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October 6, 2006

Apologies To Lawrence Lessig

David Byrne spoke at McGill University yesterday as part of The Future of Music Policy Summit, produced with the Pop Montreal festival. The Talking Head's talk was titled "Record Companies: Who Needs Them?"

Font humor for intellectual property fans:

Pics via Vonlohmann via Coolfer.

Anyone at Pop Montreal? Fill us in!

Posted at 10:15 AM
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Why, oh why must David Byrne be such a pretentious piece of crap?

Posted by: Memememe at 10/06/06 11:50 AM | Reply
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nice shirt, byrne.

Posted by: nick at 10/06/06 12:22 PM | Reply
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i thought 'pretentious' meant that you feign intellectual achievement. seems to me, with byrne's resume, he's anything but pretentious. disagree with him all you want, but the man certainly merits being listened to...

Posted by: s at 10/06/06 1:51 PM | Reply
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David Byrne=Coolest guy on planet

Posted by: Dirty Lenin at 10/06/06 2:15 PM | Reply
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David Byrne!? That guy's never had an original thought! He, like, totally ripped off Clap Your Hands And Say Yeah.

Posted by: m at 10/06/06 3:45 PM | Reply
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i'm looking for the irony/double entendre but all I see is apologize spelled wrong? is that an attempt to feign intellectual achievement?

Posted by: g at 10/06/06 4:41 PM | Reply
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Actually went to the FMC today and it's really nice. Went to see a conference on the influence of blogs and other stuff one with musicians (Arcade Fire, Stars, Lesbians On Ecstasy) talking about their experiences. The first one, on blog, was really interesting!

Also went to random shows. Pop Montreal is an awesome festival! You guys should come next year!

Posted by: Vince at 10/07/06 12:01 AM | Reply
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David Byrne was at Joanna Newsom last night sitting with the Arcade Fire crew! so cute...

Posted by: Emilie at 10/07/06 12:07 AM | Reply
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hi, if you want more info on what was said at the david byrne talk, there's this:
http://www.indyish.com/fmc-david-byrne-record-companies-who-needs-them-oct-5th-at-pop/

Posted by: risa at 10/09/06 10:02 PM | Reply
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