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Talking Heads, CBGB. 1977.

Photograph: David Godlis

Back in the Punk Days,

When CBGB Was the Place to Be

NYT

Jun. 4, 2016

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/06/04/
what-it-was-like-in-the-punk-days-when-cbgb-was-the-place-to-be/

This page is for my beloved Lou

By March 1976,

Byrne — left, with Frantz and Weymouth —

had quit his day job at an advertising agency

to pursue music full time.

“I don’t like to think of myself

as an artist playing at having a band,”

he told The Times.

“It’s gotten to the point

where I think of myself as a performer

— almost an entertainer.

We take it very seriously, but it is entertainment.”

Photograph: Paul Hosefros

The New York Times

First Inklings of Fame

The class of 2020 has no idea what the future holds

— and neither do we.

Here’s a look back

at some icons starting on their paths to renown.

NYT

May 22, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/22/
us/first-photos-celebrities-graduation.html

David Byrne

Photograph: William Coupon

Punk Portraits of New York

NYT

By John Leland

Nov. 19, 2015

https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/11/19/
punk-portraits-of-new-york

https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/

Take Me To The River    Talking Heads

Take Me To The River - Talking Heads

Live Video "Take me to the river"

aus dem Film "Stop Making Sense" (TV-Mitschnitt)

YouTube > droehntanne        15 November 2008

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anjT71N4PGM

Talking Heads

Years active 1975–1991

https://www.nytimes.com/topic/organization/
the-talking-heads 

https://www.npr.org/artists/15321830/
talking-heads

https://www.theguardian.com/music/
david-byrne

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Talking_Heads

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Talking_Heads_discography

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/01/
1209679558/david-byrne-talking-heads-stop-making-sense

https://www.npr.org/2023/09/22/
1200623785/talking-heads-stop-making-sense-interview

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/sep/22/
stop-making-sense-review-demmes-talking-heads-
doc-still-burning-down-the-house

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/feb/04/
talking-heads-tina-weymouth-and-chris-frantz-look-back-
when-i-first-asked-her-to-join-my-band-she-refused

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/22/
us/first-photos-celebrities-graduation.html

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/06/24/
482486305/bernie-worrell-wizard-of-woo-dies-at-72

https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/11/19/

punk-portraits-of-new-york/

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/03/
books/review/jonathan-lethem-on-talking-heads-fear-of-music.html

http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2012/04/
30/151721016/jonathan-lethem-on-the-song-that-puts-the-fear-into-fear-of-music

http://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2011/12/13/
143581537/first-watch-talking-heads-chronology

http://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2010/07/23/
128721154/the-summer-of-music-documentaries-stop-making-sense

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1505240 - November 18, 2003

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/15/
arts/pop-review-same-as-he-ever-was-but-more-appreciated.html

http://www.npr.org/2000/03/27/
1072131/once-in-a-lifetime

http://www.nytimes.com/1986/09/28/
arts/talking-heads-album-stirs-feet-not-brain.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1985/07/14/
arts/the-talking-heads-produce-an-unabashed-pop-album.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/19
movies/movies-talking-heads-in-stop-making-sense.html

http://www.nytimes.com/1983/08/21/
arts/rock-and-roll-talking-heads-in-forest-hills.html

David Byrne

2000s - 2020s

https://www.theguardian.com/music/
david-byrne

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/12/10/
magazine/david-byrne-interview.html

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/01/
1209679558/david-byrne-talking-heads-stop-making-sense

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/dec/19/
american-utopia-review-spike-lee-david-byrne

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/dec/13/
david-byrne-spike-lee-and-i-have-a-lot-in-common

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/oct/14/
david-byrne-lockdown-drawings-therapy-fears-come-out

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/11/
t-magazine/david-byrne-binder.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/20/
theater/american-utopia-review-david-byrne.html

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jun/23/
david-byrne-american-utopia-tour-hammersmith-apollo-review

https://www.npr.org/2018/03/01/
589142182/first-listen-david-byrne-american-utopia

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/26/
movies/jonathan-demme-dead-movie-director-oscar-winner.html

http://www.npr.org/2017/02/15/
515221503/dont-think-your-bias-can-boss-you-around-david-byrne-says-think-again

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/14/
arts/dance/david-byrnes-changing-of-the-color-guard.html

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/sep/26/
david-byrne-musical-here-lies-love-imelda-marcos

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/07/
new-york-1percent-stifles-creative-talent

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2012/sep/05/
david-byrne-st-vincent-album-stream

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/mar/15/
david-byrne-head-collaborator

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