David Byrne Journal

There’s been a lot of buzz in the last week or two surrounding some scientists’ claims that, with about $10 million, they could bring a woolly mammoth back to life. DNA from the mammoth’s hair samp...

Last week GM — once one of the largest, most powerful companies in the whole world — went begging for a government bailout, along with the other 2 big U.S. automakers. Needless to say, Bush got thi...

The dancers are in the venue early, working on accumulating ideas for the two encore songs that currently serve as our finale. At present they aren’t dancing in those songs, and it seems a shame fo...

We got mailWe in the band got e-mail and text messages from people all over the world expressing their joy after the election results came in. I got mail from France and Brasil, Graham got one from...

I stayed in as the election results came in. Checked the TV now and then as Obama pulled ahead. Steven says he was on St. Mark’s Place and the street was closed and filled with people; Paul said th...

Election DayI'm scared to look. Paint on CanvasIn an article in the weekend Financial Times, Jackie Wullschlager writes about a show of Renaissance portraits at the National Gallery in London. She ...

C and I bike along the bike path that runs along the Charles River to the Harvard Museum of Natural History. It’s a gorgeous fall day and the leaves are just beginning to turn here. We’re going to ...

It’s getting colder. There’s snow on the ground, but Lily, Mark, C and I bundle up and ride down along the canal that borders the St. Lawrence until we get to the old part of town. We stumble upon ...

C and I bike around town to check out the various contemporary art museums. The Ydessa Hendeles Art Foundation is closed, as is the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art and the Art Gallery of Ontari...

The air is cold and clear and the wind in the early part of the day is bearable, so we bike south along the lake for a few miles. Heading back towards town, gray clouds roll in and it cools down. T...