Byrned to a crisp
About two years ago, a man in black skinny jeans and a purple silk button-down stood in front of a packed Green Hall. He shared his belief that art should aim to create spectacle from the ordinary. But that man was David Byrne, and his attempt to be ordinary — giving a lecture in an art school — seemed the greatest spectacle.
Byrne’s lecture on that distant April afternoon elegantly describes his two projects with long-time friend and innovative musician in his own right Brian Eno. The pair, who first worked together in 1978 on “More Songs About Buildings and Food,” released the...
