We’ve known for a long time that he possessed a quizzical mind more shocking is discovering here how wholesome it is, too. Byrne’s music has every year grown more receptive to other cultures, and his diaries reflect the same ecumenicism. I realized that at that time I was more interested in irony than utopia.”Īs a plea to open up more city streets to cyclists an appendix includes drawings of nine goofy bike racks he designed for installation in Manhattan and Brooklyn this is an uncommonly gentle manifesto. “I eventually lost focus on the dome project and ended up busking with another friend on the streets of Berkeley he played accordion, I played violin and ukulele and struck ironic poses.
He is primarily known as the musician who co-founded the group Talking Heads (1976-88), and has also been involved in an array of music, theatre, art and film projects - including work with Brian Eno, Thwyla Tharp, Robert Wilson, Jonathan Demme and Bernardo Bertolucci - as well as Stop Making Sense (1984) and the theatre piece about Imelda. A trip to San Francisco prompts memories of helping a friend build a dome in Napa during the eco-craze of the ’70s. David Byrne was born in Dumbarton, Scotland, in 1952. “Things here are not as simple as they were in my preconceived picture,” he acknowledges in a section on politics in the Philippines.Īlong the way are glimpses of his daily routine and sound bites of autobiography.
As his attention meanders, from fashion to architecture to local food to urban planning to race relations to the history of PowerPoint to cultural stereotypes, he is careful never to be a know-it-all.
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