R.E.M.

Road Trip #3: A tale of Two Gigs
R.E.M. at Madison Square Garden, Thursday June 19 The Ting Tings at Southpaw, Friday June 20 L Magazine describes the R.E.M./Modest Mouse/National concert at Madison Square Garden, Thursday June 19,...
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June 26, 2008

Road Trip Pt. 2: R.E.M. take Jones Beach by storm
(Continued from Part 1: Road Trip) The thunder and lightning recede, the rain does not, the stage is mopped, and the show goes on. R>E>M> take to the stage at...
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June 19, 2008

Shall We Talk About The Weather?
I’ve only just realized what I wrote last Saturday morning: “Here’s hoping for a beautiful evening under the stars.” Don’t ever let me make this kind of prediction again!...
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June 18, 2008

Road Trip!
You’ve all been on a road trip or two, right? Used to be so easy, didn’t it? You’d call up a friend and say “let’s go…” and what seemed like...
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June 17, 2008

It’s Pretty Close to Rockville
Posie and I are taking Noel with us to Jones Beach today – to see R.E.M. in concert. As you’ll have seen from occasional photos here, Noel is music mad,...
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June 14, 2008

Chris Martin renames R.E.M.
After renaming R.E.M.’s new single, from its original title “Disguised” to the much more catchy “Supernatural Superserious,” Chris Martin of Coldplay has taken the logical next step, and offered to...
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April 1, 2008

Featured Album: Accelerate by R.E.M.
There’s been barely but one album on my CD player these last three weeks: Accelerate. I’ve been falling in love with R.E.M. all over again. I wasn’t sure this would...
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March 26, 2008

In The Copyright Jungle
It’s easy to get distracted while writing a book – usually by tangential subjects that suggest research, discovery and incorporation into the book at hand, until common sense prevails and...
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November 7, 2007