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Tom Tom Club tourdates
Posted Monday, 7 April, 2008 by francey
The following tourdates for Tom Tom Club have been confirmed:

June 17th Fairfield Theater Company Stage One, Fairfield,CT (USA)
June 20th Meltdown Festival, South Bank Centre, London, UK....with Gang Of Four (UK)
June 26th McCarren Park Pool, Brooklyn, NY.....with Devo (USA)
June 27th Bank Of America Pavillion, Boston, MA.....with Devo (USA)

The Last Emperor on Criterion DVD
Posted Thursday, 20 March, 2008 by francey
Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor won nine Academy Awards, unexpectedly sweeping every category in which it was nominated. One of the Oscar's went to Ryuichi Sakamoto, Cong Su and David Byrne for their work on the soundtrack of the film.

A brand new 4-disk DVD edition of "The Last Emperor" has been released on Criterion, and includes, among many many other bonus featerers, a new interview with David Byrne.

The Criterion edition of "The Last Emperor" is available here

Dark Side of Disco vol. 3
Posted Wednesday, 19 March, 2008 by francey
The third part in the "Dark Side of Disco" series contains tracks by both Tom Tom Club and David Byrne. DSOD combined obscure 80s underground music with hard to find original 12" versions, reprinted on (bootleg) vinyl only. The first part, released two years ago, featured Talking Heads' "Once in a Lifetime". The recently released part 3 features the original "Dance Mix" of David Byrne's "Big Business" and Tom Tom Club's "Lorelei (Instrumental Long version)".

Funky Nassau
Posted Saturday, 16 February, 2008 by francey
K7 / Strut records will release the compilation CD "Funky Nassau: The Compass Point Story 1980 - 1986" on February 18. The CD contains the definitive story of the golden era at Chris Blackwell's Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas and compes with extensive sleeve notes and artists interviews. The album includes tracks by Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Ian Dury, Grace Jones, Sly Dunbar, Will Powers and many others.

CD available here.

Minisite with some previous and videos, as well as a familiair face if you don't skip the intro sequence ;-)

Big Business - Slow to Speak remix
Posted Saturday, 19 January, 2008 by francey
After remixes for Thom Yorke, U2 and Bjork, 'Slow to Speak' did a funky remix of David Byrne's "Big Business" which has been released on 12" vinyl by TRS. Pressed in a strictly limited edition, the new remix stays true to the original, adding some breaks and extends the 1981 remix version.

David Byrne on Visionairy.53
Posted Wednesday, 9 January, 2008 by francey
David Byrne contributed an original sound piece to issue 53 of multi-platform art project Visionaire. "Visionaire 53 Sound" features more than one hundred sound pieces by leading artsts, musicians and personalities on 5 picture disk albums. The vinyls are packaged inside a dome case and and comes with a mini CLubman "Vinyl Killer" record player. Contributors include, besides Byrne, Michael Stipe, u2, Cat Power, Pet Shop Boys, Sunn O)), Jim White, The Knife, Milla Jovovich, David Sylvian and many many more.

"Visionaire 53 Sound" is produced in a limited edition of 4,000 copies and available for US$ 250 + shipping from the Visionaire site.

David Byrne's Survival Strategies for Emerging Artists — and Megastars
Posted Sunday, 23 December, 2007 by francey
Wired has an interesting article on nowadays music industry writen by David Byrne. New music included!

Beginning of the Heartbreak on FabricLive .36
Posted Saturday, 3 November, 2007 by francey
Back in 1980, Arto Lindsay, Peter Gordon, Ernie Brooks and David van Tieghem released an album and a 12" single as The Love of Life Orchestra. Both tracks on the 12" single, "Beginning of the Heartbeat" and "Don't Don't", feature David Byrne on guitar and have never been released on CD before.

James Murphy, aka "the fat guy in a T-shirt" behind LCD soundsystem, used both tracks on his compilation/mix CD in the FabricLive series which has just been released.
Audio sample + Available here

Tom Tom Club christmas single
Posted Wednesday, 3 October, 2007 by francey
Tom Tom Club's "Mistletunes", a limited edition 7" vinyl and CDsingle with Christmas songs, is due for release mid November of this year. Both formats (with slightly different covers!) seem to make perfect holiday gifts. Both CD and vinyl, as well as combo-packages, are available for pre-order at the bands website now!

Tracklisting:

7" vinyl : Il Est Ne' / Christmas in the Club

CDsingle : Il Est Ne' / Christmas in the Club / Christmas in the Club (extended version) / Christmas in the Club (instrumental version)

sample in mp3 format

Jerry Harrison on tour with Gary Lucas
Posted Wednesday, 3 October, 2007 by francey
Jerry is currently on tour with Gary Lucas as Gary Lucas and the Gods and Monsters. Besides Jerry on keyboards and as vocalist, the band also features ex-Modern lover Ernie Brooks on bass and vocals, Billy Ficca (Television) on drums, Jason Candler (Hungry March Band) alto sax, and Joe Hendel on trombone.

Here's a YouTube video of the band live. For tourdates and more info, check out Gary Lucas' site.

Details "Knee Plays"
Posted Sunday, 23 September, 2007 by francey
The long awaited CD+DVD release of David Byrne's "Knee Plays" is scheduled for release on October 30. Besides the original 12 tracks, the CD contain 8 previously unreleased -instrumental- outtakes and demos. Also included is a DVD of the music set to a slideshow of 400 black and white photographs of the opera's production shot at 30-second intervals by JoAnn Verburg.

"Knee Plays" seems to only get released in the USA.
pre-order now from Amazon

01 Tree (Today Is an Important Occasion)
02 In the Upper Room
03 The Sound of Business
04 Social Studies (The Gift of Sound)
05 Where the Sun Never Goes Down
06 Theadora Is Dozing
07 Admiral Perry
08 I Bid You Goodnight
09 Things To Do (I've Tried)
10 Winter
11 Jungle Book
12 In the Future
13 Tree (Reprise) *
14 I've Tried (Things to Do) *
15 Tic Toc 2 (In the Future) *
16 Whisper *
17 Misterias *
18 Faust Dance *
19 Ghost *
20 Super Natural *

Besides "The Knee Plays" on the NoneSuch label, New West records is releasing "Live from Austin Tx", live CD and DVD, on October 2nd.

CBGB Founder, Hilly Kristal Dies at Age 75
Posted Wednesday, 29 August, 2007 by francey
"NEW YORK, Aug. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- It is with deep sadness and regret that we inform you of the death of Hilly Kristal, who died on Tuesday, August 28, 2007 from complications from Lung Cancer. Kristal, 75, founded the legendary rock club CBGB and ran the club for 33 years. A singer and songwriter himself, Kristal opened the club to showcase "Country Bluegrass and Blues"; instead the club became a breeding ground for Punk rock. Among the many acts that called CBGB home were Blondie, the Talking Heads, Television, Living Color, Patti Smith and the Ramones. The club closed in October 2006, but CBGB continues, with a retail store in New York City and worldwide merchandise sales; in addition, there currently are plans to open new CBGB clubs in several locations.

Kristal is survived by his daughter, Lisa Kristal Burgman, son, Mark Dana Kristal, son-in-law Ger Burgman, grandchildren Jenny and Adam Burgman, CBGB, and the thousands of artists and musicians who played the club.

A private memorial service is planned. A public memorial will be held at a later date. Contributions in Hilly's honor may be made in his name to the American Cancer Society or to the Hilly Kristal Foundation for Musicians and Artists (168 Second Avenue, PMB 207, New York, NY 10003).

CBGB

Celebrate the 30th anniversary of Talking Heads 77!
Posted Wednesday, 15 August, 2007 by francey
Bucks Burnett has created a tribute to Talking Heads 77, the first album by Talking Heads. You can visit, enjoy and celebrate at talkingheads77.com.

"Music for the Knee Plays" finally coming to CD!
Posted Friday, 27 July, 2007 by francey
David Byrne's album "Music for the Knee Plays", a brass band-and-spoken work score for Robert Wilson's theater piece "The Knee Plays" was recorded in 1984 and has been one of the hardest finds for Byrne completists since. The album was originally released on vinyl and tape only and has never been officially released on CD.

Recently, David went through his archives to dig up the original masters and stumbled on a bunch of unreleased stuff, pictures and unfinished recordings. From all of this, a special edition of "Knee Plays" will be compiled for release on CD this October.

David Byrne Live album
Posted Friday, 27 July, 2007 by francey
The previsouly announced and cancelled live CD "Live from Austin Texas" got a new release date - the live CD is now scheduled for release on January 8, 2008 and is available for pre-order from Amazon now.

The CD contains a selection of songs from David Byrne's "Eyeball tour" recorded in Austin, TX and contains a mix of tracks from the Talking Heads era, early solo work and the love-it-or-hate-it cover of Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance with Somebody".

1. (Nothing But) Flowers
2. God's Child
3. And She Was
4. Once In A Lifetime
5. Great Intoxication
6. Marching Through The Wilderness
7. Revolution
8. This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
9. What A Day That Was
10. Descondido Soy
11. Like Humans Do
12. Life During Wartime
13. I Wanna Dance With Somebody

Jerry Harrisons "Things fall Apart" re-issue on 12"
Posted Saturday, 23 June, 2007 by francey
SuperSounds recently released volume 20 in their series of 12" singles with rare classic floorfiller tracks - side one contains Jerry Harrisons "Things fall Apart", originally released on his 1981 solo album "The Red and the Black". On the flip is the full 11 minute version of the perennial break-up song that is Harold Melvin's "Don't Leave Me This Way". The 12" is pressed in a limited edition of 350 copies only.

