The pressed white shirt, the pit bull, the presidency Nov 4, 2008
From Tuesday's Globe and Mail. November 4, 2008 at 12:04 AM EST. (Globe and Mail)
How business is saving a buck Nov 4, 2008
The video shoot involved filming six Greater Baltimore executives in a single day, rather than driving to various locations to shoot the talking heads. But this meant coordinating schedules with some busy people, such as Freeman Hrabowski, president of the , Baltimore County, and Gary Geisel, CEO of. (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
Talking Heads frontman still burning down the house Nov 2, 2008
The onetime Talking Heads frontman is touring behind a new album, "Everything That Happens Will Happen Today," that represents his first collaboration with old friend and Heads' producer (and ex-Roxy Music member) Brian Eno in nearly 30 years. Byrne apparently unsuccessfully tried to persuade Eno to hit the road with him, but no matter. (Boston Globe)
Stupid people doing stupid things Nov 2, 2008
There is no supporting information offered by any of the pundits, internet talking heads, bloggers, etc. - only supposition from people who have already proven that they are willing to hurl Occam s Razor as far away from them as possible. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Review: David Byrne at Metropolis Nov 1, 2008
He delivered familiar, engaging yelps on the funky, African-influenced Help Me Somebody, a song from his and Eno's 1981 album My Life in the Bush of Ghosts - a delivery style that returned later when he performed the Talking Heads classic Once In a Lifetime ... From the soft-sung ironies of the new song Home ("with the neighbours fighting... always so exciting) to the social malaise of the Talking Heads songs Crosseyed and Painless (which included knock-knee'd dance moves and a fiery guitar solo... (The Gazette (Montreal))
Byrne and Eno explore the sunny side Oct 31, 2008
Ambient pioneer Brian Eno and former Talking Heads singer David Byrne finally have a follow-up to their groundbreaking 1981 LP, "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts." Don't expect more of the same. "Everything That Happens Will Happen Today" doesn't even try to reprise the duo's seminal mash of ethnographic samples and sermons embedded in the "Bush of Ghosts" groove collage. (Boston Globe)
No 'Ghosts' for Byrne and Eno Oct 31, 2008
Byrne, former lead singer of Talking Heads, and Eno, acclaimed member of Roxy Music, solo artist, and producer of a coterie of acts including U2, first joined forces for "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts" in 1981 ... The finished product comes as a slight shock to Byrne, who brings its music - plus that of other Byrne/Eno collaborations, including material from the three Talking Heads albums Eno produced - to the Citi Wang Theatre tonight. (Boston Globe)
Byrne burns down the house Oct 31, 2008
or Billy Joel's Movin' Out probably wouldn't include David Byrne and Brian Eno, creators of brainy conceptual pop with the Talking Heads in the late 1970s and, separately and together, to this day ... In his solo career since the last Talking Heads album in 1988, Byrne has preferred to keep the focus on new sounds and thoughts, traversing genres from samba to opera. (Globe and Mail)
On the Net: The pros strike back with Strike.TV Oct 31, 2008
com, the network offers about 22,000 music videos and video clips for streaming, from the Talking Heads' "Once in a Lifetime" to Britney Spears' "Womanizer." It's as though the network often derided for giving up broadcasting music videos for reality television, has been shamed into unloading its vaults online. EDITOR'S NOTE _ What's your favorite Web site. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Put this Series out of its misery Oct 31, 2008
Sometimes talking heads in sports run out of legitimate items to discuss and venture where they shouldn t go. Neutral sites for a world series. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Russia's Sweetheart Oct 29, 2008
There s no mention of Prince, Carly Simon, James Taylor, Bonnie Raitt, Little Feat, The Grateful Dead, Doobie Brothers, Joni Mitchell, Talking Heads, The Pretenders, Sex Pistols or Neil Young. The package, which will also be available as 10 CD set, doesn t include Atlantic Records famed catalog. (Fox News)
Campaign shows we can't agree to disagree Oct 29, 2008
The fact is, I'm downright disgusted with politics, politicians and the talking heads (can someone please get Rush, for example, off the airwaves. that talk about them. (Forest City Summit, IO)
Christies to auction punk rock memorabilia Oct 29, 2008
APA1977 poster advertising the Ramones, Talking Heads and The Saintsinconcert will be offered at auction by Christie's. Other prime finds: a copy of the Sex Pistols first press release and a 1966 promotional packet in which an up-and-comer called David Jones promulgated his new last name: Bowie. (MSNBC -- News)
