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and this traditional seaside town has a foyeur?Hastings is a traditional seaside town on the south coast of England
echos myron like a siren
with endurance like the liberty bell
and he tells you of the dreamers
but he's cracked up like the road
and he'd like to lift us up, but we're a very heavy load
with endurance like the liberty bell
and he tells you of the dreamers
but he's cracked up like the road
and he'd like to lift us up, but we're a very heavy load
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And of course all history nuts like me know that in 1066, the battle decided the future of England (William against Harold).
It made me laugh, too.
It made me laugh, too.
Preacher was a talkin' there's a sermon he gave,
He said every man's conscience is vile and depraved,
You cannot depend on it to be your guide
When it's you who must keep it satisfied
He said every man's conscience is vile and depraved,
You cannot depend on it to be your guide
When it's you who must keep it satisfied
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15 max. penalty years for possession of 5g of cocaine? Ludicrous. As if the industry isn't still awash with the stuff, like picking out Kate Moss in the fashion world. Still, calling the police when there are traces of it in your place is pretty dumbass.Who Shot Sam? wrote:Boy George - what a moron.
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chrille, any plans to check this out?...
Former "Talking Head" turns factory into instrument
By Stephen BrownMon Oct 10, 6:48 AM ET
When musician David Byrne says he is going to "play a factory" in Stockholm, he is not planning a gig at a trendy new venue, but talking literally.
The founder of the band "Talking Heads" has turned a disused paint factory by the Stockholm waterside into a giant musical instrument, constructed around an old wooden pump organ with its entrails ripped out and replaced with wires and pipes.
"The public can just come in and sit down and play what they like," he told Reuters this weekend while the installation at "Fargfabriken" ("The Paint Factory") was being set up.
"Playing the Building" is not a Byrne concert but a hands-on art installation that runs until mid-November.
The organ's keys and stops are linked to dozens of clear plastic tubes that pump air through the factory vents to make a range of whistle noises, bang hammers that clank against hollow iron pillars and start four engines ranged on the roof.
The resulting cacophony is deafening and the factory, which dates from 1889 and once produced guns, combine harvesters and more recently paint, briefly sounds like it has been granted a new lease of industrial life.
"It's a very democratic instrument, everyone is reduced to the same amateur level," said Byrne.
The Scottish-born lead singer and guitarist of "Talking Heads," whose hits included "Psycho Killer" and "Burning Down the House" before they broke up in 1991, wanted this to be a more "hands-on" experience than most installation art.
"A lot of the time people think the art world is pulling their leg, that there's an elite crowd that understands what is going on but that the general public is not in on the joke," he said. "In this case I think they don't feel intimidated."
An elderly couple who wandered in off the street in the Stockholm suburb of Liljeholmen to see what all the noise was about were treated to a personal demonstration by Byrne.
"They had smiles on their faces when they left," he said.
Alongside a solo music career, best-known for partnerships with musicians from around the world from outside the Anglophone mainstream, such as Brazil's Caetano Veloso, Byrne has ventured into the visual arts with photography shows and installations.
In 2004 he put on "The Voting Booth Project" incorporating 60 discarded voting machines from the discredited Florida poll in the 2000 presidential election won by George Bush.
Now 53, Byrne is trying his hand at design, making chairs out of an old filing cabinet or a large-scale molecule model. He publishes an online journal at http://www.davidbyrne.com and shares his favorite music with his fans on the online "Radio David Byrne."
"I've managed to wangle it so that I can do a lot of things I can enjoy," he said. "Not all of them generate income for me."
Former "Talking Head" turns factory into instrument
By Stephen BrownMon Oct 10, 6:48 AM ET
When musician David Byrne says he is going to "play a factory" in Stockholm, he is not planning a gig at a trendy new venue, but talking literally.
The founder of the band "Talking Heads" has turned a disused paint factory by the Stockholm waterside into a giant musical instrument, constructed around an old wooden pump organ with its entrails ripped out and replaced with wires and pipes.
"The public can just come in and sit down and play what they like," he told Reuters this weekend while the installation at "Fargfabriken" ("The Paint Factory") was being set up.
"Playing the Building" is not a Byrne concert but a hands-on art installation that runs until mid-November.
The organ's keys and stops are linked to dozens of clear plastic tubes that pump air through the factory vents to make a range of whistle noises, bang hammers that clank against hollow iron pillars and start four engines ranged on the roof.
The resulting cacophony is deafening and the factory, which dates from 1889 and once produced guns, combine harvesters and more recently paint, briefly sounds like it has been granted a new lease of industrial life.
"It's a very democratic instrument, everyone is reduced to the same amateur level," said Byrne.
The Scottish-born lead singer and guitarist of "Talking Heads," whose hits included "Psycho Killer" and "Burning Down the House" before they broke up in 1991, wanted this to be a more "hands-on" experience than most installation art.
"A lot of the time people think the art world is pulling their leg, that there's an elite crowd that understands what is going on but that the general public is not in on the joke," he said. "In this case I think they don't feel intimidated."
An elderly couple who wandered in off the street in the Stockholm suburb of Liljeholmen to see what all the noise was about were treated to a personal demonstration by Byrne.
"They had smiles on their faces when they left," he said.
Alongside a solo music career, best-known for partnerships with musicians from around the world from outside the Anglophone mainstream, such as Brazil's Caetano Veloso, Byrne has ventured into the visual arts with photography shows and installations.
In 2004 he put on "The Voting Booth Project" incorporating 60 discarded voting machines from the discredited Florida poll in the 2000 presidential election won by George Bush.
Now 53, Byrne is trying his hand at design, making chairs out of an old filing cabinet or a large-scale molecule model. He publishes an online journal at http://www.davidbyrne.com and shares his favorite music with his fans on the online "Radio David Byrne."
"I've managed to wangle it so that I can do a lot of things I can enjoy," he said. "Not all of them generate income for me."
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You gotta have one of those printed! You gotta!El Vez wrote:I lived through an era of unparalleled prosperity and all I got was this lousy t-shirt.
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Have any of y'all tried to buy Sudafed recently? It's like a controlled freakin' substance! You have to take the little card off the shelf to the pharmacy counter, where they look you up and down to see if you look like the type who cooks meth at home. The speed freaks are ruining it, RUINING it for those of us who simply need allergy relief! I think my ten-year-old would have an easier time buying liquor!
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I was buying Claritin-D for my kid and had to show a photo id and sign their little book to get it. I think they wrote my license number down as well. (If I was Rope - whom I miss - I'd be worried about that). It's easier to buy liquor. Or drugs (prescribed) for that matter. I can see doing this if I was buying a gross of them, but for one package it seemed like overkill. The War on Drugs, and all.
Like me, the "g" is silent.