Talking Heads

Once  Twice In A Lifetime
(that's how I wanted the title to read) 
There was a great article in the Life & Arts Sunday paper (remember those??) yesterday. Arts/Culture reporter Ron Rollins expanded a plug for Tom Moon's new book "1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die" into a lament for the bygone days the local record store, and how much missed are the environs of musical discovery that were common 25 yrs ago. You can read the article here. He closes with: "I don't ... MORE

Not that you, my fellow American MOGgers, would need convincing (right???!), but David Byrne just issued this missive urging you to get off your ass and vote today. In just a few hours I'll be placing my vote. Will you? If you haven't already and don't plan to, you're an idiot who deserves any shit that comes your way for the next four years.
David says...
Pardon the bulk mailing. I Can't Vote. I am an immigrant with a Green Card and, therefore, I am not eligible to vo... MORE

One of my favorite songs by the Talking Heads is "Seen and Not Seen" off of their more-than-essential album Remain in Light.  If you know the album at all, that might seem strange to you.  After all, out of all the songs on the album, this is the least song-ish one on it.  It has lyrics, but no singing.  It has structure and rhythm, but does not follow the traditional song format.  Without a doubt, it's the simplest song on the album--nothing more than a basic groove laid ... MORE

HELP! I need some help with a mixtape. I'm looking for songs about nature or the environment. Lovesongs to Mother Earth, rants about its destruction, sarcastic asides that are still catchy lil ditties. Anything the MOG-verse can come up with, I'd like to hear them. Thanks in advance good citizens of MOG-itopia.   P.S. - The only ones I can think of so far are Tegan & Sara's "Our Trees" and The Talking Heads' "Nothing But Flowers". There's a Neil Young song I've heard b... MORE

"I couldn't talk to people face to face, so I got on stage and started screaming and squealing and twitching." David Byrne

The video is great too...choreography by Toni Basil. great. you should see. It's available for sale on the recent Talking Heads box set's DVD of videos. Great jam also. One magazine review said at the time that Talking Heads posessed funkiness and rhythms unusual for a white group from the north. I used to spin this one in my DJ sets and play the whole 5 minutes! Obviously one of the greatest American bands of all time. If you don't know it, just ask Bono or Thom Yorke. ... MORE

Talking Heads. One of the few things in life that still has the ability to help keep my spirits soaring on the loneliest day of the year. I suppose if I were to say I was in love with anybody at the moment, it would be David Byrne...

Note: the following is the first of what may be a new series of posts, depending on how much I feel like continuing, wherein I chronicle how my life in some way relates to the various lyrics laid down by David Byrne in his various incarnations. I don't want to brag, but I consider myself a pretty educated guy.  And yet for some reason I can not, for the life of me, figure out the burners on our stove.  I swear, about once a week (and I do a lot of the cooking at the house... MORE

Ex-Talking Heads mainman David Byrne plans to turn a landmark building in Manhattan into a giant musical instrument. State officials allowed Byrne to create a temporary installation in the Great Hall of the Battery Maritime Building, which is next to the Whitehall Ferry Terminal. Battery Maritime Building, New York City The "Playing the Building" art installation centers on the organ, which sprouts colorful tubes that lead to metal beams, columns, pipes, electrical ... MORE

When the Talking Heads _Speaking in Tongues_ first came out, I went to the record store and was among the lucky few who bought a limited edition vinyl of the album that was designed by none other than Robert Rauschenberg. It was the prized album in my collection ... the vinyl itself was clear, and included several sheets of acetate upon which Rauschenberg's designs were printed ... I think one was blue, one was pink, and one was yellow. The sheets could be placed on the ... MORE

The Talking Heads were my first introduction to Alternative/College Radio music. We were living in Laredo, Texas at the time and we had a friend of ours Juan from Detroit come and visit us. He brought all of this cool and strange new music that mis hermanos and I never heard of before. We were living in a Texas border town where Top 40 and Tejano were king. One of bands that I instantly fell for was The Talking Heads. Years, later after we moved up to San Antonio, I final... MORE