Great article in Wired magazine, or at least on their website, from David Byrne, who used to be in a band called the Talking Heads but you probably remember him best from playing guitar on the first singles by Dinosaur and Love of Life Orchestra. It’s called David Byrne’s Survival Strategies for Emerging Artists – and Megastars. He discusses the roll of the record label, different types of relationships between artists and labels, and how these relationships may or may not work in the future, but mostly he compares the amount of control an artist has depending on the type of agreement they have with a label.

I hate to admit it, but MTV saved my life. In the beginning it introduced me to both Duran Duran and Def Leppard but I got into classic rock and lost interest. In the mid/late 80s I somehow moved from classic rock to “college rock” (I think it went Syd Barrett > Robyn Hitchcock) I didn’t care much for most of what MTV was showing, hair metal? New Jack Swing? It didn’t matter because every Sunday night at midnight, there was 120 Minutes.

In tribute to these wonderful 2 hours, I’ve created two Viva Radio shows dedicated to the glory years of 120 Minutes. My tribute to 120 minutes…