Archive for February, 2010
Byrne Art
Sound & Vision: David Byrne (on art, music, choreography and more)
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A Brick Hovel near Lymington, Hampshire Photo Mugs This bound volume of picturesque scenes was brought together by engraver Letitia Byrne and publisher Thomas Palser. This type of publication was relatively popular in the early 19th century, bringing together different scenes, all deemed to fulfil the criteria of this new type classification of landscape called picturesque from around the world….. |
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A Composition Photo Mugs This bound volume of picturesque scenes was brought together by engraver Letitia Byrne and publisher Thomas Palser. This type of publication was relatively popular in the early 19th century, bringing together different scenes, all deemed to fulfil the criteria of this new type classification of landscape called picturesque from around the world….. |
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A Cross at Clearwell, Gloucestershire Photo Mugs This bound volume of picturesque scenes was brought together by engraver Letitia Byrne and publisher Thomas Palser. This type of publication was relatively popular in the early 19th century, bringing together different scenes, all deemed to fulfil the criteria of this new type classification of landscape called picturesque from around the world….. |
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The Best of Talking Heads $7.42 TALKING HEADS THE BEST OF TALKING HEADS… |
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Pure Moods, Vol. I $7.22 New Age music, ambient electronica, and spiritualized hip-hop received their first major, K-Tel-like treatment in 1996 when Virgin Records assembled Pure Moods. The “As Seen on TV” compilation quickly became a hot seller, and it would be nice to think that its popularity has as much to do with the music as the marketing. To be sure, Pure Moods offers genre hits aplenty: from Enya’s “Orinoco Flow” … |
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Speaking in Tongues $4.21 Observe as David Byrne finally learns to dance. Non-Western sounds and funky rhythms had infected Talking Heads music prior to this 1983 pop breakthrough, but Speaking in Tongues is where the beat truly gels. The band’s quirky, nerdy persona somehow blends easily with music borrowed from the African Diaspora on “Stop Making Sense” and “Burning Down the House.” The album also marks one of the last … |
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Bridesmaids (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy in Blu-ray Packaging) $13.99 Thirty-something annie has hit a rough patch but finds her life turned completely upside down when she takes on the maid of honor role in her best friend lillians wedding. In way over her head but determined to succeed annie leads a hilarious hodgepod ge of bridesmaids a wild ride down the road to the big event. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 09/20/2011 Starring: Kristen Wiig Maya R… |
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The Usual Suspects [Blu-ray] $9.19 USUAL SUSPECTS – Blu-Ray Movie… |
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Grease (Rockin’ Rydell Edition) [Blu-ray] $13.82 Riding the strange ’50s nostalgia wave that swept through America during the late 1970s (caused by TV shows like Happy Days and films like American Graffiti), Grease became not only the word in 1978, but also a box-office smash and a cultural phenomenon. Twenty years later, this entertaining film adaptation of the Broadway musical received another successful theatrical release, which included v… |
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Edd Byrnes: Kookie No More $14.26 In 1960, Edd Byrnes was receiving more fan mail each week than any actor in the history of the Warner Brothers studio, more than Errol Flynn, Humphrey Bogart or James Cagney at the height of their popularity. His role as the jive-talking, hair-combing “Kookie” on TV’s 77 Sunset Strip made him the hottest young star in Hollywood. His recording, “Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb,” was a hit singl… |