Talking Heads

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Groon has a hit upon a great theme of Talking Heads songs and their relation to real life scenarios. After reading his Burning Down the House post, I thought about a recent article I had just read in Mark Architecture and the corresponding Remain in Light song that popped into my head while I was reading it. It is too cool.  
Paraphrased out of Mark: The Dutch architect and artist John Kormeling has built up a modest oeuvre of original and rather witty pavilions. His l... MORE

need a female companion 4 anything

Date: 2008-07-08, 9:12AM CDT


I need female at least 18 and no more than 50 years old to spend the day with this summer. I prefer for them to live near Penn Square Mall. If not, then at least somewhere I can ride the city bus to meet them. I also prefer for them to be a city bus rider. One other thing: ABSOLUTELY NO MALES, GUYS, NOR BOYS!!!!!!!!! If you are a male, then I will not answer your reply. I hope this does not creep or offen... 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

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

A little note for all you guys and girls who know how to fix things. In my spare time, something I've come upon a lot of recently, I found that I can make a bucket load of money as a small jobs handyman. I went to a local retirement community and tacked up a card saying that I was "...available to fix minor plumbing problems, install ceiling fans, rehang cabinet doors, put in new door knobs. Call me and tell me what you job is and I'll see if I can fix it." Well I've been ... MORE

In honor of Oatmeal's new arrival, and with burgeoning expectations on my own end (no, not another kid for the Groonster, but my sister is expecting her first in November.  This was a hard-fought pregnancy, believe me) I figured I'd issue another installment of my random Talking Heads in Real Life series.  This one is about babies.     The 1985 album Little Creatures saw the Heads move away from the more tribal, ethnic-laced songs of the past three albums and em... MORE