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by David Byrne (Author)
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Since the early 1980s, David Byrne has been riding a bike as his principal means of transportation in New York City. Two decades ago, he discovered folding bikes and started taking them on tour. Byrne's choice was made out of convenience rather than political motivation, but the more cities he saw from his bicycle, the more he became hooked on this mode of transport and the sense of liberation it provided. Convinced that urban biking opens one's eyes to the inner workings and rhythms of a city's geography and population, Byrne began keeping a journal of his observations and insights.

An account of what he sees and whom he meets as he pedals through metropoles from Berlin to Buenos Aires, Istanbul to San Francisco, Manila to New York, Bicycle Diaries also records Byrne's thoughts on world music, urban planning, fashion, architecture, cultural dislocation, and much more, all conveyed with a highly personal mixture of humor, curiosity, and humility. Part travelogue, part journal, part photo album, Bicycle Diaries is an eye-opening celebration of seeing the world from the seat of a bike.



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A cofounder of the musical group Talking Heads, David Byrne has also released several solo albums in addition to collaborating with such noted artists as Twyla Tharp, Robert Wilson, and Brian Eno. His art includes photography and installation works and has been published in five books. He lives in New York and he recently added some new bike racks of his own design around town, thanks to the Department of Transportation.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Travelling at Street Level, Oct 14 2009
By Ian Gordon Malcomson (Smithers, Canada) - See all my reviews
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It is amazing the economic, political and cultural insights one can garner from riding one's bike through the heart of some of the world's megacities. David Byrne, social activist, artist, adventurer, and thinker, is no exception to this rule. One of his major investigative projects this past decade has been to travel around and through cities in search of whatever form of artistic expression - modern, traditional,indigenous, local - that meets the eye and says something significant about the people in that vicinity. First, Byrne makes a strong environmental and social case for commuting around the city on a bike. One reduces the carbon imprint while getting to see a lot more of little out-of-the-way places within the city confines. Second, Byrne addresses the issue of whether large cities are made for bicycle traffic. His verdict on this is mixed at best. The fast-paced cities like Manila, Berlin, and London with all their rich life forms and creative functions have not evolved with bicycles in mind. For one who wants to venture into the heart of urban existence, be prepared to navigate narrow, crowded, poorly-maintained streets. His answer to this impediment is a combination of ingenious technology in the form of the folding bike, a big dose of patience, and a keen nose for the unusual. I recommend this book because it takes an unique approach to understanding the complexity of community in space and over time. Music, visual art, poetry, costume, and food have a delightful and random way of springing up in the strangest of places when people come together in sprawling cities. It is unfortunate, however, that such expressions are ghettoized by invisible barriers that prevent people from learning from each other.
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