ITEOTWAWKI: My World Is Shattered

I really don’t know what to say.

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ITEOTWAWKI: Tonight’s The Night

R.E.M. hits the road tonight. The tour to support Accelerate, which does not come out for a few more weeks, opens tonight at the Langerado Festival in Florida. Big geek that I am, I will troll the Web tonight looking…

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ITEOTWAWKI: On the Air

Did you look at the R.E.M. tour schedule and feel sad because they won’t come close to your city? Fear not – NPR has come to the rescue. The band’s March 12 show at the South by Southwest Festival will…

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ITEOTWAWKI: Virgin Fest?

With less than 50 days until Accelerate comes out, I find myself pretty much unable to contain my excitement. The first single, “Supernatural Superserious” is pretty cool, and you can buy it at iTunes. The band has also set up…

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‘Best of Both Worlds’ Needs Coffee

I can think of a lot of strange ways to spend a Sunday morning, but I think I topped them all last week. I didn’t intend to get up early and go see the Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus concert movie with…

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ITEOTWAWKI: Puzzle Pieces

Little by little, R.E.M.’s new album Accelerate comes into view. First, we had the Dublin rehearsals. For almost 40 days, we have had the clips at Ninety Nights. Before this week, we had heard a clip of “Supernatural Superserious” and…

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ITEOTWAWKI: Tour Time

So what are you doing on June 11? I’ll be at Meriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Md., watching R.E.M. on tour. The band announced tour dates and the Meriweather show is the closest to me. They classify it as their…

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ITEOTWAWKI: Supernatural Superserious

I was going to post this Friday, then the Monte Carlo fire happened and I got distracted. So you get an end of the week post on Monday. I like the way the new album is coming into focus piece…

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ITEOTWAWKI: Happy Birthday, Stipey and New Album News

Yes, I’m back. I thought about posting the last few days, but figured today would be a better time to kick off 2008 with these two pieces of great news. Michael Stipe turns 48 today. I generally don’t do hero…

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ITEOTWAWKI: No April Fools

Well, the news has started to surface about R.E.M.’s upcoming album. Michael Stipe – who declared the release a “great fucking album” – said recently that the band’s 14th studio release will come out on April 1. That’s probably no…

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