Some Reasons to Be Cheerful
David Byrne of the Talking Heads has decided to create a new magazine and website focused on uplifting news called Reasons to be Cheerful. He said that he was getting depressed with the constant stream of bad news in the papers and wanted to give people a place to read news that was optimistic and focused on solutions. The non-profit site already has some articles available some penned by Byrne himself.
Album of The Week
Live Rust - Neil Young (1979)
“Rock and roll is here to stay
It’s better to burn out than to fade away”
“I’ve got something to tell you
You made it show
Let me come over
I know you know
When you dance
I can really love”
Neil Young released two live albums to end the 70’s Rust Never Sleeps and Live Rust. He had both his concerts and the LP split between acoustic and electric songs. He was making a case for the timelessness of music as he faced the beginning of the 80’s and saw new trends in music pulling away from the music he had known. These rust albums, which actually got their namesake from a commercial campaign “Rust Never Sleeps” as was suggested to Neil when he was collaborating with Devo and expressing these thoughts. Two versions of this live album from San Francisco act as time capsule into a time when music was about to undergo some major changes and one of the old guards from the Woodstock era paid tribute to what had come before.
Best New Track: Fuck It I Love You
“So I moved to California‚ but it’s just a state of mind
It turns out everywhere you go‚ you take yourself‚ that’s not a lie”
Amsterdam
“That howling wind, she’s waving hi
Her other hand’s in mine”
First Born
“If you have to rule
Use an open hand”
Appointments
“Maybe it’s all gonna turn out all right
And I know that it’s not, but I have to believe that it is”
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