I spent the weekend in North Carolina doing my part to get out the vote!! It was uplifting and extremely moving to talk, even briefly, with everyone I met. There was a sense we are giving democracy our best shot. People have been disgusted by this election—but look, they are here standing in line for hours to participate in early-voting, they are better than that. I sensed that when one deals with people as individuals and not as abstract groups or numbers our best instincts and common humanity comes through regardless of politics. It gave me hope.
As he says above, David Byrne was in North Carolina over the weekend, urging residents to get out and vote in what is perhaps the most important and tight-raced battleground state in today’s National election. He participated in an election cycle rally in Charlotte on November 5 which has been officially declared “Election Cycle Rally With David Byrne Day” in the city. As Byrne notes, “that’s a mouthful.”
You can check out the official city proclamation below and read lots more about his time in North Carolina over at Byrne’s website.
Vaguely related: Halloween weekend in Los Angeles, Fred Arisen and Bill Hader’s Talking Heads parody band, Test Pattern, played Festival Supreme.
