Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tickets go on Ticketmaster presale (password = BOWBYRNE) @ 9AM for the recently added David Byrne show at Radio City Music Hall in NYC (2/28). The February 27th show is sold out. In other David Byrne news, he's been...
Bumpershine.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Presale tickets for the second David Byrne and Brian Eno at RCMH on Saturday, February 28 go on sale available Friday, January 9 from 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM. Click here to purchase tickets and use the code HEBYRNE. American Express presale starts Saturday, January 10 at 9:00 AM ET and ends Sunday, January 11 [...]
Shakespeare's Sister (Free subscription) | 01/08/2009
The Balanescu Quartet perform Kraftwerk's 'Das Modell' from the cd Possessed . (Audio Only) Below, Kraftwerk's original version and David Byrne performing 'Das Modell' with the Balanescu Quartet. David Byrne Kraftwerk (Cross-posted at Petulant Rumblings )
The Things We Think but Do Not Say. (Free subscription) | 01/07/2009
There was an old Talking Heads song called “Once In A Lifetime” that ran through Jeremy’s head as the enemies moved up the steps. The metal steps clinked and echoed as their boots hit each step, and in his head, Jeremy’s thoughts went back and forth from David Byrne dancing around in his big suit [...]
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 01/07/2009
I haven't checked to see if the February 27th show is completely sold out yet, but it looks like they're adding a 2nd David Byrne show at Radio City Music Hall. Tickets for the new February 28th show go...
ArtCal (Free subscription) | 01/06/2009
Five Myles 558 St. Johns Place, Crown Heights, 718-783-4438 Brooklyn Misc. January 10 - January 22, 2009 Opening: Saturday, January 10, 6 - 8PM Web Site Photo essays by: David Byrne by Debbie Branch, Crown Heights by Michael Britto, Manhattan - Close to Home by Frederick Hecker, response & continuation by Stephane Barile. Video: Remembering Myles by Faith Astrada. This show commemorates the 10th anniversary...
Reaction! (Free subscription) | 01/06/2009
Judging the NYC Department of Transportation's recent "Design New York City's New Bike Racks" competition inspired former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne to sketch up a few concepts of his own. To his surprise, the DoT responded by commissioning them . Each design reflects the location in which it is situated. For example, the rack on Wall Street is dollar-sign-shaped, while the design outside...
Thought Alarm (Free subscription) | 01/03/2009
Alright, so I just watched the Talking Heads concert movie "Stop Making Sense" and at one point David Byrne comes onstage in a giant suit and it's both mesmerizing and funny. I summed it up by calling it simply "badass." But here's the thing, it turns out skinny guy in a large suit is funny in the same way fat guy in a little coat is funny! There's some kind of comic symmetry going on here. Here's...
Vinyl Is Heavy (Free subscription) | 01/01/2009
by Mikey Track One: "Suffering Jukebox" - Silver Je ws Live it's a tie: 650 torchbearers Millbrae Bros bringing Seattle to its knees with the help of a whiskey-soaked devil VS. Earth melting the brains of a hundred-plus yuppies at the Bad Seeds concert. Track Two: "Strange Overtones" - David Byrne and Brian Eno After requesting "Baby on Board", Lindy being picked to harmonize and become an honorary...
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 12/30/2008
A weekly playlist for the listener with a one-track mind.
Cloudland Blue - A Diary (Free subscription) | 12/30/2008
Playlist Cloudland Blue Quartet – Soundingfall Brian Eno & David Byrne – Everything That Happens... Dido – Safe Trip Home The Killers – Day and Age Sigur Ros – I Eyrum Vir Spilum Endalaust Donovan – Fairytales and Colours Various – The Tommy Boy Story Vol 1 To FOPP at lunchtime and two discs for £5 purchased taking me to around 350 for the year (so far!!)... A single disc compilation of Donovan’s first...
Cloudland Blue - A Diary (Free subscription) | 12/28/2008
Playlist Cloudland Blue Quartet – Soundingfall Leonard Cohen – Various Positions David Byrne & Brian Eno – Everything That Happens Will Happen Today Mary Chapin Carpenter – Between Here and Gone Renaissance – Renaissance Renaissance – Illusion Up early once again and, eventually, off uptown on my own leaving Anne to watch the Old Firm derby... Very cold... In the HMV sale, I bought “The Sound of Girls...
illRoots (Free subscription) | 12/27/2008
German Joys (Free subscription) | 12/27/2008
I'm a little slow on the uptake here, but I'd like to report that David Byrne and Brian Eno are at it again, almost 30 years after My Life in the Bush of Ghosts. The new record was released a...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 12/24/2008
To demonstrate his working relationship with Brian Eno, David Byrne plugs an iPod into his computer. From speakers comes the gentle strumming of an acoustic guitar, the chords occasionally changing. Eno had sent him the recording to see if Byrne could build a...
