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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-12-08 03:23 PM
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As if David Byrne wasn't already one of the coolest people on the planet
He's now designing bike racks . . .

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/node/144548
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SallyMander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-12-08 03:24 PM
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1. Sweeeet!

Gotta email this to Iza, who is the biggest bike and Talking Heads fan i know! :D
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Westegg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-12-08 03:46 PM
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2. My wife met with Byrne on this!...
...She runs NYC's design-review agency, so when David's bike-rack design came up for discussion, she chaired the meeting. She described David to me as "sweet, quirky, very low-key and really knowledgeable." He was introduced at the meeting as simply "a musician and cyclist." What's funny is, after the meeting ended, a woman who works for my wife asked her, "Who was that David guy? He seemed really weird." My wife said: "Uh, hello? That's David Byrne? Talking Heads?" Turns out this woman is a HUGE T-Heads fan from way back, and had no idea she'd just had a meeting with one of her idols.

I had the pleasure of meeting David backstage at a "Stop Making Sense" show in '84, and a couple years later in L.A. at his book-signing. He's one of my heroes, for sure.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-12-08 03:49 PM
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3. Anyone who has a birthday on May 14th is ultimately a cool person
I mean, I was born on 5/14
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-12-08 05:06 PM
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4. Do bicycles have to pay tolls in Delaware?
It had to be said
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Book Lover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-12-08 05:15 PM
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5. Is there anything he cannot do or improve?
Answer: no.
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