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Just over a week to go, if you’re planning on submitting a proposal for the series, this time around. We have 100 proposals in so far – so if you are sending one in, it looks like you have a half-decent shot! I haven’t read any of the proposals submitted yet, but the spread of […]
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There are dozens of lovely obituaries of Levon Helm available – I like this one from the LA Times. And this quote in particular, about his childhood in Arkansas: “I would go right into Chapel Silas’ grocery story and Mr. Silas had one of the best jukeboxes in Phillips County, and I would sit there
“We asked Lethem to recommend 10 essential tracks for those new to Talking Heads, which, from 1975 to 1991, created a catalog of songs as eclectic and original as those of any of their rock and pop contemporaries.” Spotify time!
A lovely review of Jonathan Lethem’s 33 1/3 on Talking Heads’ Fear of Music by Brian Gresko for the Atlantic. Full text of the review here! “His achievement in Fear of Music is to let his personal passion for the album inform his thoughts on it with a vital urgency, without ever allowing those feelings
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Full text here! “The collision of Lethem and Talking Heads makes perfect sense. Both can’t escape being identified with New York – or, in Lethem’s case, Brooklyn – and despite working in disparate modes, each brings the formalism and precision of the high arts to popular forms.” The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin also has a
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Just in case anybody is hunting around for this information, below is the full text of what we posted, a few weeks ago. And there are some useful (I hope!) answers to some very pertinent questions in the comments section of the original post, which is linked here. Proposals have been arriving in a steady
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We have several unique events lined up to celebrate the publication of Jonathan Lethem’s volume in the series on Talking Heads’ Fear of Music. Each event will combine Lethem reading from and discussing the book with a live band playing Talking Heads classics. Probably not at the same time, but nevertheless, should be a lot
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