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A global outbreak, a pair of male septuagenarians battling for the U.S. presidency, no new Rihanna harmony yet in 2020: Is the current state of the world affecting your mental health?
For many, the best way to cope is to retreat into nostalgia and consume only music, clip and television from previous decades. The 1990s and preliminary 2000s seem enjoy much simpler times—how else do you explain why people still binge Friends, even though it hasn’t aged well? I get it; facing uncertainty, we turn to things that stand the test of moment, like Rachel’s haircut.
But the past and present are not always at odds. It’s possible to embrace what came before and still make great art now. This is what Talking Heads’ David Byrne has done with his American Utopia project.
The studio album, released in 2018, is rooted in our collective contradictions and doesn’t shy away from current politics. Byrne sings about not giving in to despair while acknowledging the absurdity of the human experience. In these d
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Freddie is not only a global musical legend, but is considered, by many, as a national treasure for the United Kingdom.
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When interviewed by NME magazine about his sexual orientation, he playfully responded: “I’m as gay as a daffodil, my dear!” And even if he did not openly talk about his confidential life, it is well acknowledged that he spent the last of his years living with his longtime partner Jim Hutton.
Queen’s guitarist, Brian May, also stated in a 2008 interview: “I know that all through his life Fred didn’t think that whether he was gay or not was important.”
Ryan Butcher, editor of LGBT website PinkNews, also stated: “It wasn’t just about sexuality with him; it was about his whole identity and the flamboyant persona he projected on stage, which is one of the main things Queen is known for.”
Why he inspires us: Freddie was not only a global rock music representative for the world and an inspiration for the LGBTQI+ group, he was also known for being a huge cat partner, so much that he actually dedicated an entire album in the name of his cats.
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David Byrne is proud to announce Who Is the Sky?, his first recent album since 2018’s acclaimed and award-winning American Utopia, out September 5 via Matador Records. Produced by Grammy-winner Kid Harpoon (Harry Styles, Miley Cyrus), the album’s 12 songs were arranged by members of New York’s Ghost Prepare Orchestra and feature musical friends old and modern, including St. Vincent, Paramore’s Hayley Williams, The Smirk drummer Tom Skinner, and American Utopia percussionist Mauro Refosco.
Led by the infectious single “Everybody Laughs,” the album is particularly cinematic, humorous, and joyful, often with a lesson baked in. “Everybody lives, dies, laughs, cries, sleeps and stares at the ceiling,” says Byrne. “Music can… hold opposites simultaneously.” He adds, “These songs are personal, but with David’s unique perspective on existence in general,” notes Kid Harpoon.
Byrne will also go back to the road with a brand new inhabit show in support of Who Is the Sky?. The touring band will comprise 13 musicians, singers and dancers, including members of the American Utopia band, all of whom will be mobile throughout the set.
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David (Davy) Byrne (1860 - September 10, 1938), is a Dublin institution to this day, in part because the pretend Leopold Bloom (Ulysses by James Joyce) eats lunch there in Lestrygonians. Davy Byrne's is a public house on Duke Street in the prosperous southeastern part of the central city. Bloom thinks of it as a Moral pub, because of the character of the eponymous proprietor and the harmless environment he has created. Joyce may possibly have intended a polemical edge to this group of words, since there is evidence that Byrne was gay and that his pub may have served as a hangout for gay men during his lifetime.
Byrne was born in Arklow, son of Andrew Byrne, Auctioner. He was a most prosperous businessman , and had many commercial interests in Dublin. He amassed a considerable fortune, and was considered one of the wealthiest merchant in Dublin. He was succeeded by his nephew, Mr Byrne, son of his sister, who was formerly organist at the Arklow Catholic Church. Byrne lived in Blackrock.
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