Feeling that Clark is the real person and that Clark is not afraid to be himself in his civilian identity, John Byrne has stated in interviews that he took inspiration for this portrayal from the George Reeves version of Superman.

Byrne took legal action against the rest of the band to prevent them using the name " Talking Heads ", something he saw as " a pretty obvious attempt to cash in on the Talking Heads name.

David Byrne desired to go solo, but it took 3 years to announce that the band were breaking up in 1991.

During his time in the band, Byrne took on outside projects, collaborating with Brian Eno during 1979 and 1981 on the album My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, which attracted considerable critical acclaim due to its early use of analogue sampling and found sounds.

Following this record, Byrne took his attention on Talking Heads.

Essentially Byrne took the old New York City building, hooked the entire structure-pipes, heaters, pillars and all, electronically to an old pipe organ, and made a playable musical instrument of it, for a piece called " Playing the Building ".

In April 2008, Byrne took part in the Paul Simon retrospective concert series at BAM performing " You Can Call Me Al " and " I Know What I Know " from Simon's Graceland album.

Van Sant's artistic leanings took him to the Rhode Island School of Design in 1970, where his classmates included David Byrne and other members of Talking Heads.

In May 2009, Ryan Tubridy was appointed by RTÉ to succeed Pat Kenny as host of the television station's long-running chat show The Late Late Show, whose first host ( and producer ) was Gay Byrne until Kenny took over in 1999.

Tim Byrne then founded a management & production company, Byrne Blood, with former BMG head of marketing & video, Victoria Blood, which took over sole management of Steps and was also instrumental in the creation and management of A1.

* Robert Byrne vs Viktor Korchnoi, Moscow 1975, Pirc Defense, Austrian Attack ( B09 ), 1 – 0 Korchnoi's form during this period took him to two world championship challenges in the years ahead.

This 60 m section took 24 months to complete and resulted in the adjoining Alfie Byrne road being raised by 1. 5 m. It also resulted in one incident of subsidence that closed the railway for three hours.

Byrne was about 36 years old, and a private in the 86th Regiment of Foot ( later the Royal Irish Rifles ), British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 3 April 1858 at Jhansi, India for which he and Captain Henry Edward Jerome were awarded the VC.

Gerry Byrne will always be remembered for playing for Liverpool in the 1965 FA Cup Final, which took place on the 1 May at Wembley with a broken collarbone.

Byrne eventually won two international caps for England earning his debut on 6 April 1963 at Wembley against Scotland, the Scots took the spoils 2 – 1 in a game which saw fellow Liverpool team-mate Jimmy Melia make his England debut.

When Clyde McCullough was promoted to the Mets as a coach, Byrne took over the manager's job for the Raleigh Mets of the Carolina League.

With more money, more resources and the most powerful engine available in the form of the inline-four turbocharged BMW, it took only until October 1986 for Gerhard Berger to secure the first win for himself, for the team and for a Byrne designed car at the Mexican Grand Prix.

Over the following five seasons Rory Byrne designed cars took four more race wins but the Benetton team was never in a position to truly challenge the likes of Ferrari, Williams and McLaren, with most victories being taken on days when the competition faltered.

Immediately after the crash, Foulkes took over captaincy of the club in place of Byrne, who was killed in the crash.

Simone took over Action Comics after writer Chuck Austen, with John Byrne penciling.

It was first hosted by radio disc jockey Chris Douridas of KCRW in Santa Monica, California, while former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne took over hosting duties during the second season and John Hiatt was the host during the third, and final, season.

John Byrne took over scripting duties ( but this did not last ).

In 1999 a majority stake was acquired by Patrick M. Byrne, who took over as CEO, and re-launched the company as Overstock. com.

They formed Urge Overkill ( getting the name from a phrase in the lyrics of the Parliament song " Funkentelechy ") in Chicago, with drummer Pat Byrne, and released an EP, Strange, I ..., on Ruthless Records.

