Bicycle diaries

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Sinopse

Since the early 1980s, David Byrne has been riding a bicycle as his principal means of transportation in New York City. A few years later he discovered folding bikes, and starting taking them with him on music tour overseas, and experienced a sense of liberation as he pedaled around many of the world's principal cities. The point of view from his bike seat has given Byrne a panoramic window on urban life over the last thirty years as he has cycled round cities such as London, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Istanbul, Manila, New York, and San Francisco. From music and the visual arts, to globalisation, politics, the nature of creative work, fashion and art, this book gives the reader an incredible insight into what Byrne is seeing and thinking as he pedals around these cities. Filled with intimate photographs, incredible musical stories and a powerful ecological message, this is a enchanting celebration of bike riding - of the rewards of seeing the world at bike level.

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Autor: David Byrne

Autor

DAVID BYRNE

David Byrne nasceu em Dumbarton, Escócia, em 1952. É músico, compositor e produtor musical. Ficou famoso por ter fundado a banda Talking Heads, em 1974. O músico também compôs a trilha sonora do filme O Último Imperador (1987), de Bernardo Bertolucci, pelo qual ganhou um Oscar e um Golden Globe de melhor trilha sonora. Produziu diversos álbuns de música caribenha e brasileira (incluindo o trabalho com Tom Zé e Margareth Menezes) e um vídeo documentário sobre o candomblé chamado The House of Life (1989). David Byrne também é escritor - seu último livro publicado no Brasil foi Diários de Bicicleta (2009).