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Wednesday, 17 June 2009 13:48 |
 After designing bycicle racks for the city of New York and taking his bike on the road for many tour, David Byrne now put his cycling adventures to paper in his new book "Bicycle Diaries". The book is described as a "panoramic window on urban life over the past 20 years—a big window positioned at bike level, that looks out on a dense man-made landscape."
Filled with postcard-like black-and-white photos, Bicycle Diaries is a first-person account of David Byrne's experiences biking through various cities around the world, from London to Istanbul to San Fransisco and, of course, New York.
The book is due out in August in the U.K. and September in the U.S.A. (both with different covers) and available for pre-order here (U.S.A.) and here (U.K.).
"Bicycle Diaries" will also be available as an audiobook on CD. |
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Tom Tom Club at Benicassem festival |
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Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:45 |
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Tom Tom Club has just been confirmed to play the Benicassem festival in Barcelona on July 17th. |
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David Byrne live EP for Amnesty |
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Tuesday, 12 May 2009 14:39 |
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A new David Byrne newsletter just came in:
"Some time ago Amnesty International asked if I might do "something" for that organization this year- (in previous years I had done one of my tour dates as a benefit for them). Amnesty has such an amazing and consistent track record of speaking out and helping to illuminate courageous people who might otherwise not be heard from so the answer was "yes."
It was decided to record some songs from my current tour for them to be sold as a download with the proceeds going to Amnesty. As there are no physical costs with digital distribution this means more of the sales percentage actually goes to where it's supposed to." People who previously bought the "Everything that Happens will Happen Today" deluxe edition have received this email with a personalized link to download the live EP for free. Others, or those who want to support the good cause anyway, can go to the website to purchase the tracks for only US$ 3.99. The bundle includes live versions of "Strange Overtones", "Help me Somebody", "One Fine Day" and "I Feel my Stuff". |
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Tom Tom Club Deluxe |
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Friday, 08 May 2009 19:56 |
 Just in time for the bands appearance at the Island50 festival in London, the long-awaited Deluxe edition of Tom Tom Club's debut album is due for release in the UK on May 18. Besides a bunch of bonus tracks and rare versions of songs, the set also includes the previously unreleased on CD second Tom Tom Club album "Close to the Bone" plus 12 inch versions. All tracks have been remastered.Pre-order directy from Amazon U.K. or as import from Amazon.com USA. Soon after the release of the Deluxe 2CD set, the bands first album will be re-released on 180 grams vinyl. Release date to be confirmed. Turntablist/Electro-punker Kid Ginseng made a brand new remix of "Wordy Rappinghood", which will be part of the downloadable version of the Deluxe edition. For those who prefer the remix in materialized form, Kid Ginseng included the remix on his soon to be released ep "Dirt Bass" (limited edition 12" vinyl only). Available for pre-order here. |
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Playing the Building in London |
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Thursday, 07 May 2009 19:49 |
 Playing the Building, David Byrne’s interactive sound installation, drew crowds to New York’s Battery Maritime Museum last year. This August sees the UK premiere of his vision of ‘Victorian steam-punk technology’ at the 160-year-old Roundhouse in Camden Town, London. The installation at the Roundhouse is open for visitors from August 8-31. Tickets are available here. |
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New CBGB's movie features all four Talking Heads |
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Sunday, 03 May 2009 15:11 |
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"Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB's" opened on the Tribeca film festival last week. The film tells the story of the legendary New York club CBGB's and the last days of the venue, which closed down after a legal battle some years ago. The film features new footage of many of the artists who started their carreers at CBGB's, including all four former members of Talking Heads. Here's the trailer, here's the IMDB entry and here's an article on the panel discussion that followed the premiere showing featuring director Mandy Stein, Chris Frantz and others. |
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