Smart guy. It's interesting to see him on HN. I highly recommend his captivating book on music, How music works [1]. It's part an anthropological study and part an autobiography and but he goes into how music has evolved with regards to technology and the music industry in general. He's been touring a lot lately.

[1] https://www.amazon.com/How-Music-Works-David-Byrne/dp/193636...

How Music Works by David Byrne

http://www.amazon.com/dp/1936365537

Feeding Back: Conversations with Alternative Guitarists from Proto-Punk to Post-Rock by David Todd

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/161374059X

Rise of the Videogame Zinesters: How Freaks, Normals, Amateurs, Artists, Dreamers, Drop-outs, Queers, Housewives, and People Like You Are Taking Back by Anna Anthropy

Some interesting ideas; the referenced tech is now dated. It's even easier to make games now then when this book was published.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1609803728

I recently started 10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10 by Nick Montfort, et al http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0262018462 (but also available as a free PDF)

Generative Design: Visualize, Program, and Create with Processing , by Hartmut Bohnacker, is under the Christmas tree. :) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1616890770/