Velvet Revolver covers "Psycho Killer"
Posted Friday, 22 June, 2007 by francey
Velvet Revolver recorded a version of Talking Heads' "Psycho Killer". The cover is only available on the recently released (limited edition) EP "Melody and the Tyranny", and not on their upcoming new album "Libertad".

Bucks Burnett interviews Chris Frantz
Posted Sunday, 17 June, 2007 by francey
"The legendary drummer, lover and producer lays it down right on the beat as the July 2007 special guest in our new Email A Rock Star! feature. If you loved the Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club, you won't be disappointed with this fantastic glimpse into one man's genius. If Rolling Stone had stones, they would have done this ages ago."

An interview that makes most others surplus - check it out.

Email A Rock Star at NameDropperMedia.com

David Byrne does not release live CD (yet?)
Posted Friday, 15 June, 2007 by francey
A few American on-line stores are currently offering a new David Byrne album called "Live from Austin Texas", which is apparently scheduled for release on July 24.

However, in an email to this website, New West Records stated that "This release is on hold and will not be coming in the near future".

"Seen and not Seen" music video
Posted Friday, 1 June, 2007 by francey
Camden Furse, an aspiring filmmaker with a valid taste of Talking Heads music, just finished a music video for "Seen and not Seen" and put it on YouTube.

David Byrne in conversation with neuroscientist Daniel Levitin
Posted Thursday, 10 May, 2007 by francey
Seed Magazine let the singer/songwriter/artist/author enters the Seed Salon to discuss music with the producer/neuroscientist.
article, one hour video and video for people with short attention span .

David Byrne's bike stolen!
Posted Friday, 20 April, 2007 by francey
If Papermag.com finds this important enough to post, who are we to ignore this breaking news?

Papermag reports:

David Byrne is many things -- musician, artist, lecturer, blogger -- but most endearingly he's an avid city bicyclist. The vision that lingers most from Miami's Basel Art Fair was that of Byrne making the rounds on his bicycle. So you can imagine how I felt when I heard the news that his bike was stolen over the weekend right in front of the IFC theater! "If anyone sees a bike with both a Che sticker and one for the MOST space telescope that's mine," says Byrne who's already back on the streets sporting a new two wheeler.

Here's a little video of David and his bike in better days...

No sign of the bike on eBay yet...

Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club live recordings
Posted Wednesday, 7 March, 2007 by francey
Legendary concert promotor Bill Graham's website hosts, besides pieces of rock history for sale, also a vault with unique live recordings of shows he produced over the years.

Among the live recordings are parts of Talking Heads at CBGB's and Tom Tom Club opening for Grateful Dead. Check it out at Wolfgang's Vault...

New compilation CD
Posted Saturday, 9 December, 2006 by francey
EMI-Gold will release a Talking Heads compilation CD in their mid-price "collection" series on January 8, 2007. As EMI only owns the publishing rights to the last four Talking Heads albums, some of the essential classics are missing - here's the full tracklist:

1. Psycho Killer (Live)
2. Burning Down The House (Live)
3. Girlfriend Is Better (Live)
4. The Lady Don't Mind
5. Television Man
6. Love For Sale
7. Radio Head
8. People Like Us
9. Blind
10. Totally Nude
11. (Nothing But) Flowers
12. Mommy Daddy You And I
13. Road To Nowhere

Available from the talking-heads.net webshop as usual.

"Genius of Love" re-issue
Posted Friday, 10 November, 2006 by francey
After several re-releases of original Talking Heads vinyl maxi singles ("Once in a Lifetime", "Songs from Name of This Band" etc), a brand new pressing of the classic Tom Tom Club promo "Genius of Love (long version) / Lorelei (instrumental)" surfaced. The record comes in an exact replica of the original cover.

The original "Genius of Love" promo is one of the most expensive Talking Heads related items on eBay, selling for over $80 sometimes. Few copies available in he webshop.

We have a winner...!
Posted Friday, 29 September, 2006 by francey
Some months ago we ran a competition on this website where you were challenged to design a vintage-looking Talking Heads T-shirt. Thanks to everyone who submitted one or more designs - the jury had a hard time picking the best one. Some beautiful designs were submitted and pretty often the simple guidelines about the number of colors etc were totally ignored :)

Nevertheless, we have a winner! Sean C. Taras from Philadelphia, USA (check out his site!) sent a truly unique "Stop Making Sense" design, which has both a vintage look and some typical Talking Heads elements. Just what we we're looking for!

Sean will soon be the proud owner of a couple of shirts with the winning design on it, as well as an exclusive one-of-a-kind sweater with the same print.

For everybody who wants a super limited edition Talking Heads T-shirt, we produced 25 T-shirts (silk screen printed) and put them for sale in the Talking-Heads.net webshop. Available in small, medium, large, extra-large and a special 'girlie' in Medium only.

Tina Weymouth "Incognito"
Posted Friday, 29 September, 2006 by francey
Tina Weymouth contributed a brand new "solo" song to the all-female 3CD compilation "Girl Monster". The boxset, which contains 60 tracks by female artists only, has been compiled and released by Chicks on Speed (records) and is "a guide through the history on women's cutting edge music from the late 70s to the present day".

Besides Tina, musicians like The Slits, Björk, Le Tigre, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Juliette & the Licks and The Creatures contributed, along with many others. Forty tracks are previously unreleased, including Tina's incredible new track "Incognito" (naturally, recorded together with Chris).

Full tracklist and order information right here.

Knee Plays at Carnegie Hall
Posted Sunday, 10 September, 2006 by francey
David Byrne opens his Perspectives with the first performance in 15 years of the complete music from The Knee Plays, his 1985 music-theater collaboration with Robert Wilson.

Thursday, February 1, 2007 at 9:00 PM

David Byrne: Songs from The Knee Plays

Zankel Hall

More info here.

"Remain in Light" remaster on vinyl?
Posted Saturday, 9 September, 2006 by francey
Rhino recently announced the release of "Remain in Light" on heavy weight (180 gramms) vinyl in their distributors release list. The release was due for 8/8, but so far it hasn't been released and no other information has been found.

David Byrne goes country at NYC benefit
Posted Friday, 25 August, 2006 by francey
Musicians like David Byrne and Sufjan Stevens shared the stage with literary celebs like Sarah Vowell and Jon Stewart last night (Aug. 23) at the first Revenge of the Book Eaters charity event, held at New York's Beacon Theatre. Byrne, Stevens and John Roderick of the Long Winters all performed short sets at the event, which will benefit the 826 Writing Centers, tutoring workshops founded by author Dave Eggers.

After an essay reading by Vowell and Eric Bogosian, host John Hodgman introduced David Byrne and his crew of pedal steel, bass, percussion, drums and electric guitar players. Performing what Byrne described as their "first" full country set, the group performed classics like "There Stands the Glass" and country versions of the Talking Heads' "Creatures of Love" and "The Big Country." Byrne was joined by Stevens on banjo for a cover of Lefty Frizzell's "Saginaw, Michigan."

Source: Billboard.com
Here's the video footage of "Saginaw, Michigan"

Editors release " Road to Nowhere"
Posted Saturday, 17 June, 2006 by francey
The Editors will release a (live) version of their cover of "Road to Nowhere" on their new single "Blood". The single will be released in several formats but "Road to Nowhere" is only included on the stricty limited -and numbered- 10" single.

New David Byrne book "Arboretum"
Posted Monday, 12 June, 2006 by francey
David Byrne's new book "Arboretum" will be published in the US by McSweeney on July 28. It's gonna be another art book, this time of his "tree drawings".

What is a tree drawing you may ask? Well, here are some.

A book full of these can be Pre-ordered here.

Jerry on remastering Talking Heads
Posted Friday, 9 June, 2006 by francey
Great interview with Jerry Harrison about the remasting proces of the Talking Heads back catalogue on the Apple site - read it here.

Reissues of original Talking Heads 12" singles
Posted Friday, 9 June, 2006 by francey
Three original Talking Heads 12 inch records from the early 80s have been reissued on vinyl in very limited quantities. The records labels and sleeves are exact replicas of the original versions (with even the original release years unchanged).

12"(1): Once in Lifetime / Seen but Not Seen (in UK picture sleeve)
12"(2): "Songs from The Name of This Band is Talking Heads" (Psycho Killer + Life During Wartime / Take me to the River + Houses in Motion)
12"(3): Burning Down the House / Pull up the Roots + Slippery People (extended cassette version).

The second and third 12" were never released to the public before, only as promos. Oddly enough, the "Name of this Band"-sampler now contains studio(!) versions of the four featured tracks in stead of the live ones that were on the original pressing.

A few copies of each of the maxis are available at the Talking Heads webshop.

Editors cover Road to Nowhere
Posted Tuesday, 6 June, 2006 by francey
The Editors added a cover version of Talking Heads' "Road to Nowhere" to their live sets recently - Here is an acoustic recording of their version.

