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David Byrne: Burning down the SUVs
The Swampby Mark Silva In Washington, there are talking heads, and then there are Talking Heads. And sometimes, both of them are talking about transportation. The Brookings Institution is playing host to several speakers this week, including a couple with...Tags: Ceremonies, Society
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Nikki Reed's 'Downers Grove' film on hold, LMFAO DJing at Enclave, 'Cake Boss' eats Lou Malnati's
The thriller “Downers Grove” – which revolves around a high school in Downers Grove, Ill. where one senior mysteriously dies at the end of each year -- was supposed to begin filming in Louisiana last spring. But here we are in November...Tags: Disc Jockeys, Celebrities, Mercy Home for Boys and Girls, Halloween, Entertainment
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Human Rights fest docs convey hard truths
Sometimes a number is shocking enough to stop you cold. In filmmaker Dawn Porter's documentary "Gideon's Army," which takes an in-depth look at the professional grind experienced by public defenders (playing at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Siskel Film...
Tags: Roger Ebert, 60 Minutes (tv program), Murder, The Act of Killing (movie), Civil Rights
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Former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne explores ideas about music and performance
David Byrne's lyrics, especially in his early days with Talking Heads, put even the most mundane human behavior underneath a magnifying glass to reveal all its wonder and strangeness. He was the "anthropologist from Mars," instantly staking out a place...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Asperger Syndrome, Brian Eno, Lower East Side, Anthropology
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Taking note of music books
If writing about music is like dancing about architecture, as Elvis Costello and others have sneered, then what does that make reading about music? Well, fun, for starters. Although Bowker Market Research reports that music books have steadily comprised...
Tags: Carlos Santana, Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, Nancy Wilson, Chicago Tribune
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Chicago filmmaker spent 8 years on new documentary 'Band of Sisters'
"You didn't really have (to) think much for yourself," a nun says of her early years, in the new documentary "Band of Sisters," which has its world premiere at the Siskel Film Center this week. "All that went unchanged for years and years and years...
Tags: Kickstarter, Social Issues, Roman Catholicism, Lobbying, Religion and Belief
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Album review: Caetano Veloso and David Byrne, 'Live at Carnegie Hall'
2.5 stars (out of 4)
During a week-long 2004 residency at Carnegie Hall in New York, Brazilian songwriter Caetano Veloso invited his friend David Byrne to join him one night. The two have a history that stretches back to the ‘80s, when Byrne’...Tags: Arts and Culture, Carnegie Hall, Entertainment, Music, Culture
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Top 5 Concerts of the Coming Week
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGTop 5 Concerts of the Coming Week: 1. ALABAMA SHAKES Alabama Shakes’ name is appropriate for how the bluesy roots rockers have taken over the music world: like a Southern earthquake. In less than a year, the band has gone...... -
Kids get an opening night act at Musikfest
Lehigh Valley ParentingMusikfest has returned Banana Island to the families. For the past few years the Bethlehem music festival switched the tunes to jazz, bluegrass and other “adult” styles of music after dark but this year the venue will remain all kids’... -
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LA Times MagazineTom Schnabel and Jordan Peimer riff on world music, audience pleasers...and what doesn't sell in L.A.... -
St. Vincent and David Byrne book Greek date, unveil single 'Who'
Pop & HissDavid Bryne and Annie Clark unveiled the first single from their upcoming collaboration, "Love This Giant." The song is called "Who" and it's heavy on the horns, but the real star of the tune may in fact be John Congleton. The two are coming to the... -
Paul Simon's 'Graceland' 25th anniversary box set is a trove of riches
Pop & HissPaul Simon's 'Graceland' album is being saluted with a 25th anniversary box set. The four-disc 'Graceland' set includes the documentary "Under African Skies" and other bonus features....
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