Robert Wilson - Faust and The Black... Oct 28, 2008
He s also known for his collaborations with musicians Philip Glass, Einstein on the Beach, and Talking Heads frontman David Bryne, The CIVIL WarS.. It takes one Renaissance Man to know one. (Suite101.com)
Byrne and Eno finally reunite Oct 27, 2008
From the moment they started working together, on the 1978 Talking Heads album More Songs About Buildings and Food, David Byrne and Brian Eno seemed a perfect pairing ... "He worked on three Talking Heads records, so we pull material from those. That's a lot to draw on. "There's a big hole in the middle, of course: the records I've put out in the last decade. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
DVD Report: This week's new releases (Oct. 26) Oct 26, 2008
More representative is Hillary Rodham Clinton saying Leibovitz "has been a major chronicler of our country, what we care about, what we think about." Presumably, she was interviewed because Leibovitz has photographed her, though Clinton has nothing insightful to say about the experience (unlike Keith Richards and Arnold Schwarzenegger, who are among many, many famous talking heads in the documentary). In addition to hearing from sitters and colleagues, the documentary shows Leibovitz shooting... (Boston Globe)
Making mix discs for your creeptastic party? Pick from our Halloween 50 Oct 26, 2008
Psycho Killer, Talking Heads Qu est-ce que c est ... (From Talking Heads 77, 1977). (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
A Timely Triple Feat Oct 25, 2008
The talking heads in "Secrecy" say such questions are a matter of life and death. An example: In 1998, American intelligence was monitoring Osama bin Laden's cell phone calls - until select U.S. media reported the development, after which bin Laden changed his communication patterns. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
He liked to go negative Oct 24, 2008
Yet on the evidence of the archival footage we see scattered among many talking heads (some friendly, most not), Atwater's unblinking nerviness made him genuinely compelling: a Huck Finn raised by Snopeses and schooled by Willie Stark. Even if Atwater hadn't had such a bad haircut (and he sure did), he would have stood right out in the blow-dried world of Washington politics. (Boston Globe)
Editor's Mailbag (Oct. 21) Oct 24, 2008
Don t let the pundits and the talking heads make the decision for you. Take charge and vote. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Video Game Review : Rock Band 2 Oct 23, 2008
Notable appearances in Rock Band 2 include Billy Idol, the Grateful Dead, The Who, AC/DC, Bon Jovi, Ratt, Rage Against the Machine, Megadeth, Talking Heads, Bob Dylan, and Modest Mouse although almost all of the songs are extremely catchy chosen from talented and iconic bands. A new feature in Rock Band 2 has been added allowing the addition of all of the first game's tracks into Rock Band 2 for the price of five dollars an extremely good bargain given that the average 3-pack of songs from the... (Suite101.com)
Obama reverses slide Oct 21, 2008
Same this morning with the NBC talking heads. I m sure they have access to the same polls cited here. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Young @ Heart Oct 18, 2008
That's partly because they're so good but also because they look so startling in performance - 25 white-haired rock stars belting out a version of Bob Dylan's Forever Young or Road To Nowhere, by the Talking Heads. Young @ Heart is about a seven-week intensive rehearsal period before a major concert in their home town in mid-2006. (Sydney Morning Herald)
NYPRESS MUSIC SURVEY Oct 17, 2008
Local Band You Wish Would Reunite - Talking Heads ... Local Band You Wish Would Reunite - Talking Heads 6 ... Local Band You Wish Would Reunite - umm, Talking Heads. (New York Press)
Frost/Nixon, Gala opening, London Film Festival Oct 16, 2008
The problem the filmmakers face is that this is a talking heads drama. We may admire the performances and Peter Morgan's writing, but the nagging suspicion remains that we are caught in some no man's land between drama and documentary. (Independent)
Murderous thrills and comic spills Oct 16, 2008
Broaden the acoustic of meaning on "Should I Stay or Should I Go?" or Talking Heads' "Road to Nowhere" and it becomes a life lyric not a love lyric, a heart-stilling anthem to the moment when the heart is stilled for ever in those we love. Is it Ageing Rockers Week. (Financial Times)
That debate was really something Oct 16, 2008
If I remember correctly, the talking heads had Bush losing all his debates to Gore and Kerry look how those elections turned out. The point is that these things are a mere formality and don t really change peoples opinion at this point in the game. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Sound Bytes: Techno-Debate Is Just Sosolimited Oct 15, 2008