My life in the site of ghosts
Posted Tuesday, 28 March, 2006 by francey
The new promo website bush-of-ghosts.com gives a taste of the re-issue of the Eno/Byrne classic "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts", which is out now/soon (depending on where you live). Amazon / talking-heads.net store

More art about Fatboys and Shoes
Posted Wednesday, 22 February, 2006 by francey
David Byrne speaks about his current project for the Adelaide Festival of Arts in Australia in the Sydney Morning Herald.

And more here - album out early next year!

Tiga covers Talking Heads
Posted Sunday, 5 February, 2006 by francey
Electro musician Tiga (formerly known as DJ Tiga) did an amazing acid-ish cover version of Talking Heads' "Burning Down the House" on his brand new album "Sexor". The album was released in Europe this week and is not (yet?) out in the US.

Videos on-line
Posted Sunday, 5 February, 2006 by francey
Watch some Talking Heads (and related) videos for free at You Tube. (only works well if you have broadband internet)

Re-issue "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts" CD
Posted Wednesday, 11 January, 2006 by francey
The long-awaited re-issue of David Byrne and Brian Eno's "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts" is scheduled for release in the US on march 28.

The CD contains remastered versions of the original album tracks (sans "Qu'ran", which was only available on the first issues of the album and removed for later pressings because of sampled parts from the Quran) plus previously unreleased bonus tracks:

1. America Is Waiting
2. Mea Culpa
3. Regiment
4. Help Me Somebody
5. The Jezebel Spirit
6. Very, Very Hungry
7. Moonlight in Glory
8. The Carrier
9. A Secret Life
10. Come with Us
11. Mountain of Needles

Bonus tracks:
12. Pitch to Voltage
13. Two Against Three
14. Vocal Outtakes
15. New Feet
16. Defiant
17. Number 8 Mix
18. Solo Guitar with Tin Foil

When MLITBOG was originally released, a bootleg LP surfaced with some unreleased tracks (including the original version of "Jezebel Spirit" with Kathrin Kuhlman smaples) and alternative versions with weird titles. It's not sure if these tracks are featured on the new CD or if this is 'new' unreleased material.

Pre-order at the official talking-heads.net webstore or at Amazon.com

Talking Heads big winners in Surround Awards ceremony
Posted Saturday, 17 December, 2005 by francey
Talking Heads won four awards during last nights' "Surround Sound" awards ceremony for te 8 DualDisk set "Brick":

Best Dual Disc
Best Non Orchestral Mix
Best Screen Design
Best In Show (Best Overall Surround Release of the Year).

Jerry attended and accepted on behalf of the band. Article on Highfidelity Review.

Catherine Wheel on DVD
Posted Saturday, 3 December, 2005 by francey
"The Catherine Wheel", a ballet by the Twyla Tharpe Dance Foundation with music by David Byrne has -finally- been announced for release on DVD in Europe. The DVD comes out in the NVC Arts series as a limited edition and is region 2-6 compatible (meaning it won't play on standard unmodified DVD players in the US and Canada...).

You can pre-order the DVD here at the official talking-heads.net webshop.

Chris & Tina DJ Team in the Netherlands
Posted Sunday, 27 November, 2005 by francey
Chris and Tina will spin records as the Chris & Tina Dj Team at the Paard van Troje in Den Haag, the Netherlands on January 27. Other acts on the bill are Chicks on Speed (who covered "Wordy Rappinghood" a few years back) and Kid Ginseng, ex-turntabelist of Tom Tom Club and now succesful solo artist with his dark electro music.

DigiFlyer and info on tickets for the event here.

"Brick" nominated for Best High Resolution Title of 2005
Posted Sunday, 20 November, 2005 by francey
The DVD-Audio/DualDisc edition of Talking Heads' "Brick" has been nominated for a Surround Music Award. The award is decided by visitors to the High Fidelity Review web site, so here's your chance to change the course of history: Vote here.

First batch of individual dualdisks
Posted Friday, 18 November, 2005 by francey
All eight DualDisks in the Brick Boxset will be released seperately in January 2006. The first batch of four albums is scheduled for January 10 and they are available for pre-order now: Talking Heads 77, More Songs about Buildings and Food, Fear of Music and Remain in Light.

If you eventually want all eight of them, get the limited edition Brick in stead before it's sold out.

Rare 12" Mixes 2LP bootleg
Posted Tuesday, 8 November, 2005 by francey
A new Talking Heads bootleg surfaced last week, containing a collection of 12" versions and remixes. Released with only a catalogue number (TLK-001), the double vinyl is part of a series of "rare 12" mixes" releases put out by an unknown label in very small quantities.

Tracks:
A: Slippery People (12" Version) + I Zimbra (12" version)
B: Once in a Lifetime (Extended mix) + Psycho Killer (12" version) + Seen & Not Seen (Extended Version)
C: This Must be the Place (Extended Version) + Burning Down the House (Razormaid mix)
D: Born Under Punches (Extended Version) + Making Flippy Floppy (Jellybean Remix)

We had a couple of copies for sale in the official talking-heads.net store but they sold out. We try to get extra copies!

Blue grass baby
Posted Monday, 7 November, 2005 by francey
Lexington, Kentucky based bluegrass band Blind Corn Liquor Pickers recently released their new album "Anywhere Else?", which includes an original cover version of the Talking Heads classic "Once in a Lifetime". A 2-minute excerp of the song is here.

Governor's Arts Award to Chris and Tina
Posted Wednesday, 2 November, 2005 by francey
On November 16 Jodi Rell, the governor of Connecticut, will present the Governor's Art Award to Chris and Tina for "preserving and promoting Connecticut's cultural and tourism assets in order to enhance the quality of life and economic vitality of the state".

Here's more

David Byrne and Fatboy slim team up for musical
Posted Sunday, 30 October, 2005 by francey
DJ Fatboy Slim (aka Normal Cook) and David Byrne are writing a musical about former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos, to be shown next March. Both Norman and David will not play any parts in the musical, they just compose the music.

Billed as "a timeless story with more contemporary resonances than are comfortable", it will premiere at Australia's Adelaide Festival.

The BBC has more...

David Byrne wins Les Paul award
Posted Tuesday, 18 October, 2005 by francey
David Byrne is the 2005 Les Paul Award Winner. The award was created in 1991 by MixFoundation to honor individuals or institutions that have set the highest standards of excellence in the creative application of recording technology.

mixfoundation site.

BBC radio re-runs Talking Heads documentary
Posted Wednesday, 12 October, 2005 by francey
BBC radio 6 broadcasted their documentary on Talking Heads and their influence on contemporary music featuring contributions from all band members and Eno again last monday and tuesday. You can listen to the show (in two thirty minute parts) on the BBC website for the next few days.

David Byrne played Swedish factory
Posted Tuesday, 11 October, 2005 by francey
Reuters has an article about David's musical installation in Stockholm here.

I Zimbra / Jezebel spirit remixes on 12"
Posted Saturday, 8 October, 2005 by francey
A brand new white label 12" vinyl surfaced this week, containing Peter Black remixes of "I Zimbra" (Talking Heads) and "The Jezebel Spirit" (Eno & Byrne). Both songs are pretty much intact and spiced up with floorfiller-beats. The 'reel-to-reel remix' of "Jezebel Spirit" is originally from 1987, but previously unreleased.

As with all white labels, it's a strictly limited pressing (300-500 copies max.), but unlike most white labels, the record actually has labels with track info and a nice "psycho killer" image on the back. We've got a few copies of this very rare 12" for sale - shipping costs take up about half of the order price, but that's what postal services do to us...

12" with shipping address within Europe € 19.90

Brick released
Posted Monday, 3 October, 2005 by francey
The Talking Heads brick has been released - share your thought on the bulletin board (registration requiered to post, not for reading).

Full tracklist and some tidbits here.

People have no idea where in the world they are
Posted Saturday, 17 September, 2005 by francey
Where's everyone? Testing a new GoogleMaps feature... leave your marker, on the guestmap!

Save CBGB / interview with Chris & Tina
Posted Friday, 16 September, 2005 by francey
Chris and Tina walked around backstage at the 'Save CBGB's' festival in New York last week. Besides introducing Blondie, they were also interviewed - check it out.

Official talking-heads.net T-shirts available now!
Posted Tuesday, 6 September, 2005 by francey
Official talking-heads.net T-shirts are now available on this website. Exclusive design, silk-screen printed in black-on-red shirts. Check out the merchandise page for details on models, sizes and ordering.

The shirts are produced in a strictly limited edition and only available here on talking-heads.net as long as stock lasts.

The Brick
Posted Monday, 5 September, 2005 by francey
After all the speculation about what's in the brick and on the brick, this finally *is* the brick:


Meanwhile, Amazon lowered the price with a pre-order discount

Don't Worry About the DualDiscs
Posted Friday, 2 September, 2005 by francey
The eight individual DualDiscs in the upcoming Talking Heads "Brick" boxset will be available separately in January 2006, at least in the US (first four at the beginning of the month, second four at the end of the month).

The "brick" is meant to be an introductory piece to announce the arrival of the remastered discs.

Despite the fabulous list of bonus material included on the DualDisks, there is more uncollected/unreleased material left in the vaults. The reason the reissues are not more "complete" is that unlike a standard CD which can contain up to 80 minutes of music, a DualDisc only holds 60 minutes. So there was simply no room to include more material.

Thanks to Argyle103

Take me to the River remix
Posted Wednesday, 31 August, 2005 by francey
Posted on the bulletin board - A link to a remix of 'Take me to the River'. Grab it while it's there...

