Fatboy Slim and Greta Thunberg
Fatboy Slim has mashed up his song Right Here, Right Now with climate change activist Greta Thunberg’s United Nations speech.
Truly marvelous.
Right Here, Right Now
David Byrne’s Survival Strategies for Emerging Artists — and Megastars.
David Byrne along with Fatboy Slim is releasing Here Lie Love next week. It’s the story of Imelda Marcos, former 1st Lady of the Philippines. As one our great living artists, David is more than a musician having produced and collaborated in theatre, dance, opera, film, photography, and other artistic media. I first met David in the bowels of MIT when I was in the process of establishing the first punk rock radio show in the country in the 70s. Talking Heads were only 3 at the time (Jerry Harrison was yet a member) and the band joined me for one of their earliest interviews. It may survive somewhere. These are David’s words lifted from Wired Magazine, 12/18/07. Continue reading
Oedipus Podcast #4: New Music (mostly) for the End of Winter
MGMT-“Flash Delirium”
David Byrne/Fat Boy Slim w/Santigold-“Please Don’t”
Massive Attack w/ Horace Andy-“Girl I Love You”
Frightened Rabbit-“Swin Until You Can’t See Land”
Peter Gabriel-“The Book of Love”
Peter Wolf-“The Night Comes Down (for Willy DeVille)”
Mink DeVille“Venus of Avenue D”
Nas & Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley-“As We Enter”
Hot Chip-“Thieves in the Night”
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Oedipus Podcast # 4 by Oedipus