ITEOTWAWKI: Getting Closer
Three months ago, I expressed my wish that R.E.M. wouldn’t wait until spring to release their new album. They indicated that they had finished work so I wondered why they would wait until March or April to let us in […]
ITEOTWAWKI: Info Overload
Well, a lot has happened since I last focused my geekery on R.E.M.’s upcoming album. The band has announced a release date (March 8), posted the track listing and released the first song from the album, Discoverer. You can get […]
ITEOTWAWKI: Acceptance
With several months to wait before R.E.M. releases its next album, I have decided to take one simple approach to the release – I can’t change it so why worry? Mike Mills gave some details to Rolling Stone this week. […]
ITEOTWAWKI: The Anticipation Begins
We have known for a while that R.E.M. was working on its 15th studio album. The guys had reportedly finished the bulk of the work earlier this year. Now we have some news (second item), courtesy of lawyer/advisor/guru Bertis Downs. […]
ITEOTWAWKI: Remaking R.E.M.’s 1998-2004 Releases
I haven’t done an R.E.M.-themed post for a while. I did receive the Live at the Olympia CD for my birthday and am excited about the upcoming 2011 release, but otherwise haven’t had much to say about the band. Then […]
ITEOTWAWKI: Leakage
We have just a short time until the remastered version of Fables of the Reconstruction, R.E.M.’s third album, hits the stores. The bonus goodie for this one will be a set of demos the band did before they headed to […]
ITEOTWAWKI: New Fables
Earlier this month, R.E.M. announced the remastered version of “Fables of the Reconstruction,” the third of the band’s early albums to get this treatment. Like the first two, this July 13 release will include a bonus CD. But they are […]
ITEOTWAWKI: New and Improved
As the glow of the 30th anniversary celebration wore off, we got news from REM HQ that the band had headed back into the studio to work on the next album. They had started work last year on some demos, […]
ITEOTWAWKI: Happy Birthday, Peter
I totally spaced on Peter Buck’s birthday earlier this week. I don’t really pay attention to their birthdays that much, but remembered that two of them were very close . I can just never remember which two and when it […]
ITEOTWAWKI: Recognition
The time has come for columnists and bloggers to do their “Best of” lists for 2009. They fill some needed space for many writers and do serve a good purpose in this day and age when the fads seem to […]