Brick bonus tracks
Posted Tuesday, 30 August, 2005 by francey
These are the bonus tracks on each of the DualDisks in the "Brick" boxset. Some tracks have previously been released on other compilations such as "Sand in the Vaseline" and the "Once in a Lifetime"-boxset, but most of these tracks were never released in any form before.

Talking Heads 77:
Love --> Building On Fire
I Wish You Wouldn't Say That
Psycho Killer (acoustic)
I Feel It In My Heart
Sugar On My Tongue

More Songs About Buildings & Food:
Stay Hungry (1977 version)
I'm Not In Love (alternate version)
The Big Country (alternate version)
Thank You For Sending Me An Angel ("Country Angel" version)

Fear Of Music:
Dancing For Money
Life During Wartime (alternate version)
Cities (alternate version)
Mind (alternate version)

Remain In Light:
Fela's Riff
Unison
Double Groove
Right Start

Speaking In Tongues:
Two Note Swivel
Burning Down The House (alternate version)

Little Creatures:
Road To Nowhere (early version)
And She Was (early version)
Television Man (extended mix)

True Stories:
Wild Wild Life (Extended Mix)
Papa Legba (Pops Staples version)
Radio Head (Tito Larriva version)

Naked:
Sax & Violins

Thanks to Argyle103

Brick
Posted Sunday, 28 August, 2005 by francey
Rhino Confirmed that the upcoming Talking Heads boxset with 8 remastered albums in DualDisk format is called "Talking Heads Brick". All albums will have remastered stereo on one side and DVD-A on the other.

Available for pre-order now!!

More news about dualdisks and boxsets
Posted Thursday, 25 August, 2005 by francey
This comes from Billboard Magazine:

"The Talking Heads have expanded their eight studio albums with previously unreleased content for their release as DualDiscs. Due Oct. 4 via Rhino, the sets will be packaged together in a white molded plastic box that holds eight jewel cases. Each album has also been remastered by Talking Heads keyboardist Jerry Harrison.

The group's 1977 debut, the appropriately named "Talking Heads: 77," will include a 5.1 mix of a previously unreleased acoustic version of "Psycho Killer" and an alternate 5.1 mix of "Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town." The DVD side sports a live clip of "Pulled Up" taped in 1978 in Berkeley, Calif., and "I Feel It in My Heart" shot in 1976 at New York's now-defunct the Kitchen.

The follow-up, "More Songs About Buildings and Food," is bolstered by alternate versions of "The Big Country," "I'm Not in Love" and "Thank You for Sending Me an Angel," as well as a "1977 version" of "Stay Hungry." The DVD pulls "Warning Sign" from the aforementioned Berkeley show plus "Found a Job" from a 1978 gig at New York's Entermedia Theatre.

Best known for "Cities" and "Life During Wartime," 1979's "Fear of Music" is expanded here with alternate versions of those tracks as well as "Mind," and an unfinished outtake of "Dancing for Money." The DVD side includes performances of "Cities" and "I Zimba" from the German TV show "Rockpop" in 1980.

"Remain in Light" is beefed up with four unfinished outtakes: "Fela's Riff," "Unison," "Double Groove" and "Right Start." "Rockpop" performances of "Once in a Lifetime" and "Crosseyed and Painless" are utilized for the DVD side. The 1983 album "Speaking in Tongues" features an alternate 5.1 mix of "Burning Down the House" as well as videos for that tune and "This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)."

"Little Creatures" is filled out with previously unreleased early versions of its most notable tracks, "Road to Nowhere" and "And She Was," plus videos for both songs. The 1986 companion to "True Stories," directed by Heads vocalist David Byrne, includes a bonus Pop Staples Vocal Version 5.1 mix of "Papa Legba" and videos for "Wild Wild Life" and "Love for Sale."

The Heads' final studio album, "Naked," tacks on a 5.1 mix of "Sax and Violins" as well as its video and a clip for "Blind."

As previously reported, the Talking Heads and the spin-off group the Tom Tom Club are represented on the Sire Records box set "Just Say Sire," due Sept. 13 via Rhino."

Dual Disks
Posted Sunday, 21 August, 2005 by francey
Rhino will release the much anticipated remasters of Talking Heads albums on in Dual Disk format in October. Dual Disks contain a regular CD on one side, and a surround version on the other. The entire Talking Heads back catalogue will be available on Dual Disk at once: "Talking Heads 77", "More Songs About Buildings and Food"", "Fear of Music", "Remain in Light", "Speaking in Tongues", "Little Creatures", "True Stories" and "Naked".

Also in October, Rhino will release a 3CD/1DVD boxset dedicated to the Sire label. Rolling Stone has an article plus tracklist here. Both Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club are featured on the box.

Talking-Heads.net T-shirts
Posted Monday, 15 August, 2005 by francey
While still awaiting word on the release of reprints of original Talking Heads tour merchandise, talking-heads.net will soon have its own official T-shirts available.

The exclusively designed shirts -in oldschool Talking Heads style- are at the screenprinter right now and expected within a few weeks. The shirts are made in a strictly limited edition and will be available in 6 sizes, varying from tight fit girlies to xxl Fruit of the Looms.

Stay tuned or signup for the newsletter.

David Byrne offers to assist in mediation to save CBGB's
Posted Friday, 5 August, 2005 by francey
Artists such as the Misfits, Thursday, Against Me, Liars, Dead Boys, Gorilla Biscuits and the Vandals will perform at a series of benefit concerts at the club in the coming weeks to raise funds for the effort.

Beyond the shows, acts such as the Bangles, Elvis Costello and Sting have donated memorabilia for a fundraising auction, and the E Street Band’s Steven Van Zandt has made efforts to negotiate with the BRC. David Byrne has offered to assist in mediation.

Read the article on MSNBC.

Chew on this!
Posted Wednesday, 3 August, 2005 by francey
Wanna grab a bite? Check out the Princess' Cafe latest menu, which is inspired by Mr. Byrne. "Grills on my Mind" and "Bean but not Seen"...

Yes, it's summertime, the living is easy, and the news is thin.

CBGB and OMFUG : Thirty Years from the Home of Underground Rock
Posted Sunday, 24 July, 2005 by francey
David Byrn wrote the afterword for a recenly published book on CBGBs, the legendary club in the New York Bowery, and birthplace of punk rock. The book contains a lot of photos of artists who performed there in the 30 year history of the club. Pictures of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club (with Lou Reed) are included). Founder Hilly Crystal wrote the foreword.

Order here.

Talking Heads Radio Marathon
Posted Sunday, 3 July, 2005 by francey
WBWC in Cleveland will be hosting an 18(!) hour Talking Heads marathon on July 7. Chris Frantz will be the special guest - calling in for an interview during the 18 hour radio special.

All great songs of Talking Heads, along with the solo work of David Byrne, Tom Tom Club, Jerry Harrison and the Heads will be featured. There'll also be some giveaways of TH and TTC materials.

For those not listening in the Cleveland area, the marathon will be broadcasted in a live RealAudio stream via the stations website www.wbwc.com

Requests are welcome at request@wbwc.com, or via phone at 440-826-7846.

David Byrne at summerstage
Posted Thursday, 9 June, 2005 by francey
The tour that never stops continues... David Byrne will play with the Tosca Strings at SummerStage in New York's Central Park on June 29.

More info here.

update: show ended, Brooklyn Vegan made pictures!

Arcade Fire w/ David Byrne 7"
Posted Saturday, 21 May, 2005 by francey
The new Arcade Fire single "Power Out" features a cover of the Talking Heads song "This Must be the Place" on the B-side. The song was recorded live at Irving Plaza in New York City on February 2, 2005 and features David Byrne as singer. The unique collaboration was recorded with a digital camera and the audio from that recording was used for the single.

The 7" is released by UK label Rough Trade in a strictly limited edition and will sell out very soon.

Tom Tom Club vs Gwen Stefani
Posted Saturday, 21 May, 2005 by francey
A very nice bootleg mixing Tom Tom Club with Gwen Stefani surfaced - it's here, in mp3 format.

Fischerbyrner
Posted Thursday, 21 April, 2005 by francey
The new Fischerspooner album "Odysee" features the -distorted- vocals of David Byrne on the track "Get Confused".

Audio sample and order button here.

Hearts Lonely Hunter on single
Posted Thursday, 21 April, 2005 by francey
Thievery Corporation's "Heart's a Lonely Hunter" with guest vocals by David Byrne has just been released on 12" in the US and UK. The maxi features a remix by Louis Vega.

Jamband tribute to Talking Heads CD - win a free copy!
Posted Saturday, 9 April, 2005 by francey
CMH Records is about to release a bluegrass/jamband tribute to Talking Heads on May 10. The album contains 12 Talking Heads (and one David Byrne) song played by up and coming jambands.

Tracklist: Making Flippy Floppy, What a Day That Was, Nothing but Flowers, This Must be the Place, Swamp, And she Was, Stay up Late, Crosseyed and Painless, Thank you for Sending me an Angel, Psycho Killer, Burning Down the House, Heaven.

You can (pre-)order the CD directly from CMH records or from amazon.com.

