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NEWS ABOUT: David Byrne

David Byrne stories: 3 news summaries

 Stars Demand 
 Bush 'Music 
 Torture' Files 

Time for torturers to face the music, say celebs

Oct 22, 09 2:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - A coalition of celebrity musicians is demanding the release of Bush administration documents revealing how music was used to torture Guantanamo Bay inmates. Songs from Metallica, The Real Slim Shady, and the Star Spangled Banner, among many others, were blasted all day for days on end to rattle prisoners, inmates... More »

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Bush administration • music • torture • Eminem • Guantanamo Bay • prisoners • country music • Guantanamo prisoners • Metallica • heavy metal • David Byrne • Rage Against the Machine • Tom Morello • Bonnie Raitt

appreciation

Rauschenberg Rocked

Talking to the painter
was 'like being on
some ecstatic drug': David Byrne

May 16, 08 12:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - In some ways, Robert Rauschenberg lived more of the rock ’n’ roll life than his friend and collaborator David Byrne, who offers an affectionate farewell in the New York Times today. His life was just as wild and unpredictable as his work, says the Talking Heads founder. "Conversation... More »

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art • obituary • David Byrne • Robert Rauschenberg • conceptual art

2 Music Pioneers Talk Shop

David Byrne and Thom Yorke like modern access to audiences

Dec 20, 07 9:57 AM CST
(Newser) - David Byrne and Thom Yorke don’t have much of anything nice to say about record labels, but they’re both excited about the contemporary musician’s access to audiences. The famous frontman from Talking Heads interviews the Radiohead impresario for Wired, and the latter says it was an “... More »

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music industry • Talking Heads • Radiohead • Thom Yorke • David Byrne

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