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Creative Time presents Playing the Building, a 9,000-square-foot, interactive, site-specific installation by renowned artist David Byrne.

Halloween is coming up, and the question is always "What are you going to dress up as?" If you are throwing a party, it doesn't matter whether you're dressed up like the Joker or Keith Richards, you still need that creepy background music to set the mood.

The fetid Gowanus Canal is on track for a federal clean-up - but it could also flush the canal zone's first major residential complex.

Hosted by Ben McNally.) "Cities, Bicycles, and the Future of Getting Around" was all about how bicycles and bike-culture would play a major role in revitalizing dead or dying urban spaces, especially as automobiles became less and less practical with respect to the environment and one's personal finances.

I'm on 9th Avenue at 34th in Manhattan. That is, I'm trapped on 9th at 34th. The light has cycled three times, yet I haven't gained an inch.

The Talking Heads in Blu-ray and the DVD debut of a horror fan-favorite from the '80s lead off these movies that have arrived on home video.

In the age of the single download, Jeff Harford rediscovers the album... The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads is a rare and precious thing and not only because copies of the original live double-vinyl/cassette release are hard to find.

In 1993, Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain wrote to the psychedelic Brazilian rock outfit Os Mutantes, citing it as a major influence and begging the disbanded trio to reunite.

"I hate world music," said an angry David Byrne, singer and principle songwriter for New Wave band Talking Heads and founder of my favorite music label, Luaka Pop.

Though the racks Tractor and Kirkiles designed will be installed out front of the museum for the exhibition, Towers tells me that they'll also be for sale, in stainless steel, in side the gift shop.

I'll be the first to admit that sometimes it's imperative for your sanity to just space out for a minute.

Fatboy Slim has confirmed that Martha Wainwright and Cyndi Lauper will appear on the album he worked on with former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne.

Talking Heads at their best in concert footage shot at the famed Pantages Theatre in Hollywood .

Q: I heard stadium concerts are carbon nightmares. So do I have to skip U2 next time they're in town? A: In July, former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne slammed U2 for its massive 360Es tour.

On the Talking Heads' 1979 album, 'Fear of Music,' the disembodied, hesitant voice of singer David Byrne runs down the virtues and disadvantages of the world's metropolises in the song 'Cities.' 'I'm checking them out,' he says of various spots, from London to El Paso.

What was billed as a book reading by famed Talking Heads frontman David Byrne on Tuesday evening took on the air of a teach-in on cities and bicycles, with Byrne and fellow cycling superstars Janette Sadik-Khan and Paul Steely White taking turns extolling New York City's blooming bicycle infrastructure before a packed house at the Union Square ...

The exact quote is as follows: "Prices have come down to the point where I could afford something nice," he says, "maybe with a little backyard." Dear David: That's a terrible idea! You should move to the Bronx.

U2's "360 Tour," which makes a stop at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro Monday night, is a good old-fashioned stadium-rock extravaganza.

Using a mishmash of highlights from cities around the world, musician and artist David Byrne talks about his personal vision of a perfect, livable city.