CMH records sent us some copies to give away in a contest and Chris Frantz, honorary member of the talking-heads.net message board and founding member of the band this is all about, came up with three jamband/jamscene related questions for this contest. Chris is also member of the jury who decides who wins - so good luck :-)

"1. What well know jam-funk band did Fuzz found and record with before his tours with Tom Tom Club?"

"2. What famous jam band musician perfomed with Tom Tom Club at the Jammy Awards at Roseland In NYC and the following day could not remember he had done so?"

"3. What super famous Jam Band musician has the worst body odor ? (Chris and Tina caught a whiff at the same Jammy Awards as above.)"

[hint: winners will be picked randomly, incorrect plausible answers will do]

Send your answers to thcontest@talking-heads.net before April 25, 0:00 CET.

Belew contest winners!
Posted Saturday, 9 April, 2005 by francey
Four copies of Adrian Belew's "Side One" CD have been sent to the four lucky winners in the talking-heads.net Belew contest:

Andre Powell (usa)
Doug Bramley (usa)
Ian Watson (new zealand)
Jonathan Hersh (usa)

A selection of submitted questions can be found on the bulletin board of this website. Check back for another contest with some very interesting CDs to win!

Radio David Byrne
Posted Tuesday, 29 March, 2005 by francey
Listen to what David Byrne listens to when he's at his office - streaming audio for broadband users:
Radio David Byrne

Win the new Adrian Belew CD!
Posted Wednesday, 23 March, 2005 by francey
Adrian Belew, the guitarst who not only recorded with Talking Heads but also toured with them and wrote part of Tom Tom Club's megahit "Genius of Love" recently released a brand new album called "side one". The record has been released on Sanctuary Records and because a lot of people who like Talking Heads are also into Belews work (with or without King Crimson), the label sent four copies of the album to talking-heads.net to give away in a contest.

The CD is a must for everyone who's into intelligent guitar music and fans of Danny Carey and Les Claypool will be thrilled to hear they teamed up with Adrian to perform as a 'power trio' on three songs on the new album. Buy it here!.

If you want to try to win a copy first, send three Adrian Belew related questions plus their correct answers to belewcontest@talking-heads.net before April 5th.

The entire talking-heads.net team will play a round of Who Wants to be a Millionaire with all submitted questions and will randomly draw four lucky winners. The winners will be announced here on talking-heads.net by name and will receive the CD soon after.

Oh, and be prepared for more contests soon!

CBGB's facing closure
Posted Tuesday, 8 March, 2005 by francey
New Musical Express reports that CBGB's - the venue in New York where it all started for Talking Heads - is facing a less than certain future because of increased costs for rent and safety measures.

Here's the story.

CBGB eBay auction for tsunami victims started!
Posted Sunday, 6 March, 2005 by francey
Starting today, you can bid on some unique rock and rock memorablilia on eBay for the CBGB's Tsunami benefit. This is your chance to obtain some truely collectible signed Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club items while knowing that your money will be well spent on people who need your help. More items will be added over the next few days, so check back often and bid as much as you can!

Tsunami benefit auction.

Rhino leaks bonus tracks for Talking Heads re-issues
Posted Friday, 4 March, 2005 by francey
A bunch of remastered tracks for the upcoming Talking Heads reissues have been leaked from Rhino and put on the internet. The collection of songs contain both approved and not yet approved tracks to be included on new editions of "Talking Heads 77", "More Songs About Buildings and Food", "Fear of Music" and "Remain in Light". Who leaked the tracks and made them public is currently being investigated.

Chris and Tina host Tsumani relief concert at cbgb's
Posted Sunday, 27 February, 2005 by francey
"CBGB PRESENTS SATURDAY MARCH 5TH ************* TSUNAMI RELIEF CONCERT AND AUCTION ALL PROCEEDS TO AMERICARES HOSTED BY TINA WEYMOUTH AND CHRIS FRANTZ OF TOM TOM CLUB AND TALKING HEADS LIVE PERFORMANCES BY RICHARD LLOYD'S SUFI MONKEYS/ LAKE TROUT/ KID GINSENG/ SEX GUNS & ROCK 'N ROLL/ AUCTION OF COOL PUNK AND NEW WAVE MEMORABILIA ON EBAY/ DON'T MISS IT!!!! "

The eBay auction is scheduled to start March 5 and there will be some very interesting items up for sale. As soon as the auction starts, the URL will be posted here.

David Byrne with Thievery Corporation
Posted Sunday, 20 February, 2005 by francey
The fourth studio album by Thievery Corporation features David Byrne as vocalist on the track "Heart's a Lonely Hunter". Listen to a sample and order the CD "Cosmic Game" right here.

Thievery Corporation did a remix of "Dance on Vaseline" for David Byrne's "Visible Man" remix album back in 1998.

Talking Heads 2-DVD set?
Posted Tuesday, 15 February, 2005 by francey
In an interview with the Australian magazine "Time Off", David Byrne confirmed the upcoming reissues of Talking Heads albums with bonus track, and also made an announcement about a 2-DVD set with Talking Heads TV appearances ("including some BBC and Channel 4 specials that have not bene seen").

No work on release date or exact specs yet.

The Time Off article is here.

Grammy for art direction Talking Heads boxset
Posted Monday, 14 February, 2005 by francey
Art director Stefan Sagmeister won the Grammy award for his work on the Talking Heads boxset "Once in a Lifetime".

http://www.grammy.com/awards/grammy/47winners.aspx

Numb3rs
Posted Wednesday, 9 February, 2005 by francey
Talking Heads'"Once in a Lifetime" is used as the theme song for the new CBS crime-solving drama "Numb3rs".

David Byrne with Arcade Fire
Posted Friday, 4 February, 2005 by francey
Pictures and a little video of David Byrne playing with The Arcade Fire can be found here and here.

thanks to vaska

Chris and Tina host benefit concert for Tsunami victims
Posted Tuesday, 18 January, 2005 by francey
On January 30, Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth will host a benefit concert for Tsunami vistims in Amberjacks, Norwalk, CT (99 Washington St, tel 203-853-4332). The line-up includes bands like Jen Derkin & Bomb Squad, Melvin Sparks, Green Inside, Blonde Streak-featuring Victoria Clamp of Tom Tom Club, Afinity, Leanne & Doug Allan, Timmy Maia, and Freelance Pallbearers. All paid admission of $25 gives a chance to win the grand prize of an all expenses paid trip to Jamaica. Other prizes include Talking Heads & Tom Tom Club merchandise and much more.

Drumline video
Posted Saturday, 15 January, 2005 by francey
Following the november 20 post about the University of Arizona drumband playing Talking Heads medleys, three videos of the performance have been added to the website. Take a look.

Tom Tom Club T-shirt offer
Posted Saturday, 15 January, 2005 by francey
For a limited time only, official Tom Tom Club tourshirts (2000-2002) are available at a discount price at the Tom Tom Shop at tomtomclub.net.

"Fear of Music" in Channel 4's "Top 100 greatest albums"
Posted Tuesday, 4 January, 2005 by francey
British Channel 4 nomited 125 albums for a position in their "Top 100 greatest albums" list. "Fear of Music"(1979) by Talking Heads is among the nominated album; to give the album a high ranking, cast your vote at the Channel 4 site.

Happy New Year!
Posted Saturday, 1 January, 2005 by francey
Happy New Year to all Talking Heads fans around the world! 2004 was a great year in terms of releases, with items like *the* boxset, *the* new "Best of" CD, *the* "The Name of this Band is Talking Heads" cd, two David Byrne DVD's ("Ile Aiye" and "Live at Union Chapel"), a new album and world tour and Ian Gittin's book "Talking Heads: Once in a Lifetime"

And 2005 promises a lot of interesting things too - it's been 25 years since "Remain in Light" first came out, and a remastered version (in surround sound) is scheduled for release to celebrate this anniversary. Other remastered editions of Talking Heads album are planned as well. David Byrne will do a lecture tour in the States and Chris and Tina might surprise us this year with something new.

Stay tuned to Talking-Heads.net - and in the meantime, check out the message board for the latest gossip, top 10 lists, useless facts and fellow fans.

Talking Heads vintage merchandise
Posted Tuesday, 14 December, 2004 by francey
Good news for everyone who is desperately looking for vintage Talking Heads T-shirts on-line. An on-line merchandise company will soon open an official(!) Talking Heads merchandise outlet where reprints of official T-shirts and probably other merchandise will be available.

The URL is yet unknown.

Talking Heads boxset nominated for Grammy award
Posted Wednesday, 8 December, 2004 by francey
Stefan Sagmeister, art director of the Talking Heads "Once in a Lifetime" boxset has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the category "Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package".

The Grammy ceremony airs in the US on February 13, 2005. More details on the Grammy Awards website.

Tom Tom Club interview
Posted Sunday, 5 December, 2004 by francey
JayGuay.com has a recent interview with Chris and Tina about the early days of Tom Tom Club, how it all begun and the influences of hip hop music. Ch-ch-ch-check it out.

Interview Chris and Tina in MP3 format
Posted Friday, 26 November, 2004 by francey
A long interview with Chris and Tina from 2000 is available in MP3 format on the site Toazted. This interview was recorded during the promotion tour for the Tom Tom Club album "The Good the Bad and the Funky". Downloadable in two MP3 files.

