I has always like the Talking Heads’ True Stories… the album
(http://store.artistdirect.com/store/artist/album/0,,172362,00.html). I
knew that there was a movie (http://us.imdb.com/Title?0092117) that the
music was based off of. A little strange… the band recorded an album
of songs that characters in the movie sang. I think there are some of
the most real and yet positive,uplifting lyrics on this album that I
have ever heard. Dream Operator and Radio Head are two great examples
of this.
At any rate, I now am watching the movie. (Side note, Netflix really is
a good service. Thanks to them I have caught up on some of the Mystery
Science Theater 3000 I haven’t seen… oh, yeah, and I got True Stories
from them.) I am about a third into the movie. It is a combination of
Bowling Alone, Leap of Faith, and a Ken Burn’s documentary all rolled
into one. And I like it. A lot. And that scares me.
Ever listened to David Byrne talk? He speaks
slowly
in strange off-beat
phrases.
An example: He is in his red convertible, looks at the camera and says,
“I want to saying something about the difference between American cities
and European cities…
…
… but I forgot it.
…
… I have it written down at home.”
I am really scaring myself here.
Maybe it is just the heat getting to me.
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