Playing the Building - David Byrne


	Playing the Building - David Byrne

JohnWaterman

5-16-2008 3:34 AM

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art, music, david byrne

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5-17-2008 2:30 AM

Elfrida

Wow. That's two interesting music clips from you today. Thanks John.

5-17-2008 7:25 AM

syncopath

Wow.. will watch it later, but it sounds daring and innovative.

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</SPAN>Stockholm, 2005:
• <A href="#">Watch</A> a phonecam video recording of the installation at the opening
• <A href="#">Listen</A> to an audio recording of visitors playing the building
• <A href="#">Listen</A> to an audio recording of Andrew Drown playing the building
• <A href="#">Listen</A> to an audio recording of Ewa Berglund playing the building</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/27636A94-4C1B-4D32-9664-21D223F440B8/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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