Summary
The ex-Talking Heads frontman-who, after a couple decades of fantastically strange projects (deadpan PowerPoint presentations, aMcSweeney*s-approved faux Bible treatise entitled The New Sins, that musical about Imelda Marcos, etc.), finally feels like he's shed the Rock-Star-Makes-Art tag and can stand on his own as a conceptual artiste-first mounted Playing the Building at an old factory in Sweden a couple years back. Perhaps the simplest statement being made here is that You, Too, Can Be a Musician, a salient point when the monolithic music industry that helped boost Talking Heads to prominence is in free-fall, but a young, unknown musician has more weapons and potential outlets than ever.
See the full content of this document
Extract
More Songs Played by Buildings
'So, what do you want to know?" asks David Byrne, beaming beneath a straw fedora, as erudite and affable as ever, even with a couple busted ribs. "Whaf s not apparent?" He's gesturingto an ornate antique organ, the only adornment to this cavernous 9,000-square-fbot hall in the Battery Maritime Building in Lower Manhattan. ...
See the full content of this document
Sponsored links
