FIND REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL!
34 search results for: voting
2004
"I am saddened by the low level to which U.S. politics has sunk."
Go forth and vote.
David Byrne will handle the welcoming in of English rock band Radiohead and Queen’s Brian May will do the same for English heavy metal band Def Leppard at the ceremony at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
NYC Patch reports that Byrne called for action from Mayor Bill de Blasio, saying, “culture helps your whole city, your whole community, even if you don’t partake in it.”
Who’s inducting them? David Byrne is confirmed. Great choice! A fun piece of trivia is that Radiohead renamed themselves after the Talking Heads song “Radio Head” from their 1986 album, Truer Stories.
Here’s a playlist that gives just the smallest sample of the depth and range of creativity that continues to pour out of the countries in Africa and the Caribbean. It is undeniable. Can music help us empathize with its makers?
