commentators (pundits & talking heads)

From The Guardian to right-wing outlets, commentators and broadcasters are demanding military action on Syria before we have any evidence. They only have the word of opposition groups on the verge of defeat. We must argue for a rational approach, and prevent the media frogmarching us into another ...

He grew up listening to the New Wave band's music on the radio during his childhood in Jamaica. Later, he sang for nearly 20 years with Tom Tom Club – a group started by Talking Heads founders Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth. Along the way, Mystic would often fantasize about singing with Talking ...

To bring the curtain down on the Playhouse's Courtyard stage ahead of its redevelopment, West Yorkshire Playhouse will present six of Alan Bennett's iconic Talking Heads at the Playhouse and in the community of LS Post Codes. The monologues will be directed by Artistic Director James Brining, ...

There are seasoned veterans and up-and-coming youngsters, who are clearly made to join the NFL's media when their career on the field ends. This list of men are not wired that way. Related. 5 NFL Players and Coaches Who Would Be Dark Horse Candidates as TV Commentators. They may have the ...

Premier League Live and Goal Zone host Rebecca Lowe will be joined by Dixon and Le Saux for the "analyst swap," while Premier League play-by-play commentators Arlo White and Derek Rae will be joined by Earle, Martino, or Mustoe to call next weekend's matches and contribute analysis from select ...

The self-styled philosopher king throwing lightning bolts from his—“his” almost always being the correct pronoun—ivory tower is a well-worn archetype, if a slightly endangered one. Dr. Jordan Peterson, a clinical psychologist and professor at the University of Toronto, cuts a familiar figure but has a reach ...

Rather than let the story stand on its own, Mason continually injects transitional cutaways with the aforementioned talking heads that more or less try to talk the audience through the political dynamics of the story. This frequently makes the film feel more like an op-ed come to life rather than a good movie ...

FILE - In this March 4, 2015, file photo, Rep. Elizabeth Esty, D-Conn. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. On Saturday, March 31, 2018, some Connecticut Democrats are calling for their embattled colleague to step down for not protecting female staffers who say they experienced violence, death threats ...

As mainstream pundits apologize, fringe sites cash in on attacking Parkland teens. The people behind Natural News, who publish stories about the dangers of tap water and vaccinations, launched a new hub eight days ago called HoggWatch.com. by Ben Collins / Apr.02.2018 / 3:39 PM ET. David Hogg, a senior at Marjory ...

AAfter releasing their current album spin and playing last summer's Reading and Leeds Festivals, Tigers Jaw will return to the UK in April for a fresh tour, including a date at The Talking Heads, Southampton on April 16. Comprised of Ben Walsh and Brianna Collins, Tigers Jaw have gripped listeners and ...

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Channel 9 says it's hopeful of luring the likes of Lleyton Hewitt and Jim Courier to the network as part of its Australian Open coverage. In a major shake-up, Channel 9 secured the broadcast rights to the grand slam from 2020. Tom Malone, Channel Nine's Director of Sport, spoke with Tom Elliott about the ...

Pundits slam March for Our Lives' David Hogg for 'whining' about UCs. Here's what he actually said. By Alyssa Pereira, SFGATE. Updated 12:45 pm, Wednesday, March 28, 2018. 238. Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student David Hogg adresses the crowd during the March For Our. Parkland, Fla. student David ...

"We always had the idea of a monkey on the cover," explains Chris Frantz, drummer for New York new wave icons Talking Heads about the band's final album Naked, released on March 15, 1988. "Tina originally wanted to call the album The Higher the Monkey Climb, the More He Expose (laughs), which ...

It's been two decades since Brendan Bayliss, Ryan Stasik, Joel Cummins and Mike Mirro left their respective bands at the University of Notre Dame to form Umphrey's McGee. Some twenty years later and 2,200 miles west of South Bend, Indiana, this progressive rock outfit—now featuring Kris Myers on ...

On this weeks Pickaxe Pundits show its all about the Denver Nuggets current season long road trip. The group breaks down the disappointing losses to the Memphis Grizzlies and the Miami Heat, then talks about what encouraging signs they saw in the victories over the Chicago Bulls and the Washington ...

The point of the letter is that a lot of smart people, even 22 prominent conservatives, don't support Trump. The ones who do support him are not as smart or are racists. (With regard to the latter, it's like saying the New Black Panther Party supporting Barack Obama meant that he was one of them.).

Other Fox faces on Trump's team: rising State Department star Heather Nauert, a former Fox News anchor; communications adviser Mercedes Schlapp and Treasury Department spokesman Tony Sayegh. The latter two are both former Fox commentators. “He's looking for people who are ready to be part of ...

Mia Mesnick, 11, will be performing her monologue as part of the young adult acting workshop. PORT JERVIS, N.Y. — “Talking Heads," the third annual monologue night performed by the Presby Players, is set for an encore performance at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 2, at Marsh Hall, 60 Sussex St., Port Jervis, ...

NEW YORK – Donald Trump is burnishing his status as America's ultimate TV president by peppering his administration with cable news pundits who play to his base and condense complex issues into sound bites. This past week, the former reality TV star stunned Washington by hiring John Bolton, the ...

Echo, HomePod, Home – the list of smart speakers is growing every month, but how do you know which one to choose? Tom Wiggins talks to a selection of voice-controlled speakers to find out which ones will make your smart home sound its best. Voice control used to be the stuff of sci-fi movies, but over ...

Several open White House staff positions are being filled by T.V. Pundits, including Trump's latest pick for National Security Adviser, John Bolton, who's leaving his job as a Fox News contributor to join the Trump administration. Former Executive Editor of The New York Times tells Ari Melber, “we have a ...

"American Utopia: Detroit" is a new mini-documentary chronicling David Byrne's collaboration with students at the Detroit School of Arts in Midtown. Byrne, you might recall, is a founder of the new wave group Talking Heads (1975-91). The kids recorded a version of "Everybody's Coming to My House," the ...

Featuring original members Bid (guitar/vocals) and Andy Warren (bass) with John Paul Moran (keyboards) and Mike Urban, who was previously in the band in the early 90s on drums, The Monochrome Set formed in 1978, and were heavily influential in the 'post-punk' scene that evolved releasing several ...

'Same as it ever was/Same as it ever was/SAME AS IT EVER WAS' or maybe not from Talking Heads in 1981, the peerless 'Once in a Lifetime' was the lead single from their fourth studio album,Remain in Light (1980). A Disorientating, ominous, yet bounding offbeat rhythm is propelled towards the precipice ...

With the release of Naked, Talking Heads departed from their formulaic pop production constantly demonstrated on their previous two albums. The band's final project before their split was a culmination of avant-garde and Afro-pop sounds that required a more open-mind for the diehard fans. Perhaps as a ...

Welcome to the premiere of a new season of "The Synth Sounds Of..." A few months ago, Reverb's William Kurk made our "The Synth Sounds of Phil Collins' 'In The Air Tonight,'" and today he's back again to delve into a Talking Heads classic. In the coming weeks, William will also be breaking down synth ...

It was a love of sport – basketball to be exact – that first inspired Korowa Anglican Girls' School's Head of Junior School, Joanne Barker, to become a teacher. Her family was involved in the local competition in Melbourne's south-eastern suburbs, where Barker grew up, and she soon became a devotee of ...

The education landscape in Australia is changing like never before. In fact, the way that teachers such as those at The Knox School are approaching how and what they are teaching is changing. It's transforming from a type of “mass education” (teaching students the same thing at the same time in a ...

Mats Staub's installation 21: Memories of Growing Up, which is at Adelaide festival 2018. Photograph: Nurith Wagner-Strauss. The year Ms Krconovic turned 21, in Belgrade during the Kosovo war, she was afraid for her life. Her father assured her that their town wouldn't be bombed – he would shake his fist ...

TOPSHOT - Wales' wing George North (C) scores a try during the Six Nations international rugby union match between Wales and Italy at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, south Wales, on March 11, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Geoff CADDICK / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. Use in books subject to Welsh ...

The president has hit political pundits before for attacking his low approval ratings and has often dismissed negative coverage and polls as “fake news.” However, many Republicans fear that Trump's low approval could hurt GOP candidates in the midterm elections this November. Trump's announcement ...

There's no denying the former Talking Heads singer is a cerebral type, but analysing his work can obscure the sheer joy his music so often exudes. It's material that should make you dance first and think later. Byrne might be an unstoppable conceptualist, but when the percussion kicks in, the last thing you ...

MANCHESTER, England -- Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has hit back at pundits who "could not resolve their own problems" while they were managers. Sky Sports analyst Gary Neville branded United a team of "individuals" during half-time of the 3-2 win over Crystal Palace on Monday night ...

"I love that this video feels one part Pee Wee Herman, one part Sinead O'Connor and one part Talking Heads," Schrader tells Rolling Stone. "I feel like that's been us in a nutshell these past two years – a wild, technicolor roller coaster ride of very vivid emotions. The subject matter is bittersweet, but the ...

From their first gig opening for the Ramones in 1975 until the (eventually permanent) hiatus that followed the release of Naked in 1988, the Talking Heads released eight albums of music potently attuned to the absurdities and anxieties of late 20th century living. As they evolved from the sweaty post-punk ...

We are proud to premiere “Same” by Riders Against the Storm, a jubilant hip-hop take on the Talking Heads song “Once in a Lifetime.” The song features Joseph Gardner from Flavor Raid singing David Byrne's hook while Chaka and Qi Dada, the husband/wife duo from RAS, take turns dropping sly wit and ...

Over the course of the next few weeks, we shall be witness to the biggest charade in the parliamentary calendar — and that is the Budget debate. One week of this charade has happened already and I'm willing to bet that most people had no idea. There is a lot more to the theatrics of the Minister of Finance ...

Victoria University's Bryce Edwards asks why so many public relations and political insiders are used as political commentators, especially when they don't declare their conflicts of interest. During Parliamentary question time yesterday, it emerged that a political communications adviser – i.e. a spin-doctor ...

What these talking heads should do is talk about the sport the way they would to someone who's not an expert at all. They should find and feast on the things that convey what makes each sport special, worthy of a place in the Olympiad. There's more than enough to fill up air time. Like the fact that biathletes ...