I really like this discussion of the Talking Heads. All of the imagery is delightfully retro + post-modern. It is an offbeat romp by “graphic-arts prankster” Todd Alcott round of popular songs-turned-midcentury book covers, posters, magazine covers, and other pieces of non-musical graphic design.

I especially enjoyed the Douglas Coupland “Turing test” for Gen X. As a denizen of the small valley between the Boomers & Gen X, I totally relate to this:

“Do you like Talking Heads?”

Writer and visual artist Douglas Coupland once proposed that question as the truest test of whether you belong to the cohort named by his novel Generation X. Coupland’s contemporary colleague in letters Jonathan Lethem summed up his own early Talking Heads mania thus: “At the peak, in 1980 or 1981, my identification was so complete that I might have wished to wear the album Fear of Music in place of my head so as to be more clearly seen by those around me.”

I can’t say I imagined replacing my head with a T-Heads album cover; I can say I am really looking forward to seeing American Utopia, David Byrne’s new show on Broadway.

 

 

Previously:
Greatest American Rock and Roll Band? (January 4, 2013)

Who is the Greatest American Band? Your Updated List (January 11, 2013)

 

Source:
Talking Heads Songs Become Midcentury Pulp Novels, Magazines & Advertisements
Colin Marshall
Open Culture, October 8th, 2019
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The most anticipated big Disney remake yet, The Lion King, arrives in theaters Friday, promising fans a visually stunning reimagining of one of their favorite tales. Ahead of the movie’s release, Rotten Tomatoes’ editor Jacqueline Coley sat down with director Jon Favreau and the cast to talk about how they put a new spin on the classic film as well as their favorite scenes from the original movie. Want to know which Lion King moments make Donald Glover, Seth Rogen, Billy Eichner, Alfre Woodard, and Chiwetel Ejiofor laugh, cry, and drop their jaws? Check out the video interview above.

 

Donald Glover and ‘The Lion King’ Cast Reveal Their Favorite Scenes from the Disney Classic

 

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Lots of musicians cut corners during sound check. It’s a time to make sure everyone’s in tune and in balance, everyone’s blocked properly for the cameras, and every piece of recording equipment is doing its job the way it’s supposed to, but it’s not as if anyone’s rolling tape for posterity. Sometimes, Tiny Desk artists do their sound check in shabby street clothes before ducking into the green room to don their fancy performance wear. It’s standard procedure, and no big deal at all.

But from the second Lizzo entered the room, fresh off a long interview with Fresh Air’s Terry Gross, she was on: all charm, vibrant and gracious, dressed to the nines and ready to sing her face off. In rehearsal, Lizzo belted out “Cuz I Love You,” the title track from her wonderful new album, with nothing off her fastball; if you were standing six feet away at the time, you’d swear the gale force of her voice was blowing your hair back. She was the star and the mayor rolled into one, at once ingratiating and commanding, as an audience of maybe 25 milled around and prepared to let in the crowd.

 

Lizzo: Tiny Desk Concert

Source: NPR

 

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There is a fascinating research piece by the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank: The Unequal Recovery: Measuring Financial Distress by ZIP Code.” They used a clever data analysis to delve more deeply into household finances by Zip Code across different time periods, most notably since the Fed begin its current tightening cycle in 2015 –…

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