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Stars in a Record Store

Binky Philips | Posted 05.17.2013 | Entertainment
Read More: East Village, Rick Rubin, Prince, Steve Buscemi, Amy Carter, Natalie Merchant, John Doe, Ramones, Beastie Boys, Exene, Binky Philips, Record Stores, David Byrne, Entertainment News
Binky Philips

Running a record store on St Mark's Place in the East Village during the 1980s put me in the dead-center middle of an exploding mecca of pop culture.

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Aisle View: David Byrne Meets Imelda in the Dazzling Here Lies Love

Steven Suskin | Posted 05.15.2013 | Arts
Read More: Imelda Marcos, Public Theater, Here Lies Love, Fatboy Slim, Alex Timbers, David Byrne, Theater, Theater Review, New York Theater, Arts News
Steven Suskin

Byrne has joined with the Public's Oskar Eustis and an altogether impressive production team to turn Here Lies Love into -- what? A musical? A disco musical? A theatrical extravaganza? All three jumbled together.

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Thoughts on Alan Cummings' One-Man Macbeth, The New Heaven's Gate Reissue, And More

James Franco | Posted 04.29.2013 | Entertainment
Read More: "The Testament of Mary, The Talented Mr Ripley, The American Friend, The Assembled Parties, Nikolai and the Others, Here Lies Love, Heaven's Gate, Let's Get Lost Movie, Macbeth, To the Wonder, Alan Cumming Macbeth, David Byrne, Entertainment News
James Franco

Macbeth with Alan Cumming: another dazzling and brilliant one-person show. Yes, Macbeth as a one-man show, a portrayal of Macbeth by a man losing his mind in an institution. Cumming is superb.

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First Kisses of Rock + Lit

Tamsin Smith | Posted 04.23.2013 | Arts
Read More: Literature, Robert Pinsky, Zach Rogue, Dana Gioia, Ray Bradbury, Neil Young, Jim White, Bob Dylan, Tift Merritt, Jack Gilbert, Poetry, Edith Wharton, Radio Silence, Radio Silence Magazine, Don Carpenter, David Remnick, Rock and Roll, David Byrne, Bruce Springsteen, Arts News
Tamsin Smith

Radio Silence is full of great writers chronicling musically-induced epiphanies and musicians recounting ecstasies bred by verse and prose. Fans of both will feel giddy at this blurring of the lines between artist and audience.

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NYC-ARTS Top Five | Lights, Camera, Action!

NYC-ARTS | Posted 06.02.2013 | Arts
Read More: Videofreex, National Poetry Month, Streb, Art, David Byrne, Music Video, Public Theater, Readings, Theater, Here Lies Love, Dance, Fatboy Slim, Bjork, Poetry, Radiohead, Video, Arts News
NYC-ARTS

Interesting. Unusual. Uniquely NYC. The NYC-ARTS top five is your cheat sheet to what's hot before it hits the radar. Get the top five in your Inbox e...

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Talking Heads Last Album Turns 25

Posted 03.15.2013 | Arts
Read More: Talking Heads Last Album, Talking Heads, Talking Heads Album Anniversary, Naked Album, Talking Heads Anniversary, Talking Heads Naked 25, Music, Talking Heads Naked, David Byrne, New Wave, Arts News

On this day 25 years ago, the New Wave phenomenon known as the Talking Heads released their last studio album, "Naked." The record came out in 1988, n...

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David Bryne And Questlove Get Together To Talk Music

Katherine Brooks | Posted 05.01.2013 | Arts
Read More: The Talking Heads, Video, Questlove, David Byrne Here Lies Love, Talking Heads, Public Forum, David Byrne Musical, The Roots, Questlove NYU, David Byrne St. Vincent, The Public Theater, Music News, David Byrne, Arts News
Katherine Brooks

The Public Theater has a knack for bringing together opposing forces from the world of fine and performing arts, placing giants like Tony Kushner and ...

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A Belated 2012 Reading List: Some Favorite Titles

Steve Heilig | Posted 04.08.2013 | Books
Read More: Jessica Pierce, Rose George, James Patterson, Levon Helm, Denis Johnson, Neil Young, David Talbot, Michelle Goldberg, Kenneth Rexroth, Jimmy Cliff, Tom Sexton, Andrew Tilin, John Lennon, Adam Winkler, Joe Brainard, Richard Brautigan, Sherman Alexie, Fred Guterl, David Brower, Walt Whitman, Julie Otsuka, Tony Serra, Lew-Welch, David Byrne, Books News
Steve Heilig

This is something of a belated "best of year" list, although there are some older titles I only got to last year included. An eclectic list, modestly offered -- a bit heavy on books on music, but many others, and perhaps something will strike the interest of other readers.

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Best Memoirs By Musicians

| Posted 12.21.2012 | Books
Read More: Best Memoirs by Musicians, Musicians, Musician Memoirs, Jay-Z, Patti Smith, Bob Dylan, Keith Richards, David Byrne, Books News

Read more at the LA Review of Books: Ever since Bob Dylan’s Chronicles: Volume One hit the shelves in 2004, a flurry of musicians have published ...

