David Byrne

David Byrne, captured by photographer Karen Kuehn

My new favorite blog, Bakfiets en Meer, lists that David Byrne not only has a blog (who doesn't these days, really?), but he is a bike activist! I spent many days singing Talking Heads lyrics to "Nothing But Flowers":

Once there were parking lots
Now it's a peaceful oasis
You got it, you got it
This was a Pizza Hut
Now it's all covered with daisies
You got it, you got it

...or lyrics to "Don't Worry about the Government"

It's over there, it's over there
My building has every convenience
It's gonna make life easy for me
It's gonna be easy to get things done
I will relax along with my loved ones

Loved ones, loved ones visit the building
Take the highway, park and come up and see me
I'll be working, working but if you come visit
I'll put down what I'm doing, my friends are important

I adore his deliciously sarcastic commentary about contemporary life. His blog sounds like something a friend would have written. It's straightforward, honest, and concerned about, well everything. I think that anyone who rides a bicycle or walks in dense urban areas has a heightened sensual awareness with which it is near impossible to ignore the goings-on: the beautiful, ugly, and everything in between.

David Byrne has been a fashion inspiration to me: I attribute my life-long obsessions blazers to him and long, one day, to have a Big Suit.

Check out his blog: it is definitely worth a read.