ITEOTWAWKI

As the tour to support "Accelerate" approaches, Peter Buck has started to puff out his chest because, as he puts it, he finally got his way. I always complained and…

Kathleen O'Brien Layson has a birthday today. I have no idea how old she is. I have never met her. But the party she threw for herself in 1980 -…

I really don't know what to say.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…