ITEOTWAWKI: Heaven

By brian May 30, 2008ITEOTWAWKI, Music, REM

The band has played three legs on the show, and I already wonder if I have died and gone to heaven. Because these are set lists that just defy earthly…

ITEOTWAWKI: Tour Time

By brian May 23, 2008ITEOTWAWKI, Music, REM

Tonight's the night. I know the band has played a few live shows already, but R.E.M. starts its summer tour for real tonight in Vancouver. To say I am excited…

“Who Sings This?”

By brian May 18, 2008Columns, Family, Music

As we drove to my in-law’s for Mother’s Day, Maria flipped around the radio to find something she wanted to hear. At one point, she got frustrated.

“What is this, Stevie Nicks Day?”

I should have sympathized her because we kept finding bad songs. There was only one problem – none of them were by Stevie Nicks.

Well, one of them was, but that was a long time before she made the comment. We both cracked up because pretty much every conversation we have about music sounds the same.

This is How You Make a Video

By brian May 17, 2008Music, TV

One of the greatest crimes of the last 20 years is the decline of the music video. MTV has turned into a shell of itself with horrible "reality" shows designed…

ITEOTWAWKI: You Tell ‘Em, Peter

By brian May 2, 2008ITEOTWAWKI, Music, REM

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…

Don’t Stop Believing in Good Music

By brian April 27, 2008Columns, Music

Normally, I have no problem entertaining myself with the many cable channels we get. For some reason the other day, I decided to explore some of the extras that come along with our Tivo.

They had some special feature featuring music videos which I checked out. I didn’t have a lot of interest in a bunch of the videos I found. Then, I hit the jackpot.

I had to share it with Maria. We sat down and watched, just amazed at the whole scene. I don’t care what anyone says, “Don’t Stop Believing” by Journey still kicks butt.