Tuesday, May 25, 2010 7:53AM - By Jeffrey Hyatt
David Byrne is suing Florida governor Charlie Christ for using a Talking Heads song in a campaign ad without permission, Billboard reports. Evil politicians!
The Talking Heads song in question is the always enjoyable, 1985 single “Road to Nowhere;” the tune was allegedly part of Crist’s senatorial campaign, used on a website and in YouTube ads.
Byrne is seeking one million dollars in damages.
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009 2:52PM - By Laura Aguirre
Former Talking Heads leader David Byrne called U2‘s World Tour “overkill,” in his online journal this morning. While celebrity journals can be overkill on their own, Byrne brought up some interesting points by mentioning that U2 is spending $40 million to build a stage while there are people starving in Africa. Interesting….
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009 4:00PM - By Morelli
This year’s Southbank Ether Festival in April will feature Squarepusher, Plaid, Mouse on Mars and Tim Exile performing alongside David Byrne, Peaches, John Hassell and Röyksopp. The UK festival will also have a series of “Ether Talks” from Brian Eno and Rob da Bank.
The festival, now in its ninth year, has teamed up with BFI Southbank for a series of Ether-related films, and aims to focus on artists pushing the limits of African music, visual arts installations, technology, and cross-arts experimentation. You can follow the festival’s updates via Twitter at www.twitter.com/etherfestival.
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009 8:00AM - By Morelli
Scottish-American musician David Byrne, known best for being a founding member of the Talking Heads, has summed up the future of the music industry: changes in the past decade have reduced the value of its services to artists. With new business models (he counts six total), free distribution and low recording costs, Byrne believes that “at some point [the music industry] became the business of selling CDs in plastic cases, and that business will soon be over.”
But that’s not the end of music in general, and it’s certainly not bad news for musicians. Before, renting studio time and touring was so expensive that labels had to lend the money for artists to record songs, but now, recording an album at on a laptop is entirely possible. Better yet, distribution costs nothing with the Internet, and some of the new business models for selling music are benefiting artists more than ever before.
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Wednesday, February 4, 2009 11:00AM - By Jon Hughes
I’m going to open up and share something with you – I’m a recovering addict. I used to attend concerts three to four times a week. When you give your body this much sensory over-load on a regular basis, you’re bound to become incoherently numb to pretty much anything music related that keeps you away from much needed sleep. Unless of course, it has the ability to make you feel something new and original that you’ve never felt before. With that in mind, when I received a text message that read “I was just at the most amazing show ever. Chills up and down my spine. You have to hear this.” I was left curious.
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Tuesday, February 3, 2009 7:22AM - By davidhall
Just a week ago, Bonnaroo’s website advertised that the 2009 lineup would be revealed Feb. 3. Well, those SOBs pulled fast one on us and announced the lineup yesterday!
Sorry folks, apparently rumors are just rumors – no Zeppelin this year. But they did snag Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band! And Phish (called that one) returning to the ‘Roo stage for two nights!
Overall, the 2009 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival team has produced one of the best lineups this side…er, that side… of the Mississippi, so make sure to clear June 11-14 on your summer calendar. No daily breakdown yet, but check out the complete lineup below:
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 5:00PM - By Emily
We’ve got a “First Listen” available for you of the track “Whachadoin” from the new N.A.S.A album The Spirit Of Apollo’s. While N.A.S.A is technically only Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon the new track features guest appearances by M.I.A, Santogold, Spank Rock, and Nick Ziner. Previous track guest on the album include Kanye West, Santogold, Lykke Li, Tom Waits, Karen O, David Byrne, RZA, Method Man, George Clinton, Chuck D, John Frusciante, and Ol’ Dirty Bastard.
The album is expected to drop in the UK on February 16th. Check out “Whachadoin” after the break:
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