(At one point, 6 was attached to "senator" and 4 to "values.") They pixelated the faces of the candidates and deepened their voices, turning them into witness-protection talking heads, a la "." A running transcript ran next to their smudgy heads, with occasional words blacked out, as though redacted. In another segment -- there are nine altogether -- Sosolimited tallied the number of times each candidate referred to himself, his opponent and to the voters. (Washington Post -- Technology)
Perfect world would bypass both Obama and McCain Oct 15, 2008
Stay away from the newspapers and the TV talking heads. And vote for the candidate you feel will best do the job. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
'Frontline' examines the candidates, without the rhetoric Oct 14, 2008
Much of the material here has been reported before, of course (and many of the talking heads are veteran political reporters). The contribution of "Frontline" is to step back from the fray, putting the past into a sober context that feels historical, almost archival. (Boston Globe)
Jonathan Demme gets back to his basics with 'Rachel Getting Married' Oct 12, 2008
Concert film rather than fiction, "Stop Making Sense" nevertheless has a rich, benign interest in human connection and expression that owes as much to Demme as to David Byrne and Talking Heads. Building and cresting as the band slowly coalesces onstage, the movie's rhythms give the whimsy backbone; the whimsy gives the music depth. (Boston Globe)
Talking heads Oct 12, 2008
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Photo Gallery Oct 11, 2008
Even after they powered past the Brewers in Game 4 and edged the Dodgers in the first game of the National League Championship Series, talking heads began to bobble about the Phillies' reliance on home runs. Pulitzer-prize and nine-Grammy winning trumpeter Wynton Marsalis. (The Trentonian, NJ)
Phils half way to the Fall Classic Oct 11, 2008
Even after they powered past the Brewers in Game 4 and edged the Dodgers in the first game of the National League Championship Series, talking heads began to bobble about the Phillies' reliance on home runs. Led by another surprisingly stunning offensive show by former light-hitting pitcher Brett Myers - and more of the under-the-radar consistency of Shane Victorino - the Phillies didn't need the longball to batter the Dodgers. (The Trentonian, NJ)
Barack Obama, The Invisible Man Oct 10, 2008
The fact that the talking heads and the voters alike are unable to see him plain is an optic effect that Obama anticipates in his first book. It is no accident that the literary model for Obama's narrative of self is Ellison's Invisible Man, just as it is no accident that liberals and conservatives alike seem to be talking about five or six wildly different people when they talk about Obama, none of whom bears all that much resemblance to the narrator of Dreams. (CBS News)
'I made Madonna' Oct 10, 2008
As the man who signed Madonna, The Ramones and Talking Heads, he is one of the most influential record executives and talent spotters of the last 40 years ... " Seymour signed them and Linda became their co-manager. "They were the closest I ever got to a band because they were in my house night and day and they knew my every movement," he says. New wave It was at a Ramones gig that Stein chanced upon another great New York band, Talking Heads. It took 11-and-a-half months to win them over, but... (BBC News -- Americas)
Put down your pony glasses! Oct 10, 2008
Mostly they are pleasantly bland talking heads delivering information as routinely as the weather and sport used to be done. This week some of these talking heads looked scared ... Well, that's what the talking heads said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Along came the Pink Spiders Oct 10, 2008
Co-produced by Cars main man Ric Ocasek and Jerry Harrison from Talking Heads, the album featured an exuberant and sleek mix of party hearty power pop/rock. Single "Little Razorblade" received airplay on college and modern-rock stations such as KROQ in Los Angeles. (North County Times)
No new bands? Oct 10, 2008
It attracts some of the most influential talent spotters in the business, such as Seymour Stein, who signed Madonna, The Ramones and Talking Heads to his Sire label. Asked whether he was watching the acts on show, the 66-year-old industry legend said on Tuesday: "What the hell do you think I'm doing? I was out seeing bands last night, and the night before, and tonight. "This has done so much for the north of England and Manchester in particular. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
All Together Now Oct 10, 2008
