Category: REM
ITEOTWAWKI: Coming to My Senses
A few months ago, I expressed disappointment with R.E.M.’s release plans for this year. I thought the live disc with the Reckoning re-release would be from the 2007 Dublin working rehearsals. I have since figured out that I was an…
ITEOTWAWKI: Reckoning and Olympia
The band put out their second reissue this week as a new treatment of “Reckoning” hit the stores on Tuesday. The new disc also includes a concert from the ensuing tour. Strangely, I have not gone out and bought the…
ITEOTWAWKI: Back in Action
I have procrastinated posting this, but the boys of R.E.M. – well two of them at least – have started the process that will hopefully lead to the follow-up to Accelerate. Peter Buck and Mike Mills got together in Portland…
ITEOTWAWKI: Disappointment
So R. E. M. has a little update on their web site. They apparently are not recording or touring in 09. I didn’t think they would tour, but thought from some stuff I read that recording was a possibility, at…
ITEOTWAWKI: Tribute and Fun
I didn’t intend to go a whole week between posts. Really. I have lots of stuff to write about, but just never took the time. I finished a book this week and can opine on many other topics, but this…
ITEOTWAWKI: Carnegie Tribute
Next week, a very special event will take place in New York as at least 20 artists gather to honor R.E.M. with a tribute concert at Carnegie Hall. This is why the baby Jesus invented things like Bit Torrent and…
ITEOTWAWKI: Randy Bewley, R.I.P.
Even if the news crossed the wires where you live, you might not have noticed. Randy Bewley died this week after suffering a heart attack while driving in Athens, Ga. Bewley was the co-founder and lead guitarist in the band…
ITEOTWAWKI: More Bonus Goods?
Peter Buck participated in a great Q&A recently with Mojo about the deluxe edition of Murmur released late last year. I always love these things with Peter because he always shares a few nuggets about the past and talks so…
ITEOTWAWKI: Larry’s Hideaway
I finally got my hands on a copy of the deluxe reissue of Murmur, which also features a 1983 concert on the second CD of the set. I asked for it for Christmas, but didn’t get it so I used…
ITEOTWAWKI: No Grammy Nods
I didn’t expect R.E.M. to head the list of Grammy nominees this week. I gave up expecting the awards to truly reflect what’s good in music a long time ago. But nothing? Not a single mention for Accelerate? Not one…