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Brazilian Legends Heading To D.C.

The Huffington Post | Brandon Wetherbee | Posted 12.05.2012 | DC
Read More: Tropicalia, St Vinvent, Of Montreal, The Hamilton, Os Mutantes, Kurt Cobain, Beck, Dc Around Town, David Byrne, DC News

WASHINGTON -- Os Mutantes was once a band record store nerds would to cite to sound cool. Their albums were out-of-print, hard to find and buzzed abou...

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Chatting With The Doors' John Densmore, Comedian Doug Stanhope and The Royal Potato Family's Marco Benevento

Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.23.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Kevin Calabro, Van Morrison, Jim Morrison, Mick Jagger, Bruce Botnick, The Ed Sullivan Show, Paul Simon, Dane Cook, Bob Dylan, The Royal Potato Family, The Jonathan Winters Show, John Densmore, Mike Dillon, The Beatles, Sarah Silverman, The Doors, Marco Benevento, The Smothers Brothers Show, John Coltrane, Matt Chamberlain, The Bad Plus, Critters Buggin, Dan Rather, Elvis Costello, The Hollywood Bowl, David Byrne, Skeric, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

"Originally, I had hoped we would last one decade and pay the rent, and I don't know, I'm going to be sixty-eight in a month and we're still lighting people's fire. I'm proud."

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Sunken Condos: A Conversation With Donald Fagen & Michael Leonhart

Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.15.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Michael McDonald, The Dukes of September, Jon Herrington, Steely Dan, Joe Martin, Donald Fagen, Michael Leonhart, Lincoln Schleifer, Will Galison, Rob Stevens, Miles Davis, Freddie Washington, Oliver Nelson, Jay Leonhart, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Gary Sieger, Larry Campbell, Walter Becker, Lady GaGa, Boz Scaggs, Phoebe Snow, Kurt Wosenwinkel, David Byrne, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

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Joe Biden and Paul Ryan: They Take It on Faith

Davis Schneiderman | Posted 12.12.2012 | Politics
Read More: Abortion, Martha Raddatz, Robert Bork, Ayn Rand, Possible Architect, Trevor Dodge, Mitt Romney, Grover Norquist, Philip K. Dick, Joe Biden, Paul Ryan, Catholicism, David Byrne, Vp Debate, Vice Presidential Debate, Debates, Politics News
Davis Schneiderman

Wouldn't it be nice if we had leaders who made choices based not upon a secret code of ideology or moral principle -- on a faith that provides their guidance system -- but upon the actual conditions of an issue as it expresses itself?

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TONIGHT: David Byrne Talks Music History

The Huffington Post | Brandon Wetherbee | Posted 10.01.2012 | DC
Read More: Dc Halloween, Howard Theatre, Black Cat, Nicole Bourgea, Comet Ping Pong, How Music Works, Story League, Donovan, Peaches, The Dig, Video, Pizzeria Paradiso, Dc Around Town, David Byrne, Blondie, DC News

TOP 5 FOR MONDAY, OCTOBER 1 1. David Byrne In Conversation At National Museum Of Natural History If you weren't able to get tickets for the Bryne ...

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Reimagining Alice, FIGMENT, David Byrne And St. Vincent: HuffPost DC Top 5 For September 28-30

The Huffington Post | Brandon Wetherbee | Posted 09.28.2012 | DC
Read More: All Roads Film Festival, Nick Vatterott, Figment, Dc Green Festival, Tnt, St Vincent, Ra Ra Rasputin, DC Pets, Video, Amadeus, As Was Written, Dc Around Town, Dance for the Dying, Crystal City Diamond Derby, Asia After Dark, David Byrne, Reimagining Alice, DC News

TOP 5 FOR FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 1. "Reimagining Alice" At GooDBuddY This art exhibit features Alice and friends reimagined in glass. The photos loo...

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David Byrne and St. Vincent: You've Never Seen a Show Like This

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 11.27.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Annie Clark, St. Vincent, David Byrne, Video, Entertainment News
Jesse Kornbluth

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The English Beat's Audio Exclusive, Plus Conversations With Cory Chisel and Introducing Little Ruckus' Dominic Rabalais

Mike Ragogna | Posted 09.01.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Surgery, Samuel L. Jackson, Cory Chisel, Brendan Benson, Spider-Man, Girl Talk, Little Ruckus, The Avett Brothers, Kevin Bacon, Joseph Mayfield, Dominic Rabalais, Adriel Harris, Rosanne Cash, Gross Domestic Department, Mumford's, Gregg Michael Gillis, David Byrne, Nate Logsdon, Joey Del Re, The Outsiders, The Howling Brothers, Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt, Trouble Lights, Sandwich-Eating Crew, Public Enemy, Bob Dylan, Tobey Maguire, Death Cab for Cutie, Peter Parker, Lane Weaver, Shovels and Rope, Lady GaGa, Poison Control Center, Phillip Rabalais, Bruce Springsteen, Video, Beefcake, Slaydrien, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

