Video: David Byrne's Bike Racks

David Byrne has long fascinated me because while he put out some amazing music both solo and with The Talking Heads , he's really much more than just a musicial one-trick pony. Much like a modern-day Renaissance Man, Byrne dabbles and shows proclivity in all aspects that fall under the umbrella of "art." He's written and published music and books, curated Academy Award-winning foreign language film scores, shoots photographs, paints, does art installations, brought musical styles and careers back to life , and collaborated with everyone from Brian Eno to more modern day artists like [...]

Consider this a catch-all update on all things David Byrne. As you may or may not know, DB is involved with a whole LOT of different projects; we just came across a video shot by the Wall Street Journal that follows him as he zooms around on a bike in order to detail the designer bike racks that he created for the city of New York. It's from a few months back but hey, the existence of this vid is news to us: In more real-time news, Byrne is releasing a new [...]

A David Byrne-designed NYC bike rack The American Express presale for tickets to David Byrne 's upcoming show at Radio City Music Hall starts Monday December 8th @ noon. Regular sale begins one week later. All tour dates HERE . A recent setlist HERE . In related news, David Byrne recorded a track with Dirty Projectors for the upcoming Red Hot compilation being released by 4AD . A video about [...]

This weekend, the New York Times had a short piece on some new bicycle racks designed by David Byrne, who went from "judge" to "winner" in a recent New York-sponsored contest to design some racks for the city. Byrne's racks, which were installed on Friday, seem to go for "whimsy" over "function," with themed designs (a silhouette of a woman that looked like it was copied from a semi's mudflap went into Times Square; a car-shaped rack called "The Jersey," pictured, was installed near the entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel) and space for maybe four or five bikes, [...]