The phrase was quoted in an 1863 judgment in the English case Byrne v Boadle and became the tag for a new common law doctrine.

Byrne founded the world music record label Luaka Bop in 1990.

Luaka Bop is a world music-oriented record label established by David Byrne, former guitarist, singer-songwriter and producer of the art rock-new wave band Talking Heads.

The Luaka Bop logo design was conceived by David Byrne and realized by Tibor Kalman.

On Luaka Bop's all-seeing thorn-encroached heart, David Byrne states: " Many times I have been asked about the symbolism of the Luaka Bop logo.

Talking Heads frontman David Byrne has worked to publish and promote the group's music through his Luaka Bop label.

" The album impressed David Byrne sufficiently for him to sign the band to his Luaka Bop label.

The album, which features the Baca song " Maria Lando ", was released by the Luaka Bop record label, which belongs to ex-Talking Heads frontman David Byrne.

* Paul Byrne, The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament ( Croom Helm: London, 1988 ) ISBN 0-7099-3260-X

This fact was one of the main inspirations for the 1980s reboot of the Clark Kent half of the Superman character, according to writer and artist John Byrne in the article " Super-Discussions " published by Attic Books in Comics Values Monthly Special # 2 ( 1992 ).

Produced at a cost of almost $ 9 million with a high-profile cast including John Hurt, Gabriel Byrne and, in his final role, Robert Mitchum, the film marked a significant departure for the director from his previous features.

Unusually, and despite many offers from other clubs, he remained at Fulham for his entire professional career, until leaving for South Africa in 1970, where he played for the now defunct Durban City, alongside former Fulham teammates Johnny Byrne and Bobby Keetch.

The idea that there was a standard formation for English longbow armies was argued by Alfred Byrne in his influential work on the battles of the Hundred Years ' War, The Crecy War.

In Byrne v Ireland, the Irish Supreme Court declared that sovereign immunity had not survived the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922, and that accordingly the state could be sued for and held vicariously liable for the acts and omissions of its servants and agents.

Through a recent development in common law, beginning with Hedley Byrne v Heller in 1964, a victim of negligent misstatement may recover damages for pure economic loss caused by detrimental reliance on the statement.

Throughout the decade, Uncanny X-Men was written solely by Chris Claremont, and illustrated for long runs by John Byrne, Dave Cockrum, Paul Smith, John Romita, Jr., and Marc Silvestri.

Marvel replaced Claremont briefly with John Byrne, who scripted both books for a few issues.

Byrne was then replaced by Nicieza and Scott Lobdell, who would take over the majority of writing duties for the X-Men until Lee's own departure months later when he and several other popular artists ( including former X-title artists Liefeld, Portacio, and Marc Silvestri ) would leave Marvel to form Image Comics.

Byrne goes on to present the talk show for 37 years, making it the longest running in the world.

Gelbart-scripted films for television included Barbarians at the Gate ( 1993 ), a true story about the battle for control of the RJR Nabisco corporation starring James Garner that was based on the best-selling book of that name ; Weapons of Mass Distraction ( 1997 ) starring Ben Kingsley and Gabriel Byrne as rival media moguls and And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself ( 2003 ) starring Antonio Banderas as the Mexican revolutionary leader.

*" The Golden Section " 11 / 9 / 83 ( music by David Byrne ) ( also filmed for PBS )

Many of his father's old allies blamed the son for splitting the white vote with Byrne and allowing the relatively unknown legislator Congressman Harold Washington to become Chicago's first black mayor.

Byrne was narrowly defeated in the 1983 Democratic primary for Mayor by Harold Washington.

Byrne ran one more major campaign, a failed bid in the 1988 Democratic Primary for Cook County Circuit Court Clerk.

After being waved off for landing twice, his plane's wing struck the porch of a nearby house and the plane crashed into Sunset Memorial Park, killing Lt. Byrne.

Jane Byrne could not find one serious candidate to run against Washington for his re-election campaign.

Washington won with 37 % of the vote, versus 33 % for Byrne and 30 % for Daley.