Last night David Byrne went on The Colbert Report. During the jokey Q&A he got insightful, where other people laugh, trying to answer Stephen C's questions as carefully as possible even when they were meant as a punchline (see, for instance, the analysis of "Once In A Lifetime"). The chat was followed by a performance of Everything That Happens Will Happen Today's "Life Is Long." You can see both portions at Videogum. You'll note Byrne brought the all-white outfits and interpretive dancers of his Songs of David Byrne And Brian Eno Tour, which received a less than stellar review by Jon Pareles in yesterday's Times. Byrne sounds great, but after watching even a couple minutes of the hammy dancers, I can't say I'm entirely unsympathetic to Pareles' thoughts on the night. Byrne, who admits he hasn't read the review, has an interesting response to it at his blog:Continue reading David Byrne On Stephen Colbert, Bad Reviews...