanye West. Album of the Year nominations: Beyonce - I Am Sasha...
The Sky Report (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
As a precursor to our impending year-end list, we've asked some of our favorite artists to select their five favorite releases of 2009. Next we have Sharon Van Etten , who has had an absolutely amazing year. When I first hung out with her at SXSW last March, she seemed confident, yet altogether unsure of what the outcome of her new LP would be. Weeks later, the staggering Because I Was In Love was...
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Gothamist (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Artist Jason Polan , who has been drawing every person in NYC, is getting so close to his goal. Well, he's drawn 8,300 people... so he's having a "One Tenth of a Percent Event" over the next few days. Want to be in his line of vision when he's drawing his next few New Yorkers (even David Byrne's been captured )? He'll be at The Museum of Modern Art today from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. drawing...
The Fader Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
The Swiss Institute assembles an interesting cast of calendar boys and girls for their annual limited-edition stocking stuffer this year, including Aurel Schmidt, Rita Ackerman and Cindy Sherman. All the artists are photographed on their bikes, although clearly some of the artsy pedal-pushers are more gangster than others—Ryan McGinley (October), for example, has no trouble [...]
Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
What, you wanted another picture of Michael Lohan? Jamie Foxx asked to take a photo with Taylor Lautner because his "daughter" is a huge fan. Zac Efron really likes bungee jumping. A MIchael Lohan impersonator tweeted that he was going to go jump off the Brooklyn Bridge, and Gawker believed it. And for a good two hours, everyone thought Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal were getting...
Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
how many gigs have you been to this year? More or less than last year? Highlights? Low-lights? Top 5? 1. Leonard Cohen (again) 2. AC/DC (made me feel 17 again but without the existential acne) 3. David Byrne (sorry Kate - it's why it can never be) 4. C.S.N. (another ticked box & sitting in the RAH having a beer or two with Eric Bell was fun too) 5. Yes (who'd have thought it in 2009?)
daily imprint (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
I'm completely obsessed with grey right now and so instantly fell in love with these beautiful tea towels from Puddin Head . The label is the work of Richard McAdam, who obviously has a beautiful eye for detail. Not only are the linen tea towels luxurious to touch but the packaging is divine - frame-worthy even, as are the tea towels. A good gift to remember for friends this year. Which five words...
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redoffice | 07/23/2009
David Byrne will be in concert at Venaria Reale (10 km from Turin ) the 29 th July (at 9.30 PM) with “Everything That Happens Will Happen Today. Songs of David Byrne And Brian Eno”. The ticket cost depends on the place of the seats. It will be divided in three different rates: € 36, 32 e 28 apart from the presale. The presale is available: ¨ Usual sale circuits ¨ Reggia box office – via A. Mensa 34,...
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