Director Adrian Wills offers quick glimpses of the troupe sweatily rehearsing some of the numbers, a little Lady Madonna here, a bit of I Am the Walrus there, then cuts back to the talking heads. A few performers are highlighted to confess that they're thrilled to be involved, blah, blah. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Small-town values aren't qualification for holding office Oct 7, 2008
" DoesAnyoneCare wrote on Oct 6, 2008 11:43 AM:" " Whats it going to take for you people to see that John Mccain and Palin are saying nothing new.....Please, all we hear from Obama/Biden is we don't need four more years of Bush and McCain has voted 90% of the time with Bush. We hear that from Biden, we hear that from Obama, we hear that from the talking heads of the democratic party. Listen with independent ears, listen to Bidens debate babble, all he did was compare Bush and McCain. Obama has... (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
10 comments Oct 6, 2008
He claimed he wasn't engaged in mockery, that in his faith-mocking film, "we don't judge. We don't point fingers. We're not making anybody feel bad." Maher's film ends with pictures of exploding nuclear bombs and a chorus of the Talking Heads song "Road to Nowhere." But Maher's not trying to make anyone feel bad about his religion. CBS touted him as bringing "the gospel of doubt." Maher announced, "I don't like the word atheist because to me it mirrors the certainty of religion. I preach the... (Human Events Online)
It's the economy making television look stupid Oct 5, 2008
Between the technical jargon, stock tickers and crawls, and as many talking heads as could be crammed into one screen (the top count appeared to be eight), a fairly straightforward credit crisis came across as something that requires an MBA to understand, and a jug of Pepto-Bismol to survive. Monday's precipitous Dow Jones drop brought doomsday talk. (Boston Globe)
SARAH SHOW: 69,989,000 WATCH... Oct 4, 2008
Final: 69,989,000 viewers -- Palin-Biden the most-watched vp debate ever--The Live Feed. Final: 69,989,000 viewers -- Palin-Biden the most-watched vp debate ever. (The Drudge Report)
'Rachel Getting Married,' starring Anne Hathaway Oct 3, 2008
Because of Demme's long-standing interest in music (he's done documentaries with Neil Young, Talking Heads and others), all kinds of musical performances -- most memorably an a capella version of Young's "Unknown Legend" by the groom (Tunde Adebimpe of the group TV on the Radio) -- run through this film like a river, suffusing it with joy at the moments it needs it most. Everything starts with the script by Jenny Lumet, daughter of director Sidney Lumet. (Los Angeles Times)
Should people aspire to virginity until they are married? Oct 3, 2008
then, you have the cable stations that are far more interested in putting up 4 talking heads and letting them fight it out rather than 1 or 2 experts who are going to use bar charts and timelines to explain what s going on fights = ratings, bar charts = ratings for another station (probably the one with the fighting talking heads). By USinUK. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
LETTERS: NCT, Oct. 2, 2008 Oct 3, 2008
With the VP debate coming up, the right wing talking heads have finally turned their attention to Joe Biden and, what do you know. scouring his long career of public service, they FOUND some things they can use against him. (North County Times)
Discuss » Oct 3, 2008
The talking heads are falling all over themselves talking about the fact that Sarah Palin didnt have a seizure on stage or something. But lets be clear about this: I watched the focus group meters and watched the debate and Joe Biden won it hands down and won it big. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
'Watchmen' Sneak Peek: A Shot-By-Shot Look At Jaw-Dropping New Footage Oct 3, 2008
He's in his apartment making a cup of tea, watching a "McLaughlin Group"-esque group of talking heads (including Eleanor Clift and Pat Buchanan. discuss the rising Russian aggression. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Rock Band 2 vs. Guitar Hero World Tour Sep 23, 2008
Squeeze, Talking Heads, The Replacements, Elvis Costello, Bikini Kill and Testament. Call me a snob, but those are some brave choices that run the risk of -- gasp -- introducing some people to music they might not have heard before. (IGN PS2)
'Rock Band 2' as great as the original Sep 23, 2008
But I never stopped liking the Talking Heads, and when I saw "Psycho Killer" on the leaked tracklist for "Rock Band 2," something primal and ancient welled up in my chest, like a volcano. Volcanos, incidentally, do not care about their bank accounts, and a few phone calls later I was the proud owner of the game and the new wireless guitar. (The Daily Campus, CT)
O'Brien's beat blog Sep 20, 2008
