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Thursday, April 8th, 2010
For some, pushing a new album is nothing but a press junket but for David Byrne and Here Lies Love, it's a reflective process where he considers the Marcoses' human rights and financial abuses; their nefarious behavior; the human capability for evil and the future of the record industry.
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Sunday, January 31st, 2010
Former Talking Head David Byrne has long championed multiculturalism, in the form of World Music. Taking a look at a New York rabbi who objected to bike lanes in the neighbourhood, Byrne looks at how, in the modern world or cosmopolitan city, different cultures live side by side and asks ...
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Saturday, January 16th, 2010
Instead of funding multi-million-dollar operas and museum programmes, even if they feature long-dead masters, the state should fund music and art in schools. Funding future creativity is a real investment - there's a chance these kids will build, write, draw or play something that will fill theaters, clubs, stadiums, web ...
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