Amnesty International has released a new and exclusive commemorative song called “Toast To Freedom” dedicated to human rights activism around the world and performed by 50 artists, including the late Levon Helm, Kris Kristofferson, Carly Simon, Angelique Kidjo, Ewan McGregor, Donald Fagen, Warren Haynes, Keb Mo, Eric Burdon, Taj Mahal,
Peter, Mike, and Michael are among a group of leading musicians who have announced their support today for a campaign calling on Village Voice Media to shut down the Adult section of its Web site backpage.com where children and teens have been advertised by others for commercial sex.
Cincinnati’s Messerly & Ewing are set to perform R.E.M.’s album GREEN in its entirety with guests on April 27 at Northside Tavern.
The evening is the official after-party for Northside-based Building Value’s annual fundraiser and design competition, ReUse-apalooza, which will be held earlier that evening at BV’s reuse store at
Part 3 of The Onion’s A.V. Club feature on R.E.M. has been posted. Check it out here!
Bertis was in Dresden this week for Filmfest Dresden, and we’ve posted a great photo gallery of shots from there as well as from Anton Corbijn’s exhibit of R.E.M. photographs: “R.E.M. Seen Between 1990-2010.” Check it out here!
AFTER IT’S GONE 7-INCH SINGLE AVAILABLE ON RECORD STORE
I am in this cultural capitol of Dresden for the R.E.M. Film Project at the amazing museum here. Anton Corbijn is also in town as his exhibit of R.E.M. photography, from 1990 in Athens to 2010 in Nashville, with significant stops along the way in Los Angeles, Rome, Vancouver,
R.E.M. was in the news last night on German national television program Nachtmagazin which also gave in-depth coverage to Anton Corbijn’s exhibit of R.E.M. photographs in Dresden. Check out the clip on R.E.M. and Anton near the 12-minute mark at this link: nachtmagazin.
The photo above was
The Collapse Into Now Film Project featuring films for each of the twelve tracks from R.E.M.’s last studio album will screen twice during Filmfest Dresden–an International Short Film Festival–in Germany this week. The first screening will take place at the Albertinum Museum– a collection of sculptures and modern
HQ caught up with Peter earlier today to have a quick conversation about The Baseball Project’s spring training tour this past week in which the group played at Maxwell’s in Hoboken on Tuesday and the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Friday the 13th as part of a special
The A.V. Club has posted part two of their six part series–Perfect Circle: An R.E.M. Story–and in this installment Steven Hyden takes a look at the years spanning Chronic Town to Reckoning. Check it out here.
On Tuesday, April 10, three bands from Athens will perform songs by R.E.M., Widespread Panic, Star Room Boys, The Glands, Drivin n Cryin and others at the Georgia Theatre to raise awareness for the veteran’s charity compilation Wounded Warrior Charity Album.
The show will be headlined by the Punk
COLLAPSE INTO NOW FILM PROJECT TO SCREEN AT THE FILMFEST DRESDEN THIS MONTH
The Collapse Into Now Film Project will screen on two occasions during Filmfest Dresden — an International Short Film Festival – in Germany this April. The first screening occurs at the Albertinum Museum — a
(APRIL 5TH)–Well, this is the 32nd anniversary of the band and the first one of those since the disbandment back in September. April 5th is always a special day to a lot of people marking that first “birthday party at the church” that is the stuff of legend.
Scott McCaughey wrote us with the following update on the upcoming shows he and the rest of The Baseball Project will be playing this month. Get out there and support them if you’re in the area!
Hey friends in the New York City metropolitan area —
The Baseball Project —