As did the cover of the Talking Heads Psycho Killer that the band does so well. They did just about everything off Isbell s great solo record 2007, Sirens of the Ditch. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
9/24: Vampire Weekend Sep 19, 2008
And so it's come to pass that Vampire Weekend has had to contend with a constant barrage of rock journalists falling back on two comparisons that appeared in that star-making posting in an effort to sum up the African side of their sound - Paul Simon's Graceland and Talking Heads ... Someone who'd actually listened to Vampire Weekend's self-titled debut would hear plenty of things going on that owe nothing to Graceland, Talking Heads or even the African records members of the band would point to... (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
David Byrne and Brian Eno together again Sep 19, 2008
Eno produced three albums for Byrne's Talking Heads between 1978-1980 ... Opening with "Home," an acoustic guitar ballad with a simple rhythm and some electronic sampling quickly breaks the album from being completely comparable to their other works; but still reminiscent of "This Must be the Place (Na've Melody)" from the Talking Heads' Speaking in Tongues (Sire, 1983), an album Eno was not part of. (The Suffolk Journal, MA)
Obama Invokes Rush Limbaugh in New Spanish-Language Ad... Sep 18, 2008
It was Right-wing radio and T.V. talking heads telling YOU ALL that Obama's people think he was a Messiah. Or have you forgotten your own smear campaign commercials. (The Drudge Report)
Microsoft's Zune makes strides to catch Apple's iPod Sep 18, 2008
A Peter Gabriel square was surrounded by albums by Phil Collins and Talking Heads and squares for The Beatles (they influenced Gabriel) and Jon Hassell (Gabriel influenced him). Microsoft has a way to go to catch Apple. (USA Today -- Tech)
Lipstick on a Puck Sep 18, 2008
" brought Hillary to tears out of sheer gratitude that someone out there had noticed.For a few searing days in New Hampshire, we watched her stare into the abyss. Any other candidate forced to read her own obituary so often would have come to believe it. But as she went on to demonstrate throughout this campaign, Hillary had faith that there is life after political death, and the wherewithal to prove it.In New Hampshire, she discarded the frontrunner mantle and found her voice. For a race... (Slate)
$85,000,000,000 to AIG Sep 17, 2008
The right-wing talking heads had a field day denouncing plumbers and painters, teachers and personal trainers threatened with foreclosure: Theyre idiots. Theyre losers. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Bradley's Buzz: Do Dawgs have fleas? Sep 16, 2008
My issue is the perception and I submit it s fueled more by the talking heads on ESPN than any written word that a ranked team has to Win Big or it hasn t really won at all ... Remember all of the talking heads say South Carolina s defense is one of the best in the nation ... And frankly, it all boils down to UGA wins out and all the talking heads are going to have to shut up and put them in the NC game. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Louisa May Alcott gets a biopic Sep 14, 2008
The movie intersperses talking heads commentary by current historians with actress Elizabeth Marvel, as Alcott, speaking directly to the camera and Jane Alexander, also in full 19th-century dress as Alcott's biographer Ednah Cheney, giving her insight. Alcott and Cheney's words are drawn from their own writing and other firsthand accounts. (Boston Globe)
8 great new wave classics Sep 14, 2008
Talking Heads, More Songs About Buildings and Food ... But it worked for Talking Heads, whose Take Me to the River would quickly become the definitive version. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
McClellan Saw Storm in White House Katrina Strategy Sep 12, 2008
I can understand, also, how people who live in an information age of 24 hours news programs and talking heads can think they are well informed about issues. However, if you read most of these posts these arent about issues, or facts, they are about feelings. (Yahoo News -- Tropical Storms and Hurricanes)
Rasmussen: By 10-to-1 Public Says Reporters 'Trying to Hurt Palin' Sep 10, 2008
The CNN talking heads had a measured response to the video in comparison to their competitor at MSNBC Keith Olbermann, who took offense to how his network decided to show the Republicans' video. (See item #3 above). (MediaResearch.org)
Favre's move does favor for CBS Sep 8, 2008
In the pregame chatter, NFL talking heads were all over the map. Esiason said he was "more skeptical than ever" that Favre would succeed. (USA Today -- Sports)
VMAs: The Top 10 Things You Didn't See On TV Sep 8, 2008
T-Pain played the game with the most gusto, taking turns on both the drum kit as well as the guitar on the Talking Heads' "Psycho Killer.". 4. (Billboard.com)
