“Stop making sense“ is about to be remastered and re-issued. In this trailer, David Byrne goes to the dry cleaner to pick up his big suit.
It’s David Byrne’s birthday, so a fitting time to celebrate the deliciously paradoxical “Listening Wind,” one of Talking Heads’ lesser known gems on Remain in Light. Of all the polyrhythms and African incantations on that record, “Wind” is the most hypnotic. “The wind in my heart, the wind in my heartThe dust in my hair, …
Having completed my initial assignment “to post 25 albums in 25 days that have had a major CREATIVE impact on me” (thanks, Chris Estey), and having enjoyed said project a GREAT deal, I’ve decided to post 25 MORE, for good measure. So, “50 albums in 50 days”, here I come. Upon completion next month, I …
[Ed. Note: What follows is a work in progress. Tom Kipp is in the process of compiling “1500 Completely Unforgettable Songs! (A Musical Cornucopia of Rock, Punk, Soul, Funk, Pop, Postpunk, Grunge, Sludge, Spoken Word, Country, Hardcore, Hip-Hop, Metal, Industrial, and Beyond).” Some of these songs will be familiar, others less so. All will be …
I love this. So very ticklish and sweet, it is also a lovely reboot of one of our generation’s (and we know how old we are) trickiest musico-cinematic psychonuggets. Consider yourself healed.
[Ed. Note: What follows is a work in progress. Tom Kipp is in the process of compiling “1500 Completely Unforgettable Songs! (A Musical Cornucopia of Rock, Punk, Soul, Funk, Pop, Postpunk, Grunge, Sludge, Spoken Word, Country, Hardcore, Hip-Hop, Metal, Industrial, and Beyond).” Some of these songs will be familiar, others less so. All will be …
[Ed. Note: What follows is a work in progress. Tom Kipp is in the process of compiling a list of 1200, or perhaps more, unforgettable songs. Some of these songs will be familiar, others less so. All will be worthy of your attention and Tom will expertly explain why. The presentation below, “What Was in …
. . . . . . . Talking Heads – And She Was – The best home videos are here . Talking Heads Girlfriend is Better by Celtiemama . . .
I have discovered a tersely excellent blog, Hands On, “Life and art in all their moving parts,” which is written by David Handelman, a journalistic veteran, an inked up old soldier, a printmag workhorse which rocks in it’s quality and rolls in industry access. Hands On is NOT about music, but Handelman did write for …