Michael has an art installation on display at Vacant Gallery in Tokyo this month. His installation is part of a group exhibition called “Act Like You’re Fine” curated by photographer iO Tillett Wright. The exhibition opens on August 12 at the Vacant Gallery, 3-20-13 Jingumae
Between the winter and summer months of 1998-99, Seattle band Screaming Trees recorded their last batch of songs before disbanding in June of 2000. Those final sessions, produced by Trees drummer Barrett Martin, feature guest appearances by R.E.M.’s Peter Buck and Queens of the Stone Age/Trees guitarist Josh
Mike’s interview with JoE Silva on WUGA’s “Just Off The Radar” airs today at 4PM ET. Be sure to tune in for the conversation at shoutcast.com.
As we reported in this article yesterday, a very special limited edition pre-order of Michael’s photo diary TWO TIMES INTRO: ON THE ROAD WITH PATTI SMITH is now available at akashicbooks.com. This limited pre-order (200 sets total) includes one hardcover copy of “Two Times Intro”
A very special limited edition pre-order of Michael’s photo diary TWO TIMES INTRO: ON THE ROAD WITH PATTI SMITH is now available at akashicbooks.com.
The LIMITED preorder (200 sets total) includes the following items:
1) One hardcover copy of TWO TIMES INTRO: ON THE ROAD WITH PATTI SMITH by Michael.
2)
We’re now a full week on from the release of the 25th Anniversary Deluxe edition of R.E.M.’s seminal 1986 album Lifes Rich Pageant, and the reviews are still coming in; here’s a quick roundup of the latest LRP reviews along with some other R.E.M.-related happenings.
LIFES RICH PAGEANT REVIEWS
As most everyone probably knows, NASA’s space shuttle program is coming to a conclusion this year after a tremendous 30 year tenure. One of the great traditions of the NASA program is the astronaut wake-up call whereby astronauts are woken up with music at the beginning of their day’s activities
The 25th anniversary edition of Lifes Rich Pageant will be released early next week on July 12th, and for devotees of the band’s fourth record, you won’t want to miss the newly remastered version and the awesome extra disc, the Athens Demos (see full tracklisting at the bottom of this
Check out Michael’s interview with CNN International and hear him discuss the band’s latest album and the Collapse Into Now Film Project at youtube.com.
MIKE AND THE LOVELY SPARROWS
The Austin Statesman.com gives a shout-out to Mike in this recent article about Texas band the Lovely Sparrows.
VINCENT MOON
The new John Wesley Harding album, The Sound Of His Own Voice, will be released by Yep Roc on October 11th. Recorded at The Type Foundry, Portland, OR, the album features all-star backing from The King Charles Trio, a band featuring Peter Buck, John Moen, Chris Funk, Jenny Conlee and
Thanks to photographer Conni Freestone for sending us these great pictures of Mike from The Baseball Project’s recent USA tour. Mike, who took the place of regular TBP bassist Peter Buck, toured with Steve Wynn, Scott McCaughey, and Linda Pitmon over a two-week period that began in
Peter’s interview with The Big Takeover is out now in the Brooklyn-based magazine’s issue #68 (order here or visit a good news stand in your area). The Big Takeover crew has been reviewing records and doing great interviews for 31 years now. What a coincidence!
The band has joined the Athens Area Arts Council’s campaign to make riding the bus in Athens a fun and inspirational experience for everybody. “Art Rocks!” is a collaborative public and private partnership designed to create artist-designed bus shelters to transform basic public transportation in Athens, GA.
Ian Camfield of Xfm presents a look back at the band’s fourth album, Lifes Rich Pageant, which “marked the transition point between their indie-college roots and the international success that lay ahead.”
Contributors include Mike Mills, Don Gehman (the producer of “Pageant”), Tim Abbott, R.E.M. fan club member and author
XFM’s “25” is a documentary series celebrating the 25th anniversary of 12 influential albums. Each month throughout 2011, Ian Camfield looks back at a landmark record released in 1986 and explores its impact at the time – and how it’s viewed today.
The latest episode, focusing on R.E.M.’s Lifes Rich