talk film society award winner for best original song. the facial disc is heart-shaped and ashy-grey. by the 1970s he had moved into a tent on the central grass reservation of the town's inner ring road. in 2000, he was named one of international press institute's fifty world press freedom heroes of the previous fifty years. they self-produced their first album even though they still had not landed a record deal. he also compared the album to later acts such as they might be giants and ben folds. 