A song-by-song, album-by-album exploration of the music of Talking Heads, David Byrne, Tom Tom Club and Jerry Harrison.

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REFERENCE

Below is a list of the major references for the podcast, but if you'd like to confirm anything feel free to contact me.Books- The Name of this Book is Talking Heads - Krista Reese
- Talking Heads: Once in a lifetime: The Stories behind every song - Ian Gittins
- Bicycle Diaries - David Byrne
- What the songs look like: Contemporary Artists interpret Talking Heads
- Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa: The adventures of 'Talking Heads' in the 20th Century - David Bowman
- How Music Works - David Byrne
- On some faraway beach: The life and times of Brian Eno
- Song and Circumstance: The Work of David Byrne from Talking Heads to the Present - Sytze Steenstra
- Talking Heads' Fear of Music (33⅓) - Jonathan Lethem
- Talking Heads - Jerome Davis
- Talking Heads: In conversation with David Byrne and Tina Weymouth - Ryan BirdlandAudio & Videos
- Talking Heads - South Bank Show (1979)
- David Byrne Talking About His Writing Process on NPR (1984)
- David Byrne Interview w. Dave Fanning (1988)
- Stop Making Sense DVD Commentary Track (1999)
- In the wings - Rattlebag interview with David Byrne (2004)
- Talking Heads Chronology DVD Commentary Track (2012)
- Tom Tom Club: A life in music (2014)
- Talking Heads - The J Files (2017)
- David Byrne - Desert Island Discs (2018)
- WTF - David Byrne (2018)
- Synth Sounds of Talking Heads' "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" (2018)
- Chris Frantz on The Bob Sefsetz Podcast (2020)... and countless web articles, podcasts, forum posts, reviews, interviews and press materials.