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News & Observer music critic David Menconi's random (and we do mean random) musings about all things related to music and culture of the "popular" variety.
This being Rocktober, it's not surprising we've already had some choice concert announcements this month. And here's yet another: The great David Byrne at Raleigh's Meymandi Hall on Dec. 8. It's billed as an evening of "Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno," which doubtless means a big heaping helping of the duo's recently released album "Everything That Happens Will Happen Today."
Tickets go on sale Oct. 10.
David Menconi has been the News & Observer's music critic since 1991. Before that, he spent five years at the Daily Camera in Boulder, Colo. He has a masters in journalism from the University of Texas and a B.A. in English from Southwestern University. You can find more of his writing here.
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eno/whoknows/etc
Thu, 10/02/2008 - 20:50 — Anonymous (not verified)bottom line:
it's over. so over.
there are not enough
penniless teens to buy
tickets for an uber-trend
show like this one. without
the stock market wonderkins
and their plastic swipe-a-holic
wives, it's TEOTWAWKI.
eno/whoknows/etc
Thu, 10/02/2008 - 22:04 — dmenconi (author)Geez -- bitter much? What's your problem? Since when were "penniless teens" ever DB's audience? And furthermore, who cares about the turnout?
Way back in 1992, I saw Byrne at Memorial Auditorium in Raleigh. The crowd was pathetic, just a couple hundred people -- and it was one of the greatest shows I've ever seen. Byrne, to his credit, still Brought It.
Away with ya,
dm
Any chance...
Thu, 10/02/2008 - 19:30 — rob (not verified)Any chance they'll perform The Jezebel Spirit in the N&O newsroom? Might be helpful.
WHEW.
Thu, 10/02/2008 - 18:24 — patty (not verified)I worried that by missing last month's Asheville show, I would get no David Byrne this year. So glad I was wrong! I love the Byrne/Eno album and I have heard it is a great show.
Any chance...
Thu, 10/02/2008 - 17:13 — LP (not verified)Any chance for some Talking Heads songs in this one? Why no reunion out of that band.
Any chance...
Thu, 10/02/2008 - 22:07 — dmenconi (author)Oh, I expect he'll do at least a few T-Heads songs. As to why no reunion, I'm sure they've got their reasons...