Just got back from the David Byrne show. Amazing! Some pics over at funnystrange. Big ups to Xta for scoring us all such great seats. I was 2nd row. Dead center. I can't remember ever having better location at a large-venue show. Closest was when I was 2nd row for the Cure at the Beacon in NYC, but I think there was an orchestra pit area between row 1 and the stage, and the stage is much higher there than at the Carolina. Byrne and band were in killer form. And his voice is still amazing. Plus he's touring with Tosca Strings (as seen in Waking Life). And doing many more Talking Heads songs than I'd expected. And "What a Day That Was" from Catherine Wheel and my 2 fave songs from Look Into the Eyeball and even his cover of "Don't Fence Me In." Way back in the Pleistocene (aka the 80s) there was a couple month period in which I saw Hüsker Dü, X, and the Damned; all amazing shows and all at a point where I knew almost every song they played. Tonight was a lot like that.

btw, the quote on the "talk like a pirate day" post is from the song in the Crimson Permanent Assurance, Terry Gilliam's weird little finance/pirate movie that runs at the beginning of Meaning of Life