David Byrne

Joe’s Playlist Today (this is the day of lists)
Dirty Work: Steely Dan
Loddy Doddy: Slick Rick
Oh No: Mothers of Invention
Sing Your Life: Morrissey
Unsent: Alanis Morissette
It Wasn’t Me: Shaggy
Stink: John Lurie
Screenwriters’s Blues: Soul Coughing
Considering a Move To Memphis: Colorblind James Experience
Angels: David Byrne

I challenge you to find a pattern there.

Quote of the Day
More and more, with the rise of the computer and the Internet, people tend to think mechanistically and digitally: “If it can’t be encoded as data, then it ain’t worth sh*t. It ain’t anything that we should be worried about.” They tend to think of life as a decision tree, a hierarchy, some kind of programming language that, once you’ve got it mastered, you’re all set. But I don’t think it’s as simple as that.
– David Byrne

Eat my eclecticism:
My rotating playlist the other day was:

He Loves U Not (Club Mix) by Dream; Crystal by New Order; God’s Child by David Byrne and Selena; Doowutchalyke by Digital Underground; Lady Marmalade (Thunderpuss Radio Mix) by Christina Aguilera, Mya, Pink, Lil’Kim, Missy Eliot; Wonderful Wino|Frank Zappa (from: The Lost Episodes); Bamboozled by Love|Frank Zappa (from: Tinseltown Rebellion).

I got a lot of work done. I think for coding, sometimes a repetitive groove works very well. I remember writing many term papers in RT School while playing They Might Be Giants “Flood” again and again.

Keeping a journal is a responsibility, once you start it. But what does one do when there is precious little to share? I’m in transition now. Lots of irons in the fire. Things on my mind.

Other people have things about to happen as well. The new Bruce Sterling interview in Locus indicates a new nonfiction book from him called Tomorrow Now sometime soon. William Gibson is working on a new book, no idea of the release date. David Byrne has a new album due to be released soon. There’s a new biography of Talking Heads out soon.

So much stuff. Meanwhile, visions of new articles for artlung.com are gelling in my head. Stay tuned.