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Times Square Desert-Scape

Gabrielle Selz | Posted 06.18.2012 | Arts
Read More: Times Square, Play the Building, The Gates, Rockefeller Center, Starn Brothers, Anish Kapoor, Art, Public Space, Christo, Times Square Alliance, Death Valley, Video Art, Sky Mirror, David Byrne, The Canyon of Times Square, Buoy, New York City, Arts News
Gabrielle Selz

The place, ablaze with lights and crowds, just begs to be turned into an art arena. It's the exact opposite of a serene gallery or museum space. And it absolutely requires a display that reveals this dilemma. How to grab and hold a viewer's attention amid all that hustle?

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David Byrne & St. Vincent Announce New Album, ‘Love This Giant’ Out September 11

The Huffington Post | Hallie Sekoff | Posted 06.14.2012 | Home
Read More: David Byrne Love This Giant, Video, St Vincent Tour, David Byrne Tour, Love This Giant, Arts, St. Vincent, St Vincent Love This Giant, David Byrne St Vincent Love This Giant, David Byrne St Vincent Album, David Byrne St. Vincent, Music, Culture, David Byrne, Home News

David Byrne and St. Vincent (singer-songwriter Annie Clark) have formally announced their highly anticipated and long-awaited album together, Love Thi...

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Paul Simon's Graceland Turns 25 -- Part Two: The Cultural Impact

Michael Giltz | Posted 10.20.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Paul Simon, Jorge Ben, Peter Gabriel, Pop Music, World Music, Graceland, David Byrne, Video, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

Graceland took world music to another level, turning some acts on the album into international superstars, expanding everyone's appreciation for world music, and establishing sampling as another way of building on what's come before.

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Poetry Is Everywhere With 'Dial-A-Poem'

The Huffington Post | Priscilla Frank | Posted 05.22.2012 | Arts
Read More: Frank O'Hara, Video, John Giorno, John Cage, Structuralism, Dial-a-Phone, Poets, Museum of Modern Art, Moma, Allen Ginsberg, Poetry, Poem, Ecstatic Alphabet/ Heaps of Language, David Byrne, Arts News

A new installation at the Museum of Art in New York, titled, "Dial-a-Poem" brings ecstatic poetry to you online or over the phone at any time of the d...

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Bonnaroo Flashbacks: Crowd-Surfing with Crystal Castles, Phoenix + M.I.A., Florence, David Byrne, Erykah Badu, Neon Indian, MGMT (VIDEOS)

Michael Vazquez | Posted 07.17.2012 | Home
Read More: Mgmt, Painted Nipples, Nudity, Phoenix, Neon Indian, Erykah Badu, Bonnaroo 2012, M.I.A., Crystal Castles, Florence and the Machine, David Byrne, Bonnaroo Highlights, Bonnaroo Videos, Bonnaroo Clips, Video, Home News
Michael Vazquez

Exactly three weeks from my favorite festival, herewith, a scrapbook of old clips and thoughts from Bonnaroos past.

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James Murphy Wants To Make Turnstiles A Musical Experience

Posted 04.10.2012 | New York
Read More: Wnyc, New York Subway, Yale University, Nyc-Subway-Turned-to-Music, Mta, LCD Soundsystem, David Byrne, James Murphy, James-Murphy-Lcd-Soundsystem, New York News

Love New York, but beeping subway turnstiles bringing you down? James Murphy, formerly of LCD Soundsystem, would like to change that. Murphy recent...

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(Almost) Samba-free Albums From Brazil

Marty Lipp | Posted 05.27.2012 | Arts
Read More: World Music, Talking Heads, Caetano Veloso, Brazilian Music, Brazil, David Byrne, Caetano Veloso Music, David Byrne Caetano Veloso, Video, Arts News
Marty Lipp

On O Que Voce Quer Saber de Verdade, Monte shows that she is a master of surrounding her gorgeous voice with gorgeous music.

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Dog Ears Music: For Love Is Agony Playlist

The Everlasting Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 04.11.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Jimmy Durante, Squeeze, Ryan Adams & the Cardinals, Of Montreal, Arthur Conley, A Girl Called Eddy, Bobby Womack, Danielle Evin, Wild Nothing, Music, Sia, Yogi, Michael Penn, mp3s, Gin Wigmore, The Notations, Phil Ramone, Nina Simone, André Previn & London Symphony Orchestra, Soul Children, Yellow Ostrich, Sparks, Dog Ears, David Byrne, Fiest, Best New Music, Entertainment News
The Everlasting Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

This week we review albums by Ryan Adams & The Cardinals, Sia, Of Montreal, Bobby Womack, Wild Nothing, Jimmy Durante and other artists.

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