Abeano —
I’ve been carrying a note, reminding me to blog about London’s new neo-soul hopeful Othello Woolf for ages now. Post-Penate and Golden Silvers, Woolf has picked up the white boy soul mantle. Already championed by the latter, below ... more info
Starpulse — Former Talking Heads rocker David Byrne once came close to knocking Paris Hilton over with his bicycle during a ride in New York, when she unexpectedly stepped into his path.[...] Read more! more info
He was on his bike in Manhattan when he almost crashed into her.He said "She was holding her little doggie,crossing against the light and looking as if to say, 'I'm Paris Hilton, don't you know me".. more info
Stereogum — Reader David e-mails, "TMZ claims no one remembers Geggy Tah. I remember GT and so does David Byrne." The '90s alt-rockers say Clipse's Pharrell-produced "All I Wanna Do (Feel Like Me)" copies their "Whoever You Are." Compare. (Last TMZ link today, p... more info
New Times Broward-Palm Beach, FL — Few sounds are as infectiously timeless as New Orleans funk. Credit bassist George Porter Jr. for helping create that unstoppable sonic template while a member of the Meters in the mid-'60s. He has since maintained the smoldering grooves as a sideman... more info
JamBase — Words by Nick Boeka | Images by: Josh Miller
David Byrne :: 06.26.09 :: Greek Theatre :: Berkeley, CA
David Byrne :: 06.26 :: The Greek
David Byrne is the kind of visionary artist where a simple label is irrevocably a denial of the character and ... more info
NME - Radar — Taxidermy: model's own
The chandelier shatters from the heinous force of one of the king’s cavalier’s stolen blunderbusses, and suddenly the groomed congregation of aristocrats fall silent. As the gritty haze of gun powder and crystal fragments... more info
Music is Art — years ago, i was an angry young man
and i’d pretend that i was a billboard
standing tall by the side of the road
- i fell in love with a beautiful highway
David Byrne once listed the things he appreciated in art:
1. Lots of work put into it
2. Brig... more info