New David Byrne - with many interesting collaborators
neal copperman
> From: "David Byrne" <do-not...@topspinmedia.com>
> Date: December 14, 2009 8:13:15 AM MST
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> Subject: HERE LIES LOVE: THINGS TO COME
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> Hello,
>
> Sorry for the mass mailing. I missed saying hi to some of you at the
> office Turkeyfest, but hope everyone had a good time. See you all
> next year.
>
> I have, after many years, finished the Here Lies Love CD project -
> at least this iteration of it. It will come out in late February on
> Nonesuch. It's a collaboration with Fatboy Slim , an upbeat series
> of songs sung each one by a different singer. The songs are about
> Imelda Marcos and Estrella Cumpas, the woman who raised her. The
> package includes 2 CDs (22 songs), a DVD with videos of 6 of those
> songs, and a 100-page book that explains it all. Singers include
> Florence Welch (of Florence + The Machine), Sia, Santigold, Nellie
> McKay, Sharon Jones, St. Vincent, Rsismn Murphy and many more (even
> me on 1 and 1/2)... I am pretty excited about this, but who knows,
> it might just make people crazy.
>
>
>
> We'll see. There will be more concrete news, with links and music,
> in early January.
>
> In the meantime, I have decided to rebrand myself, inspired by
> Philip Morris changing their name to Altria, Blackwater to Xe, and
> the train I'm riding on right now that calls itself Acela - none of
> which mean anything, but they are cleverly evocative. When I decide
> on the magic word, you'll be the first to know.
>
> -David Byrne
> Midtown
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>
> P.S. Santa's elves have stock of Bicycle Diaries, fresh from their
> polar workshop.
>
> ) David Byrne
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Jeffrey Burka
> In the meantime, I have decided to rebrand myself, inspired by
> Philip Morris changing their name to Altria, Blackwater to Xe, and
> the train I'm riding on right now that calls itself Acela - none of
> which mean anything, but they are cleverly evocative. When I decide
> on the magic word, you'll be the first to know.
I dunno, how about Issa? I hear that's available again...
jeff
n.p. _Coming to Terms_, Carolina Liar (not ecto fare, but tasty pop
nonetheless)
neile
another track. I can't imagine them together, but...
--Neile
Sarah Morayati
her)? Tori Amos and Cyndi Lauper ON THE SAME SONG?!
2009 and 2010 are conspiring to bankrupt me, I swear.