I've Been In Beautiful Landscapes

Science's Job Is To Map Our Ignorance.

That's The One For My Tombstone... Here Lies David Byrne. Why The Big Suit?

My Favorite Term For A New Kind Of Performance Is "security Theater." In This Genre, We Watch As Ritualized Inspections And Patdowns Create The Illusion Of Security. It's A Form That Has Become Common Since 9/11, And Even The Government Agencies That Participate In This Activity Acknowledge,off The Record, That It Is Indeed A Species Of Theater.

There Are A Lot Of People That Don't Scour Websites Regularly Or Read Music Reviews. They Need Whatever, The Other Kinds Of Stuff, Whether It's An Appearance On Lettterman Or Posters Or Ads. They Need To Kind Of Be Hit More In The Face And Be Told That There's Something New Out There.

As Music Becomes Less Of A Thing--a Cylinder, A Cassette, A Disc--and More Ephemeral, Perhaps We Will Begin To Assign An Increasing Value To Live Performances Again.