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MIKE & BIG STAR IN MEMPHIS


Mike will present a Hero Award to legendary Memphis band, Big Star, tonight at the Memphis Chapter of The Recording Academy’s awards’ ceremony. The event will honor several outstanding artists who have made contributions to popular culture and American music. In addition to Big Star, this year’s heroes include

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HOW A STIRLING PERFORMANCE WAS MADE AND WHERE IT GOT US


To celebrate the March release of A Stirling Performance, featured bonus material on the Perfect Square DVD, A Lonely Goat, aka Deborah Hogan and Andy Cronk, have kindly put together a retrospective on the making of the documentary. Read on and learn the whole story behind the making

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REM FINALLY MAKES FUNNY PAPERS


Our days of scouring the funny papers for a mention of REM have finally been rewarded! Check out the comic on the left and while you’re at it, check out one or all of the following for REM ringtones:

Sprint, AT&T, T-Mobile, & Verizon

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PERFECT SQUARE SNEAK PREVIEW!


Beginning tomorrow, Friday March 5th, we will preview six songs from the “Perfect Square” DVD at HQTV. The songs will be available at HQTV over the weekend and through most of the day on Monday, March 8th. Just click on the HQTV button in the top menu bar.

Monday, March

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PERFECT SQUARE RELEASED INTERNATIONALLY


PERFECT SQUARE has been released internationally. The DVD will be available in the United States on March 16th.

This 23 song concert film was shot in Wiesbaden, Germany during the 2003 tour. The concert was held in one of the most picturesque public squares in Germany, and was beautifully filmed by

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POSTCARD FROM THE TROPICS


I am flying home after about a week in New Providence, better known as Nassau, where the band is recording the new record. The songs are sounding great, everyone is enjoying the creative process, and it is a nice place to be – the studio has been the site

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1 GIANT LEAP TRACK ON BUDDHA BAR COMPILATION


“The Way You Dream,” the duet from 1 Giant Leap featuring vocals by Michael and Indian diva Asha Bhosle, has been remixed and is included on Buddha Bar VI, a compilation set for release this week in the United States.

For more information about previous Buddha Bar compilations, please go

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IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD FOR KARAOKE REVOLUTION


“It’s The End of The World As We Know It” is now featured on Karaoke Revolution, an exciting new game from Konami. 

To learn more about this exciting new game and to view a brief clip, please click
here.

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MTV2 TO AIR DC’s AUTOMATIC COVER EARLY MARCH


Dashboard Confessional covering REM’s “Automatic for the People” is airing on MTV2 Thursday, March 8th, at 8pm (ET). The performance is part of MTV’s Cover Week, a new series which features one artist paying homage to another by covering an album which has been influential to them.

As

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POSTCARD FROM THE HOMETOWN


The guys are here in town writing/demo-ing for the new record, revisiting some of the vanc bc stuff. Lots of new tunes too: lush and atmospheric…. just kidding! No attempt here to describe it other than to my ears it sounds wonderful… some working titles I have seen up on

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POSTCARD FROM THE HOMETOWN


The guys are here in town writing/demo-ing for the new record, revisiting
some of the vanc bc stuff. Lots of new tunes too: lush and atmospheric….
just kidding! No attempt here to describe it other than to my ears it
sounds wonderful… some working titles I have seen up on the