Pride of Arizona plays Talking Heads
Posted Saturday, 20 November, 2004 by francey
The University of Arizona Marching band performed a Talking Heads show earlier this year. The entire performance is available in three MP3 files on the marching bands' website; check it out!

thanks to Chris Waters

David Byrne goes downunder
Posted Tuesday, 16 November, 2004 by francey
The Grown Backwards tour continues in 2005 with comfimed shows in Australia and New Zealand (and so far one in the US). Details on the tourdates page.

Best of website
Posted Sunday, 17 October, 2004 by francey
Talking Heads' latest release, the Best of CD, has its own promotional website: talkingheadsbestof.com.

David Byrne DVD (european release)
Posted Sunday, 17 October, 2004 by francey
"Live at Union Chapel" will be released in Europe (region 2) in january 2005 and is available for pre-order in the "Love For Sale shop" here at talking-heads.net

David Byrne live DVD
Posted Wednesday, 29 September, 2004 by francey
"David Byrne live at Union Chapel" will be released on DVD in the U.S. on October 26. The show is 107 minutes, which is longer than all the TV cuts that were broadcasted. Here's the tracklist:

1. Nothing but flowers
2. And she was
3. Once in a lifetime
4. God's child
5. The great intoxication
6. Uni de felice
7. The revolution
8. Sax and violins
9. This must be the place
10. What a day that was
11. Like humans do
12. U B Jesus
13. Life during wartime
14. Lazy
15. I wanna dance with somebody
16. Ausencia
17. The accident
18. Road to nowhere

Pre-order here.

David Byrne at International Museum of Photography and Film
Posted Saturday, 25 September, 2004 by francey
George Eastman House, the world’s oldest photography museum, continues its commitment to displaying new media this fall with David Byrne who will visit George Eastman House Friday, Oct. 1. This public event will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Dryden Theatre, followed by a preview of his exhibition and a booksigning. Tickets are $30, and here is more info

Note that David will show his power point presentation only; there is no live show.

David Byrne & Gilberto Gil webcast
Posted Tuesday, 21 September, 2004 by francey
Wired presents a live webbroadcast of a David Byrne/Gilberto Gil show tonight, september 21, 8pm EST. The webcast will not be archived, so there's only one chance to watch it - right here.

Now hear this...
Posted Wednesday, 8 September, 2004 by francey
Tina reads an essay on the bad boys of punk rock and David talks about his adventures with Bizet and keeping the teddy bears at bay on "Grown Backwards".

WNYC - Now hear this...

Review TNOTBITH
Posted Wednesday, 8 September, 2004 by francey
Pitchfork media
review of The Name of This Band is Talking Heads.

European release "best of" postponed
Posted Wednesday, 25 August, 2004 by francey
The European release of the new Talking Heads compilation album has been postponed till october 15. Reason unknown. The album was scheduled for release at the same time as "The Name of this band of Talking Heads" (due out August 27).

David Byrne & Gilberto Gil at benefit concert in NYC
Posted Thursday, 19 August, 2004 by francey
Tuesday, September 21, 2004, Wired Magazine will throw a benefit for Creative Commons featuring a concert by David Byrne (with the Tosca Strings) and Gilberto Gil. It will take place at 8PM at The Town Hall in New York City. Proceeds from the concert will go to support the non-profit efforts of Creative Commons. Tickets from $45 (balcony) - $75 (Orchestra seating).

"Name of this band" and "Best of" exclusive website offer
Posted Friday, 30 July, 2004 by francey
Both upcoming Talking Heads releases ("The Name of this band is Talking Heads" and "Best of Talking Heads") are now available for (pre-)order on talking-heads.net. Not only does your talking-heads.net order support this website, you'll also get an exclusive button for free with your order - now, it that a great deal or what?!

More details, prices etc on the Love for Sale page.

Ile Aiye on DVD
Posted Sunday, 25 July, 2004 by francey
David Byrne's documentary about the Brazilian Candomble religion "Ile Aiye" ("House of Love") will be released on DVD on August 31st (US/region 1). The hour long film has only been released on laserdisk before, in a very rare Japanese-only boxset. Ile Aiye isavailable here.

The Name of this Band is Talking Heads 2CD set
Posted Monday, 19 July, 2004 by francey
On August 17, 22 years after its original release, a CD version of the first official Talking Heads live album "The Name of this band is Talking Heads" will be released. And it's more than just a transfer from the old vinyls to CD: the 2CD package is completely remastered and stuffed with bonus -live- tracks that were unavailable previously.

Tracklist:

1. New Feeling
2. A Clean Break (Let's Work)
3. Don't Worry About the Government
4. Pulled Up
5. Psycho Killer
6. Who Is It?
7. The Book I Read
8. The Big Country
9. I'm Not in Love
10. The Girls Want to Be With the Girls
11. Electricity (Drugs)
12. Found a Job
13. Mind
14. Artists Only
15. Stay Hungry
16. Air
17. Love (Goes To) Building on Fire
18. Memories (Can't Wait)
19. Heaven

CD2

1. Psycho Killer
2. Warning Sign
3. Stay Hungry
4. Cities
5. I Zimbra
6. Drugs (Electricity)
7. Once in a Lifetime
8. Animals
9. Houses in Motion
10. Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
11. Crosseyed and Painless
12. Life During Wartime
13. Take Me to the River
14. The Great Curve

Pre-order The Name of This Band is Talking Heads.
Also available for pre-order) is a brand new "best of" CD.

New unauthorised Talking Heads book
Posted Thursday, 1 July, 2004 by francey
On August first, Carlon (UK) and Hal Leonard Pub Corp (US) will release a new book on Talking Heads called "Once In A Lifetime: The Stories Behind Every Talking Heads Song". The book was written by Ian Gittins, who wrote books on Eminen, Destiny's Child and Björk before.

Pre-order the US edition or pre-order the UK edition.

Pressrelease "The Name of this Band" + yet another "Best of"
Posted Saturday, 26 June, 2004 by francey
"RHINO OFFERS HEADS ON PLATTERS

THE NAME OF THIS BAND IS TALKING HEADS And BEST OF TALKING HEADS Available August 17

LOS ANGELES - Rhino Records is pleased to offer two kinds of overviews of the career of one of the best-loved bands of the 1980s with the release of THE NAME OF THIS BAND IS TALKING HEADS and THE BEST OF TALKING HEADS on August 17. Both packages, assembled with the members' full involvement, are firsts for the band--THE NAME OF THIS BAND IS TALKING HEADS has never been available on CD before and THE BEST OF TALKING HEADS is the first single-disc collection of the band's most popular songs.

THE NAME OF THIS BAND IS TALKING HEADS offers an unusual take on the concert album--rather than a "souvenir of a single night's show," it captures the band's live evolution from 1977 to 1981. Originally released in 1982 as a double album, fans have waited nearly two decades for the CD release of THE NAME OF THIS BAND IS TALKING HEADS. This two-disc version doubles the original's contents by offering 13 previously unreleased tracks and a trio of rarities from a 1979 promotional only disc ("The Girls Want To Be With The Girls," an early version of "Drugs" called "Electricity," and "Found A Job"). In its expanded version, THE NAME OF THIS BAND provides a comprehensive portrait of Talking Heads as a live band, since it now includes a substantial number of songs from each of the band's first four studio albums.

THE BEST OF TALKING HEADS collects 18 of the group's most popular songs on a single disc for the first time ever. Compiled by the band, THE BEST OF TALKING HEADS includes all the favorites ("Psycho Killer," "Once In A Lifetime," "Burning Down The House," "And She Was), as well as some unexpected selections like "Heaven" and "Memories Can't Wait." This collection provides new listeners with a perfect introduction to this ground-breaking band's work.

David Byrne, Chris Frantz, and Tina Weymouth formed Talking Heads (note: no "The") after meeting at Rhode Island School Of Design in the early 1970s. Jerry Harrison, formerly of The Modern Lovers, joined in 1976 and Talking Heads quickly became one of the most important bands to emerge from the New York punk scene. Over the course of their 11-year recording career they released ten albums (including five gold records, one platinum, and two double-platinum), earned critical raves, and racked up more than a few
hits.

New David Byrne tourdates + DB on HBO
Posted Monday, 14 June, 2004 by francey
New confirmed David Byrne tourdates posted on the tourdates page. Second European leg + second US leg added.

David Byrne will be on "On The Record With Bob Costas" (HBO) at 11 p.m. Eastern time.

Burning down Franz Ferdinand
Posted Sunday, 6 June, 2004 by francey
IDC made a mash-up bootleg mix of Franz Ferdinand's "Take me out" blended in with Talking Heads' "Burning Down the House". Not the best mix in the world technically, but definately worth the download

thanks to meneer koker

Interview Jerry Harrison
Posted Tuesday, 25 May, 2004 by francey
Universal Audio has an interview with Jerry Harrison, who recently produced the new Von Bondies album and is now working on a Dolby 5.1 DVD-Audio mix of "Remain in Light".

Here it is.

Only the Strong Survive
Posted Tuesday, 25 May, 2004 by francey
Tom Tom Club contributed a brand new song to the Vanguard album "Creole Bred, A Tribute to Creole and Zydeco". More info on the project here and a 30 second sample (plus "order now") button here.

The future of music distribution
Posted Tuesday, 25 May, 2004 by francey
Chris and Tina did an on-line interview with the Washington Post on the future of music distribution. Listeners could submit questions during the live interview, so there's stuff on the upcoming Talking Heads remasters, sampling etc as well. A transcript is available here (you might need to registed, which is free)

Name of this band CD scheduled for August
Posted Monday, 24 May, 2004 by francey
Chris Frantz reported on tomtomclub.com that the yet-unreleased Talking Heads album "The Name of This Band is Talking Heads" is scheduled for release in August 2004. The release will be the first in a series of remastered Talking Heads album. No details yet on wether any of the regular albums will come with bonus tracks or not.

Letterman mp3
Posted Friday, 14 May, 2004 by francey
David Byrne performed "The Other Side of his Life" at the David Letterman show last night. Here's an MP3 (right click -> save as)

thanks to rick

Alexander Robotnik mixes TTC
Posted Wednesday, 5 May, 2004 by francey
"Wordy Rappinghood" is included on Alexander Robotnik's latest mix album "The Disco Tech Of...". The CD version contains a remix of the song (done by Robotnik), while the double vinyl contains the unmixed original 12" version as opening track.

David @ Letterman
Posted Sunday, 2 May, 2004 by francey
David Byrne is scheduled to perform on the David Letterman show on May 11th.

David Byrne live DVD
Posted Thursday, 29 April, 2004 by francey
Warner music will release a DVD with a David Byrne live show from 2002 (recorded at the Union Chapel, UK) on July 5th.

DB on BBC four (UK)
Posted Friday, 23 April, 2004 by francey
The David Byrne BBC Four session (live at the union Chapel) is being
repeated on Saturday 8 May at 12.40am (late Friday night). Check
the BBC site for times as there might be last-minute changes.

thanks to Paul Bates

Tina with Chicks reprise
Posted Friday, 16 April, 2004 by francey
Chris Frantz reports: "For those of you who will be in the area, Tina will join the Chicks On Speed for their superkool version of "Wordy Rappinghood", and possibly more, this Saturday night, April 17 th at The Deitch Project at 18 Wooster St. in Soho, NYC. The show begins at 8:00, but if you want to get in, get there early."

Caetano Veloso covers Talking Heads
Posted Wednesday, 14 April, 2004 by francey
On his new studio CD "A Foreign Sound", Brazilian composer/singer/author Caetano Veloso reinterprets classic and contemporary American pop songs, including Talking Heads' "(Nothing but) Flowers".

David Byrne tour diary
Posted Tuesday, 13 April, 2004 by francey
David Byrne is on tour in Europe right now and he's keeping a diary on his web site; an interesting read if you want to know everything about David's Life On The Road.

Happy Birthday, LaLaLand!!
Posted Saturday, 3 April, 2004 by cyberyukon
On April 3, 2004 Frank and Tracey's very cool record store, LaLaLand Records, will officially celebrate its second anniversary with a spectacular, sold-out event jam-packed with great guests and fantastic music (including an appearance by Chris and Tina)!

They've worked very, very hard at getting the store up and running and earn heaping amounts of merit and applause for their efforts. And all of this while keeping the coolest web-site about the world's coolest band humming along!

Let's all take a moment to wish them best wishes and a collective *Thank You* for everything that they do here at Talking-Heads.Net!!!

H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y, folks!!

(You can read more about it here: http://lalalandmusic.nl/3april/)

Chicks' "Wordy Rappinghood" CD-single
Posted Wednesday, 24 March, 2004 by francey
After getting some heavy airplay on several European versions of MTV during the last few weeks, Pias records released the Chicks on Speed version of the Tom Tom Club classic "Wordy Rappinghood" as limited edition 5" CD-single. Tina Weymouth is one of the guest vocalists on this version, along with electro-divas such as Miss Kittin and Nicola Kuperus (Adult.) Up until now, the Chicks version was only available on their full-lenght album "99 cents" and remixes on 12" vinyl.

The CD-single contains four versions of the song (Radio edit, Trevor Jackson's Playgroup Mix, Dave Clarke's non-Techno mix and Playgroup instrumnetal mix) plus the Bob Dylan-influenced music video (shot in Miami Beach) in CD-Rom QuickTime format (playable on all PCs and macs).

As the CD-single is only out in some parts of Europe, you can order your copy right here for only EUR 8,50 (worldwide priority airmail shipping included !!):

David Byrne US tourdates added
Posted Friday, 19 March, 2004 by francey
All confirmed US dates for this summer are now on the tourdates page. Get your tickets before they're gone...

Behind the Monkeyhouse
Posted Thursday, 18 March, 2004 by francey
Chris and Tina's latest project is something they're gonna release under their own names - just Chris & Tina. They're going into a completely new direction and enter the world of electro pop music... "Behind the Monkey House" is the title of the only track finished yet, and it's gonna be on a compilation CD that comes with the second issue of art magazine Esopus, due in selected stores in May.

Lyrics "Grown Backwards" on-line
Posted Tuesday, 16 March, 2004 by francey
http://www.talking-heads.net/lyrics_backwards.html (not yet linked to the lyrics page of this site).

"Grown Backwards" released
Posted Saturday, 13 March, 2004 by francey
David Byrne's latest album "Grown Backwards" has been released in Europe last friday. The album comes in a shiny silverish slipcase with a jewelcase inside. Cover of the booklet is a drawing of David's face, the slipcase has the same image as a photo. No lyrics included, but the fold-up inlay does contain some DB drawings and short stories. Not available on vinyl, alas.

The CD contains "Lazy" in a completely new 9m35s version as bonus track - the song is totally different than all previously released mixes of the X-press-2 version. Heavy on strings and percussion, "Lazy" is a real treat.

special offer
You can order the European edition (incl "Lazy") right here on talking-heads.net and have it delivered to your doormat, no matter where in the world that is.

Shipping address within Europe EUR 20.00

David not at Conan...?
Posted Friday, 12 March, 2004 by francey
It seems that David cancelled his appearance at Conan O'brien tonight... If you want to know for sure, you're gonna have to watch anyway ;)

Supergrass remix
Posted Wednesday, 10 March, 2004 by francey
Chris and Tina are currently working on a remix for Supergrass. The song is called "Kiss of Life", which is one of the new tracks on Supergrass' forthcoming album which is due out in April or May.

David @ Conan
Posted Sunday, 7 March, 2004 by francey
David Byrne will be performing live on Late Night with Conan O'Brien this upcoming Friday, March 12th (US).

Re-release "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts"
Posted Tuesday, 2 March, 2004 by francey
In an interview with Virgin radio, David Byrne confirmed that "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts" will be re-released with bonus material before the end of this year.

Vive la Rappinghood!
Posted Friday, 27 February, 2004 by francey
Belgian Electrokitchpop band Vive la Fête will release their new 12" single "Schwarzakopf" early April. The B-side of the record features a remix/cover of Tom Tom Club's "Wordy Rapping Hood" titled "Vive la Rappinghood!". The track has Tina's vocals on it, as well as snippets from other 80s cult hits.

"Grown backwards" + bonus track
Posted Monday, 23 February, 2004 by francey
The German edition of David Byrne's upcoming album "Grown Backwards" comes with a bonus track not present on the US (and apparently UK) editions of the album.

It looked like the cover of the German edition would be different as well (a drawing of David in stead of a photo), but this was changed back into the original artwork picture. The bonus track is the number 1 hit single "Lazy", a song David recorded with british producers X-press 2 a couple of years ago.

The German edition of "Grown Backwards" is available here.

Byrne/Eno DJ edits
Posted Wednesday, 18 February, 2004 by francey
A 12" maxi single has surfaced with two extended version of tracks from the David Byrne/Brian Eno album "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts". The record, with MLITBOG-inspired labels, features "The Jezebel Spirit" (8:15") and "Mea Culpa" (8:50") in versions very close to the original. Unlike many other DJ mixes, no beats or samples have been added, just extended instrumental parts (loops) and some subtle echos. There is no sleeve, nor any useful info on the labels, besides the track titles, Eno/Byrne credits and "edits by Mr. K" and "for dj's only". The catalogue number is DK001.

Listen to David (and his new album) on the BBC web site
Posted Saturday, 14 February, 2004 by francey
BBC program "Mixing it" had an interview with David Byrne about his new album and also played some songs from it. The BBC added the program to their archives, so you can listen to it on their web site.

Glass, Concrete and Stone
Posted Wednesday, 11 February, 2004 by francey
The March issue of British music magazine "Uncut" comes with a 'free' CD called "The Nonesuch Collection", and features a track from David's new album "Grown Backwards". The track, "Glass, Concrete & Stone" is the first track on the album, which also features tracks by Wilco, Laurie Andersdon, Joni MItchell and many others.

A 30 second excerp is available on the Uncut website ("click to listen" opens a pop-up with the audio stream).

The paper edition of Uncut also features a 1-page interview with and 1-page photo of David.

New David Byrne available for pre-order
Posted Saturday, 7 February, 2004 by francey
The new David Byrne "Grown Backwards" is now available for pre-order in the US.

A special deal for European orders will be announced here soon.

New David Byrne album "Grown backwards" out in March
Posted Wednesday, 28 January, 2004 by francey
David Byrne's new album "Grown Backwards" is scheduled for release on March 16 in the US. There is no information about a worldwide release yet.

From the press release: "David Byrne took a different approach to writing Grown Backwards than he has previously used. He worked from the "top down", humming melodies into a micro-cassette recorder and later unscrambling them to create songs — a significant change from his usual practice of starting with improvised textures and grooves and later adding tunes. The result is a melodic set of fourteen songs that feature strings, rhythm section, and guitar. In addition to eleven original songs, the disc features two opera arias - "Un di Felice" from Verdi’s La traviata and, from Bizet's The Pearl Fishers "Au Fond Du Temple Saint", which features a duet with Rufus Wainwright, as well as Byrne's cover of the Lambchop song "The Man Who Loved Beer".

Tracklisting:

1. Glass, Concrete & Stone - 4:13
2. The Man Who Loved Beer - 2:41
3. Au Fond du Temple Saint - 4:49
4. Empire - 4:12
5. Tiny Apocalypse - 4:03
6. She Only Sleeps - 2:57
7. Dialog Box - 3:30
8. The Other Side of This Life - 4:00
9. Why - 2:54
10. Pirates - 3:52
11. Civilization - 3:17
12. Astronaut - 2:55
13. Glad - 1:55
14. Un di Felice, Eterea - 2:51

Without having heard the album: "Empire" is probably the same track as the bonus track on the Japanese edition of "Look into the Eyeball". "The Other Side of This Life" was played live during the "Lazy Eyeball Tour"; "Un de Felice, Eterea" was played live before during shows with Balanescu Quartet and also during the "Lazy Eyeball Tour".

Here's a Rolling Stones article about the new album.

"The Name of This Band is Talking Heads" finally on CD!!
Posted Sunday, 25 January, 2004 by francey
Twenty years after its original release on double vinyl, the Talking Heads live album "The Name of This Band is Talking Heads" will finally be released on CD. Chris Frantz confirmed the release of a remastered edition by Rhino "in the near future" on the Tom Tom Club message board yesterday.

Chris and Tina special guests at electro- party in Holland
Posted Tuesday, 20 January, 2004 by francey
Chris and Tina are the honorary guests on a big party that will take place on April 3rd in Leiden, The Netherlands. The party is organised to celebrate the second anniversary of record store La La Land (owned by your truly).

Some of the hippest and hottest electro-acts will perform at the event; Vive la Fete from Belgium and Chicks on Speed from Germany will both play full sets. The Chicks have a big underground hit with their version of Tom Tom Club's "Wordy Rappinghood" right now. Multi-media performer Anat Ben-David from England is the opening act.

Chris and Tina will be around to host the event and serve up some surprises of their own - I won't reveal too much, but this is definately a once in a lifetime event you don't want to miss.

More info + on-line ticketsale on this web site. Tickets also available through all TicketService outlets in The Netherlands (TicketService pre-sale starts Jan. 31 !)

Interview Chris and Tina
Posted Monday, 19 January, 2004 by francey
"Tom Tom Club- The Christian Right Has Taken Over", interview with Chris and Tina during their stay in London for the "Return to New York" festival last November. Here's the article.

David Byrne European tourdates confirmed
Posted Wednesday, 14 January, 2004 by francey
A confirmed tour schedule of the first leg of David Byrne's upcoming European tour is posted on the tourdates page. More (US and possibly rest of the world) dates will be posted as soon as they are confirmed.

David Byrne / Homer Simpson duet
Posted Thursday, 8 January, 2004 by francey
The song "Everybody hates Ned Flanders" is available for download in MP3 format from the British Simpson fan site D'oheth!. David's part starts halfway the song - here's a direct link to the MP3.

Wild Wild iLife
Posted Wednesday, 7 January, 2004 by francey
Apple Computer Inc. is currently using the Talking Heads song "Wild Wild Life" for the promo video for it's "iLife '04" software. The video is available in three different formats on the iLife web site

TTC "return to London"pictures
Posted Tuesday, 6 January, 2004 by francey
Tom Tom Club played an exclusive set at the Return to New York party in London on November 22nd of last year. Bulletin board member Green Apple Cat made pictures and put them on this web site.

Happy New Year
Posted Thursday, 1 January, 2004 by francey
to everybody everywhere :-)

Interview DB on MSNBC
Posted Saturday, 13 December, 2003 by francey
MSNBC interviewed David Byrne about his latest book "Envisioning Emotional Epistemological Information" and although it's in interview mainly about Powerpoint, it's quite an interesting read.

So, here it is.

Once in a Lifetime boxset w/ 20% discount
Posted Saturday, 13 December, 2003 by francey
Amazon now offers the 3CD/1DVD Talking Heads boxset with a 20 % discount.

David Byrne tour spring 2004
Posted Tuesday, 9 December, 2003 by francey
David Byrne will do a series of shows throughout Europe (and probably the USA too) in the spring of 2004. Right now, the tour is still in preperation - some venues have announced dates yet and for some shows pre-sales have started. Dates and venues are posted in the David Byrne section of the Bulletin Board on this site.

As soon as an official list of tourdates is announced by David Byrne's management, I'll post it on the web site. Till then, please share yet unknown dates on the message board and keep track of changes (venues, dates, everything seems pretty uncertain right now).

Talking Heads tribute in Cincinnati
Posted Thursday, 4 December, 2003 by francey
On Friday night, January 9th 2004 at the York Street Café in Newport, KY, ten local Cincinnati bands will be playing songs from Talking Heads, to raise money for the Autism Society of Greater Cincinnati.

Read the entire pressrelease on the bulletin board.

Happy birthday Tina!
Posted Saturday, 22 November, 2003 by francey
Tina and the rest of Tom Tom Club will be performing in London tonight. Let's all sing "Happy birthday" to the queen of all bassplayers! Hope to see y'all tonight.

Boxset released - post your reviews!
Posted Tuesday, 18 November, 2003 by francey
The long awaited Talking Heads boxset has been released and the first reactions to it are coming on - share your thought on the message board of this site in one of the many treads about THE boxset.

Meanwhile, if you haven't ordered it yet, do it now.

David Byrne interviewed about boxset
Posted Monday, 17 November, 2003 by francey
NPR interviewed David Byrne about the new Talking Heads boxset. You can listen to it here.

Modern Lovers vinyl re-issue
Posted Sunday, 16 November, 2003 by francey
The legendary first Modern Lovers album (with Jerry Harrison as one of the four bandmembers) has been re-released on 180 gramms vinyl by the Italian Get Back label. The album was originally released on Beserkley in 1976 and contains a collection of tracks produced mostly by John Cale in 1971 and includes such classics as "Roadrunner", "Astral Plane", "She Cracked", and "Girlfriend". The reissue comes in a gatefold sleeve with original artwork and is pressed on yellow vinyl.

Tom Tom Club London gig Nov 22nd
Posted Friday, 14 November, 2003 by francey
If you want to attend the special Tom Tom Club show on London on November 22nd (Tina's birthday), get your tickets now, because it's selling out fast.

Boxset released
Posted Friday, 14 November, 2003 by francey
The Talking Heads boxset "Once in a Lifetime" has been released in Europe today. It's the coolest boxset-thing **ever**.

Counting down and letting the days go by...
Posted Saturday, 1 November, 2003 by francey
Here's another miniature image of the upcoming Talking Heads boxset that will be released on November 18.

"Spanning 1976-1992, this is the first-ever Talking Heads box. With over 50 tracks on three CDs, this uniquely packaged set features hits and album tracks, as well as previously unreleased rarities, outtakes, and alternate versions. Also includes a DVD with the out-of-print video compilation Storytelling Giant and three previously unreleased bonus clips. An 80-page booklet features a band history written by all four founding members."

Halloween flash
Posted Saturday, 1 November, 2003 by francey
This years Halloween episode of Homestar Runner cartoons features the character Strong Sad dressed as David Byrne in conversation with Twin Peaks' loglady... (flash cartoon)

How do you see your music?
Posted Monday, 27 October, 2003 by francey
The American Museum of Natural History in New York is launching a digitally animated alternative music show called SonicVision. Mixed by Moby and featuring tracks from David Byrne and Brian Eno, Radiohead, U2, David Bowie, Coldplay, Fischerspooner and many others, the music ignites this one-of-a-kind computer-generated musical and visual experience. More info here

Tom Tom Club in London!
Posted Tuesday, 21 October, 2003 by francey
Tom Tom Club will play at the Great Eastern Hotel in London, UK on November the 22nd. The show is part of the "Return To New York" event, organised by Arthur Baker and Sean McLusky.

Other bands live on stage are The Loose Cannons and Whitley (PPQ). DJ's like Tiga, Richard Fearless (Death in Vegas), Bones & Ramsey, Francois Norman and Mr Baker and Mr McLusky spin records and make a it party that will last till the early morning.

CBGB hosts a programme full of filthy rock & roll bands featuring The Stills, Tower of London, Cazals and a DJ set from the first lady of punk rock, Jane COunty.

Doors open 8pm , tickets 18 UK pounds in advance, 20 pounds at the door. To book call: 0207 6185010 Quoting Return To New York.

And yes, November 22nd is also somebody's birthday :-)

More boxset details
Posted Monday, 13 October, 2003 by francey
In addition to the previously posted tentative tracklist with alternate versions, disc two contains the "extended" (formerly cassette-only) versions of "Making Flippy Floppy" (5:52, with extra verse), "Girlfriend is Better" (5:45) and "Slippery People" (5:02).

"In Asking Land" is an early version of "Carnival Girl", a song later released by David Byrne on his solo album "Rei Momo".

Here's what the cover of the boxset (more like a book-set) will look like: