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Janissy
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| Locustman wrote: | | Janissy wrote: | I've been following David Byrne's blog for years (and a fan of his music since the 70's) so this revelation is old news. He put it in his blog back in 2006.
http://journal.davidbyrne.com/ |
Sure, I like his music too - better than that of the Vines or Gary Numan, in fact. Although I'm not sure if I own enough of his albums to call myself a fan, I do really like "Remain in Light", and the "My Life in the Buish of Ghosts" collaboration that he did with Brian Eno - that was such an obvious precursor to a lot of the electronica I liked in the early 90s that my jaw dropped when I was told it had been recorded ten years before. His Luaka Bop label has put out loads of cool Latin American music as well.
Unfortunately, I don't have time to read that whole blog as I'm on my lunchbreak at work, but does it mention whether or not he had an independent diagnosis, or whether he's self-diagnosed? |
In his blog he says "most likely" Asperger's. That makes it sound self-diagnosed to me. |
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ProfessorX
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| Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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Well, if such does turn out to be true, I'd not be surprised as, the drummer for the band"Rush" has Asperger Syndrome however, one does not outgrow AS as, probably an individual learns how to better react in some situations perhaps..That's the best I'm able to offer at this moment..
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auralsculpture
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| Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:20 pm Post subject: Aspergers, musicians and age |
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The discussion between Byrne and Daniel Levitin in Seed magazine is interesting in that Levitin has a strong interest in Williams Syndrome, which is almost opposite aspergers in symptoms, but has strong musicality. I know many musicians and other creative people with ASD or heightened autistic traits - it is the subject of my Doctoral thesis (when it is finished it will be an open website and I'll post a link here)
I have Aspergers, am 42 and a successful musician and academic. My diagnosis is described as "residual" - meaning that I a definitely fit the criteria for traits etc but I have developed coping mechanisms over time (mostly cognitive processes) and the impact is lessened (but certainly not removed.
No you don't "grow out of it", you learn to work around it to some degree, to hide it and to "pretend to be normal" |
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Hmmmn
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Yes. Byrne is also in the position where he can make a living by going around go around the world working with his favourite artists and doing things like turning entire buildings into musical instruments. He can get away with acting strange   |
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cc469
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Is that the guy on the vidya?
his shoulders are two heads length on each side... |
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