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1984
by David Byrne
My friend, the director Jonathan Demme, passed last night.
David Byrne dons his oversized grey suit in a new trailer for the 4K restoration
From returning Austin favorites to newbie talents to watch out for, we've got over a dozen new films you can't miss at this year's festival.
But rather than going for something stripped down and intimate, in the style of Bruce Springsteen’s monumentally successful Springsteen On Broadway, Byrne is pursuing the spectacle, bringing his expansive, highly mobile American Utopiatour to a limited-run theatrical residency.
And that is how Stephen Tobolowsky found himself sitting next to David Byrne of the Talking Heads.
Head back to the 80's to jam with Talking Heads one last time.
If there is one term that makes a new wave musician squirm, even more than being referred to as a new wave musician, it’s quirky.
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“David Byrne’s American Utopia” is headed to Broadway this fall, but not before the former Talking Heads frontman stages 18 performances of the hybrid theatrical concert at Boston’s Emerson Colonial Theatre.
"I especially like their use of vernacular movement, taken from the most diverse sources imaginable - Beyoncé, Okinawan street dancers and Kabuki actors-but without referencing those contexts."
This jubilant production, choreographed by Annie-B Parson, transforms an icon of alienation into a cosmically cozy senior statesman.
"Curating is maybe overused, or we think it’s overused...but the question is, am I better than an algorithm or am I not?"
Professor Robert Farris Thompson passed away in November, and this playlist is dedicated to him.
