We are all #DavidByrne checking our iPhone to find out what music we’ve been listening to recently. #PopConference pic.twitter.com/Yq7xCt43tb
— MoPOP Seattle (@MoPOPSeattle) April 21, 2017
The annual music nerd conference thrown by Ann Powers and her husband Eric Weisbard, two menschy rock critics and historians (and also my friends) just kicked off with a chat with Talking Heads’ David Byrne, who discussed his disco musical, Here Lies Love, which Rich Smith wrote about a few weeks ago (playing at the Seattle Rep through the end of May).
I love that David Byrne went through his phone to tell us what #music he has been listening to recently #PopConference @MoPOPSeattle pic.twitter.com/QuhYn8Lxto
— Earle Dutton (@earledutton) April 21, 2017
shouting it out to david byrne for shouting out the new @lambchopisaband album at #PopConference.
— jesse jarnow (@bourgwick) April 21, 2017
The pointy-headed conference happens all weekend—the full schedule is here—and has a very pertinent theme this year: “Sign O’ the Times: Music and Politics.” (Nice nod to Prince, too.).
Speakers /moderators include (full disclosure, I’m friends with just about all of these people) Robert Christgau, Michaelangelo Matos, Maura Johnston, Sean Nelson, Greil Marcus, and many more.