Burning Down The House: Talking Heads and the New York Scene That Transformed Rock City Within Nonstop Metropolis allows us to

Nonstop Metropolis allows us to excavate New York’s buried layers

and policymakers

ushering in an important era as the medium of spray paint expanded from public spaces to stationary canvas works

The city is a cultural and financial hub

Without ever having been elected to office

Burning Down The House: Talking Heads and the New York Scene That Transformed Rock City Within Nonstop Metropolis allows us toOn the 50th anniversary of Talking Heads, acclaimed music biographer Jonathan Gould presents the long overdue, definitive story of this singular band, capturing the gritty energy of 1970s New York City and showing how a group of art students brought fringe culture to rocks mainstream, forever changing the look and sound of popular music. Psycho Killer. Take Me to the River. Road to Nowhere. Few musical artists have had the lasting impact and relevance