@6, isn't it illegal to ride without a helmet in Seattle?
@9, I'm with you on the boringness of most of his own music, but the music by others he has collected, particularly from Brazil, is a spectacular service to mankind.
4: True. I interviewed him years ago in Minneapolis once and he showed up on his bike, telling us he likes to ride around the city before a show. I guess it beats crystal meth.
I read an interview with him a while back where he said that he always bring a folding bicycle with him on tour - and I think he said he brought them for the crew and band too.
His recent work is not his best, and some of his fine art is a tad esoteric (and I say this as someone who saw him perform the Knee Plays in MN in the mid 80s), but it's hard to think of more influential band of the last thirty years than the Talking Heads- the Clash, maybe, or those crazy kids from Aberdeen. The Heads were the shit in the day.
I am extremely sad that I wasn't even in the US when my beloved loon was on the Hill. Gillian, I am so jealous!!!! I saw Malcolm Gladwell on E Pike a few weeks ago but this is MUCH bigger. Shit shit shit.
Even drunk, which is better than driving drunk but still stupid.
@9, I'm with you on the boringness of most of his own music, but the music by others he has collected, particularly from Brazil, is a spectacular service to mankind.
That new collabo with Eno ain't half bad. It's the best thing either of them has done in years.
bike byrne, bike!
Maybe he won't. My God, what have I done?
The dude is riding a bike down Pine St. Big frigging deal.