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An Interview with David Byrne

[MUSICIAN]
“THE ACT OF SINGING [LIVE] RECREATES THE EMOTIONS THAT WENT INTO THE SONGS IN THE FIRST PLACE—LIKE ADDING WATER TO FREEZE-DRIED FOOD.”
Phenomena David Byrne can’t completely explain:
How British pre-teens know his club tracks better than most Americans
Movies shown in museums where you’re not allowed to sit
How presentation affects perception
header-image

An Interview with David Byrne

[MUSICIAN]
“THE ACT OF SINGING [LIVE] RECREATES THE EMOTIONS THAT WENT INTO THE SONGS IN THE FIRST PLACE—LIKE ADDING WATER TO FREEZE-DRIED FOOD.”
Phenomena David Byrne can’t completely explain:
How British pre-teens know his club tracks better than most Americans
Movies shown in museums where you’re not allowed to sit
How presentation affects perception

An Interview with David Byrne

Dave Eggers
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There doesn’t seem to be much need for a standard introduction here. This is David Byrne. And he has a very excellent new album, Grown Backwards, easily his most stylistically varied, probably his most delicately beautiful.